There have been many stories and many incidents over the years, when people would drop or throw heavy objects, such as large rocks, down onto highways from overpasses (any structure that passes over a highway), causing severe property damage, as well as great bodily harm, or even death, to vehicle occupants. Illinois previously had a...
Read MoreCurrently, there are three classes of speeding offenses in Chicago and across Illinois: Petty offenses Class B misdemeanors Class A misdemeanors. Convictions for speeding offenses may have serious consequences on a person’s life and impact their ability to obtain driving privileges in the future. Fines and costs for speeding offenses can be quite high and...
Read MoreRecently, a local man, previously convicted of Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs on two occasions, was arrested for a third such offense after he allegedly drove the wrong way down a one way street directly in front of a marked police cruiser. Apparently, he had been coming from a family Thanksgiving dinner,...
Read MoreRecently, three young men were arrested after they allegedly tried to rob a homeless man of his book bag in Chicago’s South Loop area. A police officer on patrol saw a fight between these four men. When he broke it up, he saw the homeless man had been stabbed multiple times, and that the other...
Read MoreThe “Devil in the White City” murders/ H.H. Holmes’ Murder Castle Born Herman Webster Mudgett around 1860, he changed it to H.H. Holmes when he became a Doctor. At the time of the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893, Dr. Holmes built a three story hotel dubbed the World’s Fair Hotel. He used multiple construction companies...
Read MoreA 23 year old man was recently arrested in Lincolnshire, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and according to news reports was charged with two counts of Aggravated DUI, a misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia, and a misdemeanor charge of Driving with a Revoked License. The offense of Aggravated DUI is a felony, and...
Read MoreA Nineteen year old boy that apparently thought he was invincible, allegedly made the ill-fated decision to try his luck against Oklahoma’s Law Enforcement community, and now is facing charges of Reckless Driving, and Felony Fleeing and Eluding a Police Officer. Although this is alleged to have happened in Oklahoma, if it had occurred in...
Read MoreAccidents happen. We are told this as children to help comfort us when we make a mistake and feel badly about the consequences. Sometimes though, that saying is of little to no comfort for anyone involved. Recently, a motorist was facing court sentencing on petty traffic offense violations following a fatal accident that took the...
Read MoreIt is often said that, if you really want to get to know a person’s bad side, take them on a camping trip. For one 31 year old man, the decision to go camping with his wife and family was a fatal one. During a heated argument that he was having with his wife at...
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