Niles man grabbed taser, hit officer with it and jumped into squad car: police
A Niles man who allegedly told police he had taken LSD is accused of grabbing an officer’s taser, hitting the officer in the head with it and jumping into the driver’s seat of his running squad car....
View ArticleInmate serving sentence for child sex abuse dies
A man serving 13 years in prison for sexually abusing a child and owning child pornography in Lake and Cook counties died Sunday morning in Chicago. Philip Helfand, 62, an inmate at Dixon Correctional...
View ArticleCousin burned, then locked Maine Township man in dog cage: police
A Michigan man allegedly locked his adult cousin in a dog cage inside an unincorporated Maine Township apartment. William Bailey, 27, of Grand Rapids, Mich., was arrested Oct. 13 in Berrien County on a...
View ArticlePark Ridge Police Blotter: Man accused of punching motorist
The following incidents were listed in the weekly bulletin prepared by the Park Ridge Police Department. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Only a court of law...
View ArticlePark Ridge crime briefs: library referendum sign stolen from lawn
BURGLARY Someone attempted to break into a business on the first block of South Prospect Avenue overnight between Oct. 9 and Oct. 10. A pry tool was reportedly used on the door trim, but entry was not...
View ArticlePark Ridge police: Woman charged with DUI after hitting squad car
A Chicago woman was arrested on drunken driving charges after she allegedly crashed into the back of a Park Ridge police car. According to police, an officer was responding to an accident at Dee Road...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Man accused of exposure during block party
The following incidents were listed in the weekly bulletin prepared by the Park Ridge Police Department. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Only a court of law...
View ArticleCrime briefs: Men checking water enter woman’s home
SUSPICIOUS INCIDENT Police said two men entered the home of a 92-year-old woman on the evening of Oct. 17 after claiming they were there to check her water. One of the men went into the woman’s...
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UPDATED: Park Ridge cop charged with DUI in early morning accident
Park Ridge police have confirmed that a man arrested in the city on drunken driving charges last week is a member of their department. Kevin P. Ryan, 39, a 16-year veteran of the Park Ridge Police...
View Article3 hurt, tombstones damaged in day after Halloween crash in Park Ridge
In a morning after Halloween crash, several tombstones in Town of Maine Cemetery were damaged and three people injured when a woman went through a red light and knocked another vehicle and her own into...
View ArticlePark Ridge crime briefs: Teens report being followed
SUSPICIOUS INCIDENT Two 18-year-old women reported that a man between 40 and 50 years old followed them on the afternoon of Oct. 23 from the Cumberland CTA station to Mariano’s, 1900 S. Cumberland Ave....
View ArticleMan charged in burglary of Advocate medical office in Park Ridge
Park Ridge police have announced an arrest in the 2013 break-in of an Advocate Medical Group office where computers containing personal patient information were stolen. Marcus A. Miller, 48, of the...
View ArticlePark Ridge Police Blotter: Two charged with DUI
The following incidents were listed in the weekly bulletin prepared by the Park Ridge Police Department. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Only a court of law...
View ArticlePark Ridge crime briefs: Courtland Avenue home burglarized
BURGLARY A home on the 1600 block of Courtland Avenue was burglarized Nov. 5 between 9:45 and 10:03 a.m. A door was reportedly forced open to gain entry, but nothing appeared to have been taken....
View ArticleTwo seriously wounded in domestic dispute at Harlem Irving Plaza
Two people were shot and a man is in custody after a domestic-related shooting in the parking lot of the Harlem Irving Plaza in Norridge, police said Thursday. The two victims, a man and a woman who...
View ArticlePark Ridge police to boost enforcement through Thanksgiving
The Park Ridge Police Department is planning more patrols as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches. An intensified enforcement effort, largely during the nighttime hours, will begin Nov. 17 and run...
View ArticleCharges filed in Harlem Irving Plaza mall shooting
Bond was denied for a man charged in connection with a Thursday shooting at a mall in northwest suburban Norridge that left two people injured. Norridge police announced Saturday morning that Everett...
View ArticlePark Ridge Police Blotter: Former worker charged with trespass
The following incidents were listed in the weekly bulletin prepared by the Park Ridge Police Department. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Only a court of law...
View ArticlePark Ridge crime briefs: Home burglarized while resident inside
BURGLARY Several rooms inside a home on the 400 block of South Chester Avenue were ransacked and jewelry was stolen between 8:30 and 9:15 a.m., Nov. 7. A window was reportedly broken to gain entry to...
View ArticlePark Ridge Police Blotter: Man charged with stealing ham
The following incidents were listed in the weekly bulletin prepared by the Park Ridge Police Department. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Only a court of law...
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