Regional Police Report: Man Charged in Cat Murders and More

Arlington Heights

Man Charged in Cat Murders

A 22-year-old Arlington Heights man is accused of killing three of his girlfriend's cats between June and February while he was watching them for her, according to the Chicago Tribune. 

A $125,000 bond has been set for John Talmo, of the 200 block of Derbyshire Avenue, who was charged Thursday with aggravated animal cruelty in the Rolling Meadows branch of Cook County Circuit Court, according to the Tribune.

He is accused of strangling to death one of the girlfriend's cat, Princess, last summer, beating to death another cat, Abigail, in October, and beating and strangling a third cat, Piper, this past February, according to WGNTV.com.  

Palatine

Police: Man Breaks Leg of Mentally Handicapped Girl

Palatine Police say a Palatine man admitted to breaking the leg of a 13-year-old mentally handicapped girl who was in his care while her mother was away at work, according to a press release from the Palatine Police Department. 

Javier F. Rosales, 35, of the 1900 bock of Green Lane is charged with one count of Aggravated Battery. 

Police were made aware of the girl's injury after she was first taken to the emergency room at Northwest Community Hospital by her mother on March 7, the release stated.

Lake in the Hills

Drug Charges Filed in Death Investigation of Teenager

Crystal Lake Police have issued an arrest warrant for Elias Ramos-Ortiz, 17, of Crystal Lake, for one felony count of possession of heroin relating to the death of 17-year-old Stephanie Chiakas, the Northwest Herald reports.

Chiakas, of Lake in the Hills, was found dead on March 10 in Ramos-Ortiz's home at 604 Grand Canyon Circle in Crystal Lake. Ramos-Ortiz's was found in possession of heroin during the course of the investigation, the Northwest Herald reports.

An arrest warrant also has been issued for Brett Jurgens, 25, of Crystal Lake, for a misdemeanor count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, police said. Jurgens is accused of supplying Ramos-Ortiz and Chiakas with alcohol on the day of her death, police said.

Evanston

One man died and four other people were seriously injured in a car crash in the 2900 block of Howard Street Thursday night, according to authorities.

Six people were riding in a car that was traveling at a high rate of speed when it crashed into a tree near the intersection of Howard Street and Kedzie Avenue, according to Chicago Police. 

The driver was unresponsive at the scene of the accident, police said, while four other people were transported to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries and are in stable condition. A sixth occupant of the car ran away on foot, according to police.

Woodstock

Police: Accused Craigslist Rapist Might Have More Victims

Woodstock resident Charles R. Oliver, 44, appeared in McHenry County Court, where a judge increased his bond to $3 million after prosecutors said there could be 20 more victims in the case, the Northwest Herald reports.

Oliver, of 407 W. Greenwood Ave., was arrested Jan. 28, and charged with multiple counts of felony criminal sexual assault, and one count of kidnapping and secretly confining someone, according to McHenry County Court records.

The Woodstock man is accused of meeting women - some prostitutes or escorts - through personal ads on Craigslist and then raping them in his home, the Herald reports. He often held the women against their will, the story stated.

The assaults occured between November 2011 and January 2013, according to the Chicago Tribune.