Monday, May 16, 2011
National Democrats give local candidates some campaign tips.
Before Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) was sworn into office in January, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) decided his 10th Congressional District seat was one it could win in 2012. Nearly five months later, Ilya Sheyman, a community organizer from Waukegan, has formally announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination to oppose Dold. Bradley S. Schneider, a business consultant from Deerfield, has also expressed interest. Last week they both went on an educational field trip with the DCCC. Special schooling from Plouffe, Pelosi Sheyman and Schneider were two of 34 congressional candidates to receive special schooling at a training session conducted by the DCCC in Washington. The national party has made the …
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Former employee and waitress Shawn Dragman appeared in court April 28.
A Glenview woman charged with embezzling more than $186,000 from Hackney’s on Harms pleaded not guilty to eight felony counts of financial crimes Thursday in Cook County Criminal Court in Skokie. Former Hackney’s waitress and bookkeeper Shawn Dragman, 52, was originally charged March 18 with one count of felony theft. On April 8 she was indicted on one count of criminal financial crimes enterprise, two counts of theft in excess of $100,000 and five charges of forgery, according to Cook County State’s Attorney spokesman Andy Conklin. Criminal financial crimes enterprise and theft are Class 1 felonies, according to Conklin. They can be punished by four to 15 years in prison. The forgery charges are Class 3 felonies. A conviction could mean…
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Hackney's On Harms
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Court denies Delatorre's request for settlement conference, sets final status date.
A judge was unwilling to hold settlement discussions today to resolve seven misdemeanor claims against Glenview police, fire and public safety dispatcher Steven Delatorre. Delatorre is accused of running naked through his Chicago apartment building last year. Delatorre was originally arrested on two counts of public indecency while at work at the Glenview Police Station Feb. 1. He was booked on five additional counts of the same charge Feb. 16 immediately after appearing in court to answer the first two. If convicted of three or more, his next arrest on the same offense would be a felony, according to Chicago Police Detective Karen La Palermo. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Anthony Calabrese denied a motion by Delatorre attorney Joe …
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2542 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL
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Sunday, April 24, 2011
The winning entry will be displayed in the tunnel connecting the Capitol with the Cannon House Office Building.
High school artists living in Glenview have an opportunity to have their work displayed in the United States Capitol by entering the 29th annual Artistic Discovery Contest sponsored by the United States House of Representatives. Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) invites all high school students living in the Tenth Congressional District to submit their work according to a release from Dold’s office. The winning entry from the area will be displayed in the tunnel connecting the Capitol with the Cannon House Office Building along with winning projects from the nation’s other 435 congressional districts. The art work can be a painting, drawing, collage, print, mixed media, computer generated art or photography project, according to the release…
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650 Dundee Rd, Northbrook, IL
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
Emily’s List threatens to target freshman congressman in 2012 campaign.
Politics may have played as big a role as policy when Emily’s List placed Rep. Robert Dold (R-IL) on its "On Notice List" last week. Emily’s List, a group dedicated to electing Democratic women to office, has named Dold among nine Republicans who it considers vulnerable to a female challenger and may allocate resources to defeat the congressman in 2012. The organization claims Dold's record is consistently “anti-woman” since joining Congress in January. “The budget that Rep. Dold voted for included just about every anti-woman measure under the sun,” said Jess McIntosh, spokeswoman for the Washington-based group. “It would eliminate the family planning services women rely on to keep themselves and their families healthy.” McIntosh's …
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Attorneys’ investigations near completion. Setting of trial date may be next.
A trial date may be on the horizon for Ryan Ricco, the former District 225 student accused of making bomb threats to Glenbrook North and South High Schools, according to statements made by attorneys today in the Skokie Branch of Cook County Criminal Court. The 18-year-old Northbrook resident is charged with two separate felony counts of false terrorist threats, carrying a possible prison term of four to 15 years, according to Cook County State’s Attorney Spokesperson Andy Conklin. He is also charged with felony disorderly conduct, which carries a possible two- to five-year prison sentence, and a misdemeanor claim of illegal possession of fireworks. Ricco attorney Steven Weinberg told Judge Garritt Howard that necessary investigations and …
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Glenbrook South High School
4000 W Lake Ave, Glenview, IL
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Thursday, April 14, 2011
Roland Moji V. Martinez may have to register as a sex offender if convicted of charges.
A 21-year-old Niles man charged with having sexual contact with a minor pleaded not guilty to the charges after his indictment on one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse was announced April 11 in Cook County Criminal Court in Skokie. Roland Moji V. Martinez was originally charged Feb. 27 after Glenview police discovered him at the Marriott Courtyard on Milwaukee Avenue with an underage female. They learned of his whereabouts after stopping two male juveniles walking in the 4200 Block of West Lake Avenue at 3 a.m. that day. According to police, Martinez had purchased alcohol for them and consumed at drinks at the motel. The charges against Martinez are a Class 2 felony which carries a prison sentence of up to seven years. He was …
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Courtyard Chicago Glenview
1801 Milwaukee Ave, Glenview, IL
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Beal appeared in court April 13.
Christopher Brooke Beal pleaded not guilty today in the Skokie branch of Cook County Circuit Court to a six-count felony indictment related to charges of stealing more than $900,000. His bond was also modified to remove electronic home monitoring. The Cook County Grand Jury recently indicted Beal, the former executive director of the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) on two charges of theft of government property, official misconduct and forgery. These Class X felonies carry a prison sentence of six to 30 years. Beal was charged March 10 with stealing more than $900,000 in funds from SWANCC after a five-month joint investigation involving the Glenview Police Department and the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Public …
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Agreement maintains Planned Parenthood funding.
When Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Highland Park) predicted yesterday that a government shutdown would be averted in the final hour, he knew what he was talking about. Less than an hour before the midnight deadline yesterday, President Barack Obama reached agreement with House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to fund government operations through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. The deal avoided a cessation of services at midnight Friday. “It will probably happen at 11 tonight,” Kirk said during a media conference call with local reporters including Patch late Friday afternoon. “That’s the way these things usually work.” The deal was a personal vindication for Kirk and Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) who did not want…
Friday, March 18, 2011
Ryan Ricco allowed to play in basketball tournament for school team.
Bond was modified for Ryan Ricco March 17 to allow the former District 225 student accused of making bomb threats to Glenbrook North and South High Schools to play in a basketball tournament this weekend at Forest View High School in Arlington Heights. Ricco is charged with two separate felony counts of false terrorist threats, carrying a possible prison term of four to 15 years, according to Cook County State’s Attorney Spokesperson Andy Conklin. According to a Glenview Police Department report, Ricco threatened to bomb Glenbrook North High School and walk into Glenbrook South High School with a bomb strapped to him. Ricco is alleged to have made the threat in a Facebook message to a female Glenbrook South student Dec. 8. He was charged …
Andrea Johnson
6:57 pm on Sunday, May 29, 2011
Pelosi didn't raise the minimum wage, it took a congress and senate to do that. You defend this woman, but what did she do to stop the mortgage crisis, or to stop liberally-controlled Acorn? This administration has been loaded with scandals and corruption that the dems simply ingored and continue to ignore. Take your nonsense to California. more ›