Fire damages apartment utility room in Homewood
Fire Capt Clint Johnson said March 25 spill of gasoline in the utility room likely caused the blaze at 949 Elder Road. The fire was confined to the utility room and one above room, with smoke damage throughout the building. No injuries reported. A Flossmoor man, Kurt F Riedel, 35, was charged with burglary in a separate case at First Church of Christ Scientist on 1340 W 183rd St. Bond set at 100000. he wore electronic monitor after release.
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Clint Johnson
Johnson
Elder Road
Flossmoor
Church of Christ Scientist
W. 183Rd St
Kurt F. Riedel
Tanglewood Drive
Roy Janich
Jim Denman
Riedel
Three men arrested in Steger drug raid
Steger police with Northeast Metropolitan Enforcement Group raided the house at 3021 Phillips Ave in Steger and seized an undetermined amount of crack cocaine. Richard J. Esposito 23 of Chicago Heights Frank Diaz 28 of Steger and Juan Villagomez of Steger were charged with delivery and sale of a controlled substance.
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Steger
Richard J. Esposito
E. 26Th St
Chicago Heights
Frank Diaz
Phillips Ave
Juan Villagomez
Phillips
Chicago Heights man shot three times in gang related incident
Goron Drndarevic, 19, was struck twice in the arm and once in the chest in a shooting at Chicago nee and Dixie Highway. He sought treatment at St. James Hospital and was released. A car carrying girls headed north. a confrontation with the pedestrians preceded the gunfire. No arrests yet. investigation ongoing.
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Chicago
Goron Drndarevic
Chicagonee
Dixie Highway
Joseph Robustelli
Drndarevic
St. James Hospital
Thornwood High School press boxes hit by theft
Police report more than 1800 dollars in Thornwood High School property stolen from the two baseball field press boxes at 17101 S Park Ave. Between March 26 and Monday entry caused 125 dollars in door and frame damage. Electronic equipment and tools were taken. A rototiller and edger were found Wednesday in a wooded area.
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Thornwood High School
S. Park Ave
Park Forest man shot after stop sign encounter
A Park Forest man, Claude Giles, 21, was shot in the chest near Hickory Street and Wilson Avenue around midnight Friday. Giles, in fair condition at St. James Hospital, was shot when a car pulled up beside his at a stop sign. The shooting is under investigation. no arrests have been made and police say it is not gang related.
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Park Forest
Hickory Street
Wilson Avenue
Joseph Robustelli
Claude Giles
Robustelli
Giles
St. James Hospital
Former Illinois Bell worker sentenced for double shooting
Paul Hannah, 46, of 6833 S East End Ave Chicago, received a 50 year term for fatally shooting coworker William Zielke 32 of Oak Forest and wounding a supervisor after being told he would be suspended for refusing a drug test. Convicted March 4 after a three day jury trial.
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Illinois Bell
Ameritech
Cook County
Paul Hannah
East End Ave
Chicago
James Schrier
William Zielke
Oak Forest
Hannah
Boy on bike robbed of 150 dollars near 159th Street
A 16 year old boy was robbed of nearly 150 dollars while riding a bicycle near 159th Street and Western Avenue at 9 p.m. Tuesday. Two men approached, pushed him off the bike, demanded cash, and fled without injuring him, according to Penny Mateck of Cook County Sheriff Michael Sheahan's office.
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159Th Street
Western Avenue
Penny Mateck
Cook County
Michael Sheahan
Mateck
Bond Set In South Chicago Heights Murder Attempt Case
Roel Fox 26 was arrested at a Park Forest home on charges of attempted murder linked to a October 29 1993 shooting in South Chicago Heights. He faces a 1 million dollar bond as police say Castillo was shot as his car stopped at a stop sign. Castillo has recovered.
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South Chicago Heights
Roel Fox
Chicago
Park Forest
Ron Diederich
Diederich
Lester St
Fox
Armando Castillo
Chicago Heights
Castillo
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James S. Meidell
Lester G. Sons
Chicago Sun-Times Company
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Nelson's Gift Shop
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