The following police items were taken from area Patches. When a charge is referenced it does not indicate a conviction.
Officer Julie Genualdi will run into Lake Michigan once an hour for 24 hours, starting at 1 p.m. Friday, to raise funds for Special Olympics. Cmdr. Vincenzo Genualdi of the Niles Police is her 'Super Plunge' support person. You can donate to
An elderly man reported missing, and who may have been disoriented, was found at his residence near Des Plaines on Wednesday morning.
The Park Ridge Police Department released the 10 most dangerous traffic intersections on Tuesday. Dempster Street and Luther Lane took the top spot, with 26 crashes reported in 2012.
The following arrest information was supplied by the Park Ridge Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
Maine South High School and a daycare were put on lockdown on Thursday as law enforcement searched the area for a man police say robbed a Shell gas station in Des Plaines.
The following are police related items from area Patches. Where an arrest is mentioned it does not indicate a conviction.
As of Thursday evening, Des Plaines police did not have any suspects in custody in connection with a gas station robbery that occurred in the afternoon, according to police. Both Maine South High School and a daycare went on lockdown.
The robbery occurred in Des Plaines, but the suspect fled east into Park Ridge, prompting police to notify the high school and a daycare at Maine Park on Sibley, which both locked down.
Police stated two Des Plaines men are under investigation for multiple residential burglaries.
The 73-year-old was arrested outside a motel in North Chicago Sunday after the bank robbery took place Saturday; FBI thanks Niles police. Told teller he had six months to live. An arrest is merely an accusation, not evidence of a conviction.
The overall crime rate decreased approximately 4 percent from 2011 to 2012, according to data presented to Park Ridge’s committee of the whole on Monday.
While incarcerated in the Cook County Jail, inmate Brian Thurman tried hiring someone to kill his 11-year-old accuser, her 16-year-old sister and mother as he faces predatory criminal sexual assault charges.
Police are still investigating how many burglaries, they say, two men are responsible for committing in the area.
Law enforcement is asking for the public’s help in locating the man responsible for leaving a bank in Mount Prospect with an undisclosed amount of cash on Feb. 7.
The following is a selection of police related items from area Patches. Where an arrest is indicated it does not indicate a conviction.
Park Ridge is the 72nd safest town in the U.S., according to a recent study.
An 18-year-old Prospect Heights man was charged with attempted robbery on Jan. 17. The offender attempted to steal a woman's purse, police said.
The following is a selection of police-related items from area Patches. Where an arrest is referenced it does not indicate a conviction.
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said seniors are being targeted in these types of crimes.
A medical condition may have caused a driver to lose control of an empty school bus around 2:30 p.m., hitting six vehicles in oncoming traffic. Police sealed off Oakton Street, between Greenwood and Oriole Avenues.
The department is only the 12th in the state to earn this certification from the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police and Illinois Law Enforcement Accreditation Council.
The following is a selection of police related items from area Patches. Where an arrest is referenced it is only an accusation and does not indicate a conviction.
A look at weird crimes in the northern Chicago suburbs.
Three Schaumburg Police Department officers were arrested by U.S. Drug Enforcement agents Wednesday.
A 51-year-old Park Ridge woman died after a fatal accident in Park Ridge on Wednesday.
A 21-year-old sales associate was charged with illegally filming customers at Old Orchard Mall in Skokie on Jan. 10.