Hazel Crest woman charged in hit-run death case
Hazel Crest resident Tashia O'Harrow, 26, faces charges including leaving the scene of a personal injury accident involving a death and driving without a valid license after a Sept. 26 hit-and-run in Dixmoor. Bond set at 50,000. Oct. 16 court date. Victim Alwin Lewis, 40, died at Olympia Fields Hospital after the crash near South Paulina. Funeral services held in Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Dixmoor
Tashia
South Paulina
O’harrow
Alwin
Glenn” Lewis
Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital and Medical Center
Lewis
Whisperwood Funeral Home
Area residents named in drug ring indictment
Seven people including a University Park former Glenwood dispatcher were indicted for running a south suburban cocaine ring supplying Chicago street gangs. The group allegedly moved powder and crack cocaine to Englewood Gresham Morgan Park and West Side areas from Gregory Strouds State Street home. Carmecita Williams, a Glenwood radio dispatcher, allegedly used her job to provide police information to the ring and was indicted on drug conspiracy and official misconduct. Authorities seized Strouds house eight cars two boats $472000 in cash and several weapons. Stroud described the operation as camouflaged in a middle class environment with weekly multi kilo cocaine deliveries to gang members. Indictments also list Strouds nephew and five others with charges ranging from drug conspiracy to weapon counts.
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Glenwood
Chicago
Englewood
Gresham
Morgan Park
Red Oak Lane
Cook County
Williams
Thomas Lukas
Stroud
William Guswhler
State’s Attorney’s Office
Investiga
Guschler
Guswiler
South Side
Sean Stroud
Park Ave
Calumet City
Dwight Chandler
S. Minerva Ave
Dalton
Chandler
Sammie Elem
S. Crandon Ave
Elem
Claude White
Lincoln Ave
Chicago Heights
Thomas Douse
S. Bishop Ave
Calumet Park
Douse
Man faces felony charges for keeping too many turtles
Homer Township resident William Stamm faces possible Class 3 felony charges after Illinois conservation police found 158 live turtles and 154 pounds of frozen turtle meat at his home near Interstate 55 in Channahon. Officers discovered 11 snapping turtles and five painted turtles and noted state law limits. The Will County State’s Attorney is reviewing charges for possible commercial gain.
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Homer Township
Laura Petreikis
Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation
William Stamm
Bell Road
Petreikis
Tony
Stamm
Channahon
Petreikis Petreikis
Will County
Hyde Award Honors Hyde for Pro-Life Work in Illinois
U S Rep Henry Hyde R Wood Dale returned to Illinois to accept the Graham DeI award from the American Catholic Press at Flossmoor Country Club. The ceremony drew Cardinal Francis George and Bishop Iakovos among about 200 guests as Hyde touted his anti abortion record and Hyde amendment while signaling ongoing congressional review of Clinton impeachment matters.
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U.S
Henry Hyde
R-Wood Dale
Hyde
U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee
Clinton
Illinois
American Catholic Press
Flossmoor Country Club
Francis George
Iakovos
Mike Yukich
Cary Newell
Flossmoor
Washington, D.C
George di
Yukich
Chicago
Tance
U.S. Rep
Henry J. Catholic Press
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