Tuesday, December 4, 2012
An area resident has been charged with trying to abduct a child in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago.
An Oak Lawn man tried to grab an underage girl and pull her into his van last week, according to reports. David Brown, 60, of the 6400 block of W. 102nd Place, was charged with felony attempted kidnapping, according to Sun-Times Media. Police say Brown approached a girl in his van on the 1900 block of West 63rd Street, made a lewd gesture with his tongue and then tried to grab her, the report states. The girl freed herself and began to scream while Brown drove off. Police found a van matching the description several miles away and the victim identified Brown, the report says. Catch up on the week's crime blotter:
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Also back in court: An Aurora serviceman accused of sexual abuse might not undergo psychological testing, as requested by Marine instructor.
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- Jesse Marx
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
The Southland's major criminal and civil cases heard in Cook County and Will County courts this week. FRANKFORT — The murder case against Brian Trainauskas is being delayed, pending an appeal by prosecutors that rests on whether the man’s constitutional rights were denied during a police interrogation. At the Illinois Appellate Court level, the Will County State’s Attorney’s Office is challenging Circuit Judge Richard C. Schoenstedt’s ruling that sheriff’s police deprived Trainauskas of his right to counsel during an interrogation Jan. 23, 2009. Detectives allegedly kept him talking, after he asked for a lawyer, by saying a witness had identified him in a photo lineup. Prosecutors contend that Trainauskas met and spoke with detectives …
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Also, Oak Lawn woman in child porn case is allowed to visit her niece, and an accused sexual assailant is told to keep wearing his electronic monitor.
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- Jesse Marx
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Saturday, December 10, 2011
The Southland's major criminal and civil cases heard in Cook County and Will County courts this week. FRANKFORT — Because some of the evidence against Darrell Stephenson may include pictures of a naked child, defense attorneys expect to meet with prosecutors at the Will County State’s Attorney’s Office by Jan. 12, 2012, and review the state’s case. Accused of having sexual contact with a boy half his age, Stephenson, 24, is charged with multiple counts related aggravated criminal sexual abuse and possession of child porn. He has pleaded not guilty and remains in jail on bail totaling $90,000. He once coached youth soccer in Frankfort and surrounding communities, according to prosecutors. OAK LAWN — A 20-year-old Oak Lawn woman charged with…
Thursday, November 3, 2011
An Oak Lawn police offers new details of last week's kidnapping and robbery of an 81-year-old woman.
New details have emerged about last week’s kidnapping and armed robbery of an 81-year-old woman from the Jewel parking lot at 9424 S. Pulaski. The Chicago woman waited a day before reporting the late afternoon robbery on Oct. 26 because she was scared and didn’t want to drive at night, police said. Her abductors, described as a middle-aged black male and black female, remain at large. Believing the man to have a gun, the elderly woman drove to a nearby bank where she was forced to withdraw $9,000. Elderly Woman Kidnapped from Jewel and Forced To Withdraw $9K from Bank According to an Oak Lawn police report, the woman was loading groceries into her car in the Jewel parking lot around 4 p.m. While doing so, she was confronted by the couple. …
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Standard Bank & Trust
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
Oak Lawn police say 81-year-old Chicago woman waited a day to report Wednesday crime because she was scared. Police are looking for black male and black female.
An elderly Chicago woman was kidnapped from a supermarket parking lot and forced to drive to a bank where she withdrew a large sum of money on Wednesday afternoon. Oak Lawn police said the 81-year-old woman was loading groceries into her car at the Jewel Food Store at 95th Street and Pulaski Road around 3:15 Wednesday, when she was approached by two black offenders, one male and the other female. The couple asked to victim to help them with some money they found in what police describe as a “pigeon drop.” The woman wasn’t interested and got into her car. The couple followed the woman into her car. Police said the male offender placed a bag with an object hidden inside against the woman’s head. Implying that the object was a gun, the man …
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Ridgeratssuck
10:22 am on Tuesday, December 4, 2012
that address is Chicago Ridge not Oak lawn. Please change the headline more ›