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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1997
Page
11
Petition packets for Park Forest Village Board trustee seats are available at the village clerk's office. Two three year terms exist. Contact Sandi Black at (708) 748-1112 for details.
A federal court jury convicted Shawntell Curry, 23, of two bank robberies and an armed motel robbery in Matteson. The Jan 27 Oregon Wisconsin M I Bank theft for 9853 dollars and the Feb 21 First Savings Bank holdup for 24823 dollars plus the Feb 20 Budgeter Motel theft of 1238 dollars were proven. Curry denied fingerprint or fiber evidence and faced 27 to 82 years at sentencing. His co defendants pleaded guilty or were acquitted.
Four area police agencies join 26 statewide to obtain federal Community Oriented Policing Services grants totaling more than 3.7 million dollars to hire 48 full time and 12 part time officers. Prairie State College gets 137,093 for two officers. Richton Park 75,000 for one. Markham 371,270 for five. Blue Island 220,761 for three. The grants cover 75 percent of costs with the remaining 25 percent funded locally.
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