Here's a round-up of recent and bizarre police report items from the area.
NAPERVILLE Someone on Feb. 21 received text messages from unknown numbers which read: "I SEE YOU" and "IM COMING FOR YOU," in the 1400 block of Culpepper Drive, police said. The messages were texted to the phone via Internet. Edvinas Korotkevic, 29, was arrested at 7:16 a.m. Feb. 18 at the Naperville Marriott in the 1800 block of North Naper Boulevard, police said. Korotkevic, a guest of the hotel, was allegedly drunk when he came down to the lobby and threatened to throw a smoothie in a clerk's face. The guest refused to leave after being asked by hotel management and was later arrested by police for disorderly conduct and trespassing, police said. He posted bond. ST. CHARLES Robin A. Appelhans, 52, of the 100 block of Lakeside Drive, was…
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National Report: Click here for an interactive map that will show you the deficient bridges in our area as well as the status of the bridges we cross every day.
Sixteen bridges within 10 miles of Geneva are rated "structurally deficient," according to a Transportation for America report. The good news is that none of them are in Geneva, Batavia or St. Charles city limits and none are major traffic thoroughfares across the Fox River. The bad news is that there is a deficient bridge as close as Wenmoth Road, which crosses Mill Creek, and another at Joliet and Wilson Streets in DuPage County, a 1933-vintage bridge crossing Kress Creek that handles 11,500 vehicles a day. Other deficient bridges you've probably crossed several times include Main Street in Winfield and on Illinois Route 56. The report also indicates the relative health of bridges we cross every day in Geneva, Batavia and St. Charles. …
Here's a round-up of recent and bizarre police report items from the area.
ST. CHARLES Nicole M. Pstrong, 33, of the 200 block of Cedar Avenue, was cited at 4:45 a.m. Feb. 9 at her home with disorderly conduct-noise after officers were called to the residence twice on noise complaints. Police said the first time, at 4:16 a.m., while no one would answer the door, someone called out, “Go away, we’re drinking,” and the loud music was turned down. Still no one answered, and the officer left. Police were called back at 4:45 a.m., and this time the officer’s knock on the door was answered. Pstrong was issued the citation. GENEVA Someone took a Valentino Rockstud leopard calf hair hobo shoulder bag from Jobella, 310 Campbell St., sometime between 2 p.m. Jan. 26 and noon Jan. 30, Geneva police report. The store owner …
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9:06 am on Sunday, February 17, 2013
Hate to say it but there are trucks that drive around take free liberty of things they see anywhere close to the street. I guess if the police called them on it they would say they thought the person was throwing the goods out or giving them away. Too bad no one lays down ground rules. Just don't leave anything near the street these days unless you intend to give the item away. more ›
Downtown residential areas appear to be targeted overnight, police say.
West Chicago police say that within the past week they have seen an increase in the number of vehicle burglaries, primarily overnight in the downtown residential areas between Washington Street and National Street, as well as Arbor Avenue and Route 59. Probably good to be on the alert in Geneva, too. The common factor in these cases was that the vehicles were left unlocked, police said in a release issued Monday. The West Chicago Police Department is advising the public to follow these safety tips to help prevent falling victim to car burglary:
Here's a round-up of recent and bizarre police report items from the area.
NAPERVILLE A woman reported on Feb. 5 that someone had placed a used condom on her apartment door handle in the 200 block of East Bailey Road, police said. GLEN ELLYN Michael P. Dieterle, 20, of the 1300 block of East Elm Street, Wheaton, was arrested at 2:43 a.m. Jan. 27 in the 300 block of Alder Lane, police said. He was charged with public intoxication, illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor and public indecency. ST. CHARLES Steven J. Michalak, 42, of the 5N200 block of Hanson Road, called police at 12:24 a.m. Jan. 31 to request assistance. He was at XSport Fitness, 238 N. Randall Road, and the locks to his car doors had frozen. Police showed up within minutes to offer their help. They had to verify that Michalak indeed was the owner…
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The Health Department’s Community Health Improvement Plan targets chronic diseases such as cancer. The department recommends that all homes in Kane County be tested for radon.
