Teacher Charged in Student Sex Case Makes Bail
Illinois high school teacher Ashley Blumenshine has been released on bond after being charged with having sex with a 16-year-old student. The 27-year-old dance teacher was arrested behind a Kohl’s department store in Plainfield, Ill. on Tuesday. Police say they caught her in a car with a 16-year-old boy and determined that they’d had sex [...]
Naperville man charged in pizzeria robbery
A Naperville man has been charged in connection with an armed robbery at a pizzeria, according to police. Aaron J. Zibutis, allegedly entered Tutti’s Pizza Pasta and A More, wearing a mask over the lower half of his face, carrying a duffel bag and brandishing a handgun. Read more: Chicago Tribune
Orland Park man charged in last week’s carjacking
A 23-year-old Orland Park man who allegedly threatened a woman in her 90s before stealing her car and purse last week has been charged with aggravated vehicle carjacking, police said. Kroll and a second man approached the woman and asked for directions before telling her to get out of her car and turn over her [...]
Joliet man, 20, allegedly beats mother and leaves her for dead
Bail was set at $1 million this afternoon for a 20-year-old Joliet man who allegedly beat his mother with a baseball bat Monday morning and then left her for dead at their home on the city’s Northwest Side. Joseph P. Conrad is charged with attempted murder and aggravated domestic battery. Read more: Chicago Tribune
Firefighters returning to station after false alarm catch burglars
A Northwest Side Fire Department crew on a run Thursday evening returned to find two men leaving their headquarters with a laptop, a department spokesman said. This morning, burglary charges were filed against Anthony and Robert Depietro, both of the 4800 block of North Montclaire Avenue and 27 and 32 years old respectively. Bond was [...]
Charges filed in fatal Kendall County accident
A Somonauk man has been charged in connection with an October car-motorcycle crash in Kendall County that left one person dead, police said today. Matthew D. Lambert, 28, was arrested Friday and charged with aggravated DUI and reckless homicide, Kendall County Sheriff’s Deputy Craig French said in a release. Chicago Tribune
Car Thief Was Also Burglar, Counterfeiter
Call it a productive bust. When police caught a man red-handed stealing a car from a northwest suburban dealership last week, they also ended solving a business burglary and a counterfeit case. On Dec. 21, Nicholas D. Seidel, 30, of Elgin, was taken into custody after he was seen driving a BMW that had just [...]