| Magazine solicitors scamming River Forest residents |
River Forest police are advising residents not to buy magazine subscriptions from a group of people who were roaming the streets last week, claiming to be selling magazine subscriptions, but in some cases skimming off the top.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 |
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| Oak Park and River Forest bike theft map 7/19 - 7/26 |
Web Extra! Map
One notable arrest this week was Victor Gonzalez of Chicago, 42, was arrested on the 1100 block of South Blvd. in Oak Park the afternoon of July 23 and charged with felony theft of a bicycle and criminal damage to property.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 |
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| Oak Park man indicted in $35 million mortgage scheme |
| Real estate company owner allegedly flipped properties |
| By BEN MEYERSON |
First reported 7/23/2010 2:16 p.m.
An Oak Park man who owned a real estate company has been indicted in a $35 million mortgage fraud scheme involving 120 homes, the U.S. Attorney's office announced Thursday.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 |
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| Cops on the watch net arrest for 11 heroin packets |
| River Forest police also confiscate nearly $1,500 in cash |
| By BEN MEYERSON |
First reported 7/23/2010 7:28 p.m.
A surveillance operation in River Forest yielded a big arrest just after noon June 21, when two men were arrested with 11 packets of heroin and nearly $1,500 in cash on Madison at Maple in Oak Park.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 |
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| Oak Park and River Forest bike theft map |
Web Extra! Map
It's summer, and that means bikes are flying through the streets of Oak Park and River Forest. It also means, unfortunately, that they're getting stolen. Police say the best way to avoid thefts is to be smart and informed, so Wednesday Journal has built an interactive map of all the places bikes have been stolen between July 12 and July 19.
Thursday, July 22, 2010 |
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| Generous gas pumpers arrested for theft |
Driving past the River Forest Mobil at 754 Harlem on July 17, a River Forest police officer saw something odd: someone using a credit card to pay for gas for multiple cars.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 |
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| $7,000 statue stolen? She's Zen with that |
For 11 years, Cynthia Hicks' Buddha statue was the heart of the neighborhood. People, young and old, would come to pay tribute to the 2-by-2-foot concrete bust next to Hicks' garage at the corner of Harvey and Pleasant in Oak Park.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 |
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| Oak Park dry cleaner thwarts robbery, then gives chase |
| Dry cleaner employees chased suspect from shop |
| By BEN MEYERSON |
First reported 7/15/2010 1:18 p.m.
A would-be robber picked the wrong dry cleaner to knock over last week. When two men walked into Austin Cleaners at 430 N. Austin in Oak Park around 6:30 p.m. on July 12, they showed a gun and demanded money.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 |
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| $37,000 in jewelry stolen from 89-year-old in River Forest |
An 89-year-old River Forest woman had $37,000 worth of jewelry stolen from her townhome as a man posing as a concrete worker distracted her.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 |
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| Oak Park police nab bike, two months later nab thief |
Police finally nabbed a man who stole a bike from an Oak Park woman two months ago. Wesley Todd of Cicero, 41, was arrested July 2 on the 2400 block of S. Central in Cicero and charged with felony theft.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 |
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| Oak Park arrests two in armed robberies, carjacking |
| Chicago police find stolen vehicle in Chicago |
| By BEN MEYERSON |
Two men who allegedly went on a crime spree that spanned Oak Park, Forest Park, Berwyn and Chicago are in custody.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 |
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| Vandals deface Fenwick athletic fields in River Forest |
Someone doesn't like Fenwick very much, or its sports teams, either. A car tore up brand new sod on the high school's athletic fields at 7255 Greenfield in River Forest by driving in circles on the grass doing donuts sometime between June 27 and June 29.
Tuesday, July 06, 2010 |
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| Former Cat Practice employee arrested for theft |
Cathy S. Fogaty of Chicago, 52, was arrested at her home on the 4700 block of N. St. Louis in Chicago for theft from The Cat Practice, 323 Chicago Ave. in Oak Park. The arrest, Oak Park police said, was the result of a financial crimes investigation that began in November 2009.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 |
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| Reckless driver strikes again |
The man who recently crashed into Oak Park's revolving doors at Village Hall, taking them out of commission, struck again on June 17 - literally.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 |
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| Snatch-and-grab arrest yields multi-state warrants |
A quick snatch-and-grab at Fair Share Foods, 6226 Roosevelt in Oak Park, turned into a law enforcement coup last Friday when police tracked down the perpetrators.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 |
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| Oak Park man killed on West Side |
| Chicago police claim gang connections |
| By BEN MEYERSON |
First reported 6/14/2010 10:37 a.m.
An Oak Park man with alleged gang affiliations was shot multiple times and killed Sunday night on the West Side, Chicago police said Monday morning.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 |
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| Man exposes himself to 14-year-old girl |
| Police seeking heavyset man in his 40s with thinning red hair |
| By BEN MEYERSON |
First reported 6/9/2010 12:20 p.m.
Police are on the lookout after a heavyset man in his 40s exposed himself to a 14-year-old Oak Park girl near the intersection of Euclid and Augusta Tuesday afternoon, June 8.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 |
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| Former River Forest resident renting out apartment
he doesn't own |
| By BEN MEYERSON |
First reported 6/8/2010 4:53 p.m.
A former River Forest resident is renting out his old apartment on the 1500 block of Harlem Avenue. Sounds simple, right? The problem is, he doesn't own the place.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 |
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| Two women charged with battery outside OPRF |
When a fight broke out in front of Oak Park and River Forest High School on June 1, it wasn't pretty. There was a crowd of people around the fight, watching the fight between two juvenile Oak Park girls.
Tuesday, June 08, 2010 |
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| Burglary and theft |
A 7-foot PVC, concrete and steel pipe, worth about $100, was stolen from the rear driveway at Pilgrim Congregational Church, 460 Lake in Oak Park, overnight between May 22 and 23.
Tuesday, June 01, 2010 |
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