Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The man's newlywed wife reported him missing, but he was already in police custody - for soliciting a prostitute.
A 21-year-old Lincolnwood man was charged with soliciting a prostitute - on his honeymoon. Mohammed Ahmed, of the 4400 block of Estes Avenue, was charged with soliciting a prostitute in Orlando, Fla., according to the Polk County Sheriff's Department. According to authorities, Ahmed's wife called police and reported her husband missing when he didn't return to their hotel suite. She would later realize he was in police custody after he was arrested by an undercover cop, according to the Huffington Post. Ahmed was arrested during a four day sting which took place between May 8 and 11 in Orlando, Huffington Post Chicago reports. -- Patch on Facebook
Three area healthcare business owners - one from Skokie, another from Morton Grove and the other from Park Ridge - are said to have submitted more than $4 million in false medical claims over a four month period, the DOJ said today.
Three health clinic co-owners are among seven defendants charged with engaging in five separate, unrelated health care fraud schemes to defraud the Medicare program or private health insurers of millions of dollars, federal law enforcement officials announced today. Ankur Roy, Akash Patel and Dipen Desai, who owned and operated Selectcare Health, Inc., which provided outpatient physical and respiratory therapy in Park Ridge and Skokie, were charged with submitting more than $4 million in false billings to Medicare between March and July 2011, according to authorities. Between March and July 2011, the defendants allegedly submitted $4,009,094 in false billings for services that were purportedly provided between April 2010 and April 2011, …
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The following arrest information was supplied by the Skokie Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
California Pizza battery While waiting in line to be seated at California Pizza Kitchen in Old Orchard Mall, two subjects began arguing about who would be seated next. An argument ensued, and one person pushed the other. No charges were filed. Vehicle vandalism The front and rear windows of a car parked in the 10000 block of Frontage Road were smashed open on May 11. No items were reported missing. Youth set fire A group of juveniles set fire to an unlocked storage shed at NorthShore Community Bank, 5049 Oakton St., on May 11 around 11. The incident damaged several bank brochures, the report stated. No further information was provided. Sugar in the gas tank? Elliot Jonathan Holloway, 27, of Chicago, was charged with disorderly conduct on …
Kevin Maguire, 43, poured gasoline on the floor of his parents' home and lit it, police said, according to chicago.cbslocal.com.
Kevin Maguire was held on $25,000 bond after he reacted to an argument with his parents by pouring gasoline on the floor of their home and igniting it, according to chicago.cbslocal.com. The website reported his father was able to put out the flames. Maguire is a resident from neighboring Morton Grove. Patch had earlier reported Maguire was charged with aggravated arson for the incident at the home, in the 8900 block of Oriole. Maguire's next court date is May 20 in the Skokie branch of the Cook County courts. -- Skokie Patch on Facebook
Monday, May 13, 2013
The following arrest information was supplied by the Skokie Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
Vehicle vandalism Police responded to a criminal damage complaint in the 8000 block of Kildare Avenue on May 9. According to the report, an unknown person scratched a parked car using a sharp object. Road rage Following a traffic dispute in the 5000 block of Lawler Avenue, one of the drivers exited his vehicle and kicked the other person’s car, causing damage to its exterior, police said. Retail theft Daneil Hickman, 35, of Skokie, was charged with retail theft on May 9. Hickman was arrested after trying to steal a pair of shoes from Marshall’s, 9445 Skokie Blvd., on May 8, police said. Drug paraphernalia Police recovered a glass smoking pipe containing marijuana following a traffic stop in the 9600 block of Skokie Boulevard on May 9. No …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
A look at weird crime news in the northern Chicago suburbs.
At Least Nothing Was Superglued to the Backyard Ceiling A Buffalo Grove resident reported someone moved several items around her backyard but had no idea who moved the items. Never Get In Debt With Mermaids Buffalo Grove police pulled a motorcycle out of a pond. The bike's owner told police he thought it had been repossessed. Local Magician Retires Someone turned in an unwanted pair of handcuffs to the Northfield Police Department. You Do The Math, Cuz I Can No Longer Do Math A Chicago man was charged with felony DUI and aggravated DUI after police saw his car veering between lanes in Niles. When officers stopped the driver, he produced a Mexican ID and told police he only had two drinks, but officers saw a box containing seven empty …
Saturday, May 11, 2013
The following police-related items came from area Patches. When an arrest is referenced it should not be considered a conviction.
Inverness Woman Charged in Decades Old Murder Former Inverness resident Jacquelyn Greco, 66, was charged with arranging the murder of her husband in 1979. Greco, of Crystal Falls, Michigan was charged with first degree murder of her husband, Carl Gaimari. Police said Greco was having an affair and planned her husband's death. Police said that Greco had a burglary staged. On April 30, 1979, two men entered the residence and stated they were robbing the home. Police said the two men ordered Greco and the couple's three children – ages 13, 5, and 2 – into a bedroom, tied them up and locked them in a closet. Before they closed the closet door, the men took a box off of a top shelf that contained two handguns owned by Gaimari. Police said that …
Friday, May 10, 2013
The Cook County Sheriff's Department completed their search of a Chicago apartment building where it was reported that serial killer John Wayne Gacy engaged in suspicious activity.
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Friday, May 10
A March search of a property once associated with serial killer John Wayne Gacy found no concealed graves, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Friday, May 10. Sheriff Dart searched the location after new information was developed that Gacy was engaged in suspicious activity outside the apartment building in the 6100 block of West Miami Ave in Chicago, Ill. His mother once lived in the building, and in the mid-1970’s Gacy was hired to maintain the building grounds at the West Miami property. Although the property had been previously searched by the Chicago Police Department, new information brought to Sheriff’s detectives and improved technology to allow for a noninvasive search motivated the preparation of a search warrant. The …
Thursday, May 9, 2013
The following arrest information was supplied by the Skokie Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
Aggravated Battery Corey Cullum, 33, of Evanston, was charged with aggravated battery after police conducted a traffic stop on the 4900 block of Golf Road between 10:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
on May 4, police stated. Police officers attempted to place the driver under arrest for being suspended, according to the report, and the driver’s husband attempted to prevent them from making the arrest. A struggle ensued, police stated, and the arresting officer was injured. Retail Theft A juvenile was arrested for retail theft at Nordstrom’s Department Store, 4937 Old Orchard Center, at 3:45 p.m.
on May 3, police stated. The juvenile went into the fitting room with a sweatshirt, shirt and thong, according to the report, and exited carrying only a …
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The founder of a well-known Lincolnwood restaurant passed away a short time before a fire erupted in the restaurant, CBS Chicago reported.
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Wednesday, May 8
In what the son of a restaurant founder called a coincidence, a fire ignited at Myron & Phil’s steakhouse a short time after its owner passed away in Lincolnwood on Wednesday, CBS Chicago reported. Myron & Phil’s has been operating for more than 40 years, according to CBS Chicago’s report. The blaze erupted in the storage room at Myron & Phil’s, 3900 W. Devon Avenue, at approximately 3 a.m., the Skokie Review reported. Myron & Phil’s is active in the community and participated in Taste of Skokie in 2012. The iconic local steakhouse underwent some remodeling and menu changes, according to Myron & Phil’s website.
Dick Fitzwell
2:16 am on Sunday, May 19, 2013
Dumb ass should kill himself and get 72 virgins! more ›