Wednesday, May 15, 2013
A Joliet man took a five year prison sentence for drunkenly driving over a man lying in the road.
A Joliet man was sentenced to five years in prison for running over a person lying across East Washington Street. Vincent Borgic, 61, had been found guilty of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol at the conclusion of a trial before Judge Amy Bertani-Tomczak earlier this year. Borgic ran over Scott Zolecki in July 2011. Zolecki was intoxicated and lying down on East Washington Street at the time. "Borgic, who admitted coming from a bar, told police he never saw the victim before running him over with his Dodge Challenger at about 10:30 p.m. that night," according to a statement from Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow's office. "He told police he had no idea what happened." But witnesses testified at the trial that other…
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
There was a brief lockdown at a Channahon day care center on Tuesday afternoon while police investigated a report of an attempted break-in in the area.
Kidz Korner in Channahon was on lockdown for about 10 minutes on Tuesday afternoon while police investigated a report of an attempted robbery in the vicinity of the child day care center, said Kidz Korner director Tiffany Farkas. The lockdown lasted from about 1:55 to 2:05 p.m., Farkas said. During that time, Kidz Korner personnel used their text alert system to notify parents of the situation. One of the staff members called Channahon police and received an all-clear sign at about 2:05 p.m. One Kidz Korner staff member said she heard Minooka Community High School's South Campus also was on lock-down during the police investigation. Channahon police chief Jeff Wold confirmed officers were investigating a break-in at a home near U.S. 6 and …
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A Channahon couple is suing Sunny Ridge Family Center in Bolingbrook over an alleged botched adoption in 2011.
A Channahon couple is suing a Bolingbrook adoption agency over an alleged botched adoption, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. John and Denise Steller discussed adopting a child with Sunny Ridge Family Center in 2010 and brought home a toddler in 2011. About 10 months later, the boy's adoptive father challenged the proceedings, and the boy was taken from the Stellers' home. "In January 2012, a Cook County court found Sunny Ridge did not seek the consent of the boy’s father on the adoption and did not properly terminate the father’s parental rights, the lawsuit states," according to the Sun-Times. Now the Stellers are suing Sunny Ridge for negligence, breach of contract and fraud. They are seeking more than $50,000 on each of the five …
Monday, May 13, 2013
Joshua Scheun faces charges stemming from his alleged sexual encounters with the victim in Villa Park, according to the DuPage County State's Attorney's Office.
A Joliet man who had sexual contact with a 13-year-old girl he met online has been arrested on a slew of charges, including six counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Joshua Scheun, 36, of 4363 Timber Ridge Court, reportedly met the girl on a social networking site on March 18 and then went to Villa Park, where the victim lives, to meet her in person on March 22, according to a news release from the DuPage County State's Attorney's Office. During that first encounter, Scheun allegedly sexually abused the girl in his car and then met her on several more occasions during which sexual abuse occurred, the news release said. The situation came to light when the victim confided in a school counselor, who in turn contacted the Villa Park …
Events include the 25th Annual Candlelight Vigil at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC on Monday, May 13.
Tens of thousands of law enforcement officers and their families will converge on Washington, DC, this week for National Police Week 2013, May 12 through May 18. Among the events will be the Annual Candlelight Vigil, now in its 25th year, on Monday, May 13. National Police Week 2013 full schedule of events. National Police Week brings together between 25,000 to 40,000 attendees from departments throughout the United States and internationally, according to the Police Week website. "Police Week is super important to recognize the importance and sacrafice of our law enforcement officers, especially our fallen heroes," said Steve Groeninger, senior director of communications for the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. This year U…
Police currently investigating fight that broke out at popular downtown Naperville bar early Sunday morning. Two Channahon men and one Minooka man were arrested.
Naperville police are currently investigating a brawl that occurred at a popular downtown bar early Sunday morning. Six people were arrested and one employee was injured after a fight broke out around 1:11 a.m. at BlackFinn American Saloon, 16 W. Jefferson Ave., Sunday, according to police. Officers were dispatched to the bar for a report of a fight in progress. Once inside, police saw "numerous subjects fighting" on the third floor of the bar, according to police. After an investigation, police arrested Robert M. McIntosh, 25, of Plano; Tyler M. Johnson, 24, of Elgin; Adam Gregoriou, 26, of Naperville and Justin W. Field, 32, of Channahon. The four men were charged with battery and criminal damage to property, according to police. …
Saturday, May 11, 2013
A look at who's been charged with driving under the influence around the area.
May 8 Joseph M. Cortese, 30, 1103 Wilcox, Joliet, arrested by the Joliet Police Department and booked into the Will County jail on May 8 on charges of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, driving under the influence of alcohol, driving a revoked/suspended license, operating an uninsured motor vehicle and improper lane usage. May 7 Carlos R. Smith, 35, 1508 Catherine, Joliet, arrested by the Will County Sheriff's Office and booked into the Will County jail on May 7 on charges of felon in possession of a firearm, driving under the influence of alcohol, transporting/carrying alcoholic liquor, operating an uninsured motor vehicle, improper traffice lane usage and improper turn at intersection. May 7 Samantha Mannerino-Thompson…
The former Chicago Ridge deputy fire chief charged with trying to rape and kill a neighbor is tired of the cops always showing up at his parents' place.
When they let former Chicago Ridge Deputy Fire Chief Gary Swiercz out of jail, he wasn't allowed to return to the Tinley Park condo where he allegedly tried to rape and kill a neighbor. Since the woman still lives in his building, Swiercz moved into his parents' home in Worth. But that hasn't worked out so well. The high-priority electronic monitoring the county put Swiercz on requires the cops to make an in-person visit to the house once during each eight hour shift, and the repeated visits are wearing on Swiercz's elderly parents, Barbara and Stan. Swiercz's parents were they went to court and asked a judge to cut out the house checks between midnight and 8 a.m. Cook County Judge John Joseph Hynes denied the request, pointing out that …
Friday, May 10, 2013
Tambara Tanzy was charged again with criminal damage to property as well as with making telephone threats after calling her estranged husband's girlfriend 82 times, police said.
One arrest was apparently not enough for Tambara Tanzy, who showed up at her estranged husband's home Thursday night and -- for the second time in a week -- slashed all four of his vehicle's tires, Joliet police said. Tanzy, 32, 606 Moran St., Joliet, was also charged with making telephone threats after calling her husband's new girlfriend 82 times, Cmdr. Al Roechner said. In the first incident on May 2, Tanzy was charged with criminal damage to property, aggravated assault, battery, domestic battery and criminal trespass to property after she allegedly cut her husband's tires, broke four windows of his home and threatened him with a knife, police said. In that incident, she was reportedly angry that the man would not return their child to…
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The mother of Adam Landerman's baby daughter sobbed as she left a court hearing establishing the alleged killer's paternity.
Three months before Adam Landerman and three of his pals were charged with a grisly, nightmarish double murder on Hickory Street, a young woman from Lockport accused him of fathering her child. On Friday morning, Landerman, 19, learned he is the father of a 1-year-old. Judge Brian Barrett said a DNA test performed on Landerman in the Will County jail "came back 99.9 percent you're the father." Landerman was taken in chains from the jail so he could attend the hearing. The child's mother, Tiffany A. Rachal, sobbed as she left the courtroom after finding out Landerman is the father of her child. A woman embraced Rachal in the courthouse hallway but declined to discuss the revelation. "We're not interested in commenting today," said the woman…
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10:17 am on Sunday, May 19, 2013
Zolecki sounds like if he had transportation he would of gotten a DUI also more ›