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Garrett Mercado, guilty three counts of animal cruelty (DuPage County State's Attorney's Office)

Former Kennel Operator Sentenced to 20 Days in Jail for Fire That Killed 29 Dogs in Unincorporated West Chicago

Fri Nov 12, 2021 11:58 am Cardinal News

DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that Judge Robert Miller has sentenced Garrett Mercado, 32, of Woodridge, to twenty days in the DuPage County Jail. The State had asked for a sentence […]

Kyle Rittenhouse and legal defense team in Kenosha County Court Wednesday, November 4, 2021 (via CourtTV feed)

Juror #7 Dismissed in Kyle Rittenhouse Case Following Joke Told About Jacob Blake Shooting

Thu Nov 4, 2021 11:18 am Cardinal News

Kyle Rittenhouse trial in Kenosha, Wisconsin: November 4, 2021 (via CourtTV) YouTube Tips ⓘ Kenosha County Judge Bruce Schroeder dismissed Juror #7, described as a retired white male, on Thursday, November 4, 2021. The juror […]

Cook County Judge Orders Chicago Police Union President John Catanzara to Stop Making Public Comments Against COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

Sat Oct 16, 2021 07:56 am Cardinal News

John Catanzara, Chicago Fraternal Order of Police president, says the vaccine mandate policy ‘doesn’t make any sense’ and explains why he is asking officers not to report their vaccination status. YouTube Tips ⓘ Cook County […]

Stuart Nitzkin of Deerfield Sentenced Time in Federal Prison; Misappropriated Funds for Physically and Psychologically Challenged Children

Fri Oct 15, 2021 08:48 pm Cardinal News

A Deerfield resident has been sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison for fraudulently misappropriating hundreds of thousands of dollars from a non-profit organization for physically and psychologically challenged children. From 2011 […]

FTC Returns Money to Consumers Harmed By Phantom Debt Collector Hylan Asset Management, LLC

Fri Oct 8, 2021 06:24 am Cardinal News

The Federal Trade Commission is returning $772,512 to consumers who were targeted by a debt collector who unlawfully brokered and collected fake debts that the consumers did not owe. According to the complaint filed by […]

Effingham County Judge Reinstates Status of Two Schools Punished By ISBE for Not Following Mask Mandate

Wed Oct 6, 2021 07:58 pm Cardinal News

Christian Liberty Status Changed from ‘Unrecognized’ to ‘On Probation’ on October 1, 2021 By Greg Bishop | The Center Square October 6, 2021 (The Center Square) – A judge in Effingham County has issued a […]

Six Naperville Firefighters Sue Naperville, Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare and Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Claiming There’s No Legal Right to Enforce COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Mandate

Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:31 pm Cardinal News

Six firefighters are challenging vaccine mandates that they and their attorney Jonathan Lubin say are unconstitutional mandates in Illinois. Lubin wrote that the “plaintiffs are a group of heroes who have risked their lives time […]

Statement of Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

Tue Jun 15, 2021 06:58 pm Cardinal News

U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland today made the following statement in honor of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, June 15, 2021: “The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated injustices faced by far too many […]

Labor Dispute: Shame, Shame on Amazon sign at Town & Country Shopping Center entrance

Bannering and Picketing Outside Construction Site of Amazon Fresh Store, Arlington Heights

Thu Jun 10, 2021 02:27 pm Cardinal News

An apparent labor dispute brought out workers at the perimeter of the construction site at 325 East Palatine Road in Arlington Heights on Thursday, June 10, 2021. Two inflatable rats, an inflatable pig, and an […]

Timothy D.Triplett, Jr, homicide suspect (SOURCE: Lake County State's Attorney's Office)

Pro Se Request As Lake County State’s Attorney Files Notice to Seek Life Sentence in Beach Park Double Homicide

Wed Jun 9, 2021 01:45 pm Cardinal News

A Waukegan resident, Timothy D. Triplett, Jr., pleaded not guilty Tuesday, June 8, 2021, to multiple counts of first-degree murder; and was told that the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office has given notice that it […]

Washington Post: Apple’s “Tightly Controlled” App Store Has Scam Apps with Consumer Losses of $48 Million

Mon Jun 7, 2021 08:05 pm Cardinal News

Apparently, Apple customers should not put as much trust in the Apple App Store as Apple would have customers believe. Apple has long maintained that its exclusive control of the App Store is essential to […]

Traffic stop at US 14 EAST and Kensington Road in Arlington Heights, about 9:30 p.m. Sunday, May 23, 2021

Police Stop, Investigate Suspicious Vehicle on US 14 at Kensington Arlington Heights

Mon May 24, 2021 03:07 pm Cardinal News

Arlington Heights police responded about 9:15 p.m. Sunday, May 23, 2021 to a report of a suspicious vehicle with occupants in the block of 600 North Haddow Avenue Arlington Heights. A white Chevrolet sedan was […]

Stuart Nitzkin Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Misappropriating $550K from Charity; Prosecutors Intend to Prove $831K

Wed May 12, 2021 10:45 pm Cardinal News

Stuart Nitzkin admitted in federal court today, Wednesday May 12, 2021, that he fraudulently misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars from a non-profit organization for physically and psychologically challenged children. Stuart Nitzkin, 45, of Deerfield, […]

Arnold Magnetic 300 West Street Marengo Aerial View (Imagery 2021, Google, Imagery ©2021 Maxar Technologies, US Geological Survey, USDA Farm Service Agency, Map data ©2021)

Arnold Engineering and 300 West LLC Prosecuted for Environmental Contamination of Groundwater

Sat May 8, 2021 09:03 am Cardinal News

McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick D. Kenneally, announced Friday, May 7, 2021 that his office joined Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s lawsuit against 300 West LLC., and The Arnold Engineering Company (“Defendants”) for violations of […]

Male Resident of Chicago Sentenced to More Than 9 Years in Prison for Illegally Possessing Ammunition

Tue May 4, 2021 07:51 pm Cardinal News

CHICAGO — Rodney Burnett has been sentenced to more than nine years in federal prison for illegally possessing ammunition near Garfield Park on Chicago’s West Side. Rodney Burnett, 25, of Chicago, illegally possessed four rounds […]

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