As part of National Radon Action Month during January, the Kane County Health Department wants parents of children in day care to know they will be better informed about levels of radon in their child’s facility under a new state law that took effect Jan. 1, 2013. Licensed day care centers and day care homes in Illinois are now required to test for the radioactive gas. Beginning Jan. 1, 2014, day care centers will need to show proof the facility has been tested for radon within the last three years as part of the initial application or license renewal process. Radon is a colorless, odorless, tasteless radioactive gas that comes from the radioactive decay of naturally occurring uranium in the soil. Radon is the second-leading cause of lung…
7:20 am on Thursday, February 7, 2013
Another government intrusion into our lives...why isn't the right complaining about this? more ›
Here's this week's roundup of local police incidents.
MONDAY, JAN. 28 Deontae C. Nichols, 22, of the 1700 block of Wessel Court, was charged at 4:14 p.m. at Lundeen’s Liquor World, 610 E. Main St., with retail theft. Police say the store had video of Nichols taking an item, later determined to be a Remy Martin Cognac set valued at $41.99, and then leaving the store without paying. Nichols was last seen at the St. Charles Public Library, 1 S. 6th Ave., where police found him with the cognac in his possession. He posted $150 cash bond and paid a $50 booking fee and was released pending a Feb. 14 appearance in Kane County Branch Court. First and Main Inc., 278 Fairhaven Drive, reported at 2:49 p.m. the theft by fraud of 158 items, which were ordered over the phone by someone presenting …
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Here's a round-up of recent and bizarre police report items from the area.
NAPERVILLE Two people were arrested early Jan. 27 after a brawl broke out inside a downtown Naperville bar, in which a stiletto shoe was used as a weapon, the Naperville Police Department said. Kenneth S. Davis, 21, of the 500 block of Donna Avenue in Aurora and Jessica M. Manchur, 27, of the 600 block of Grove Drive in Elk Grove Village, were charged with fighting, prohibited under a city ordinance, police said. Officers responded to a fight in progress on the second floor at Rizzo's bar, 6 W. Jefferson Ave., around 12:44 a.m. Jan. 27. As a result of the fight, one man was transported to the hospital after suffering facial lacerations. An employee was also injured after being "intentionally hit in the face by a stiletto style shoe," …
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Here's a round-up of recent and bizarre police report items from the area.
NAPERVILLE A Naperville man caught speeding last April, hoping to have sex with a woman he liked, pleaded guilty Thursday to reckless driving, the Chicago Tribune reports. Zachary Pierce Ramirez, 21, of the 1400 block of Fairway Drive, was arrested at 2:08 a.m. April 21, 2012 at Oswego and River roads after being caught driving 111 mph in a 45-mph zone, police reports said. A story in the Daily Herald on April 27, 2012 said Ramirez was in a hurry because he was hoping to have sex with a girl he liked. He was driving about 104 mph near the Springbrook Prairie Forest Preserve and another speed check determined he was going 111 mph. Police said Ramirez also had cannabis in his possession at the time of his arrest. He was ordered to spend five…
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4:24 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
One steals a license sticker and goes to jail. Another has illegal drugs and runs 111 mph in a 45 zone and does not go to jail. Who is more dangerous and should end up doing time? Heaven forbid anyone should mess with the State's book keeping and revenue generating even in an infinitesimal way, but if you threaten the lives of others on the highway, it's no big deal? more ›
Here's a round-up of recent and bizarre police report items from the area.
ST. CHARLES Police were called at 12:58 a.m. Jan. 13 to the Alibi Bar & Grill, 12 N. 3rd St., on a report of a woman vomiting. Police arrived to find the extremely intoxicated woman in the women’s bathroom, surrounded by a pool of vomit. She began vomiting again when paramedics arrived to check on her, and she was transported to an area hospital. A 46-year-old Wayne resident reported at 3:54 p.m. Jan. 12 the theft of a Samsung Galaxy 16 gigabyte smartphone. The victim told police he went to pick up the phone at the UPS Store, 2400 E. Main St., but that the box in which it had been shipped had been opened and retaped before he picked it up. He opened the box in his vehicle and discovered it was missing the cellphone and the receipt and …
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Mark Wissