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Crime Blotter | Arlington Heights, IL

What: Theft Where: 85 W. Algonquin – Double Tree Hotel When: 05/16 2:20pm – 3:20pm Unknown offender(s) broke out the window of the victim’s White 2015 Ford Transit Van and removed a GPS unit and miscellaneous tools. The cost to replace the missing items was estimated at $1300.00. What: Fraud Where: 615 E. Palatine – […]

Vera Sauchanka

05/21/2019

Federal Grand Jury Indicts 4 Teenagers in Connection with Violent Carjacking in Chicago

May 16, 2019 –  A federal grand jury has indicted four teenagers on carjacking or weapons offenses in connection with the theft of a vehicle at gunpoint in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. JAMAR JARVIS, 18, RAYNELL LANFORD, 19, and JAMAAL ASHSAHEED, 19, all of Chicago, forcibly took a Lexus sport-utility vehicle from a victim early in […]

Vera Sauchanka

05/16/2019

Hostess Sweetennial Tour to roll through Chicago

In celebration of its 100th birthday, or “SweetennialTM,” iconic snack cake company Hostess Brands, LLC has launched a national sampling tour. Over the course of the next two months, the Twinkiemobile – an airstream decked out to resemble the famous treat – will travel across the country spreading fun and sweetness in its wake. Visit […]

Vera Sauchanka

05/21/2019

Metro East Woman Sentenced for Falsifying Records in Bankruptcy

May 17, 2019 – Dehavalon R. Cook, 46, of Fairview Heights, Illinois, has been sentenced to three years probation for falsifying records in a bankruptcy proceeding, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Steven D. Weinhoeft, announced today. Cook previously pleaded guilty to the charge on January 29, 2019. Court documents show […]

Vera Sauchanka

05/17/2019

3rd annual Lighthouse LGBTQ+ Pride Party to kick off in Homewood

Pride Party 6/28 Features Music, Food, Kids Crafts and Celebration 5 to 9 p.m. Rainbow Flags in Downtown for Pride Month The Village of Homewood is proudly hosting the 3rd annual Lighthouse LGBTQ+ Pride Party on Friday, June 28 from 5 to 9 p.m. in Martin Ave. Square as part of Homewood’s Pride Month Celebration. […]

Vera Sauchanka

05/21/2019

Pivot Energy awarded 11 community solar projects in Illinois to power 4,500 households

Pivot Energy, a national solar developer, announced it has been awarded 11 community solar projects totaling approximately 29.36 MW(dc) of new solar capacity through the Illinois Adjustable Block Lottery Program. The projects will provide clean and affordable solar energy to the local communities in which they are based, and combined, are estimated to generate enough […]

Vera Sauchanka

05/21/2019

Guilty Plea: Overland Park Man Had 44,000 Images of Child Porn

May 17, 2019 – An Overland Park man today admitted he collected more than 44,000 images of child porn, some of which were shared with other computer users, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. Robert A. Weick, 32, Overland Park, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of distributing child pornography. Weick came under investigation when a […]

Vera Sauchanka

05/17/2019

Chief Financial Officer of Local Business Indicted for Embezzling 3.8 Million Dollars

Bryan Vonderahe, 45, of Kirkwood, Missouri, was charged on Thursday, May 16, in a federal indictment for three counts of Wire Fraud.  He appeared this morning in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia Cohen. The indictment charging Bryan Vonderahe alleges that beginning during January, 2012 and continuing through January, 2019, Vonderahe schemed to defraud a […]

Vera Sauchanka

05/21/2019

Blain’s Farm & Fleet Announces VIP PetCare Now Available at Select Store Locations

Janesville, WI. May 20, 2019 – Blain’s Farm & Fleet has partnered with VIP Petcare to provide affordable and reliable veterinary services with on-site clinics at select Blain’s locations. This partnership adds a wide range of preventive vet services to the extensive line of pet foods and other petcare products that Blain’s offers. “We couldn’t […]

Vera Sauchanka

05/20/2019

2 dead, 4 wounded in city shootings

Two people were killed and four others were wounded in city shootings Tuesday and early Wednesday, Chicago police said. A 24-year-old man was shot twice in the chest and twice in the arm around 11:55 p.m. Tuesday when someone in a four-door dark vehicle fired shots at him in the 1700 block of West 85th […]

Vera Sauchanka

05/21/2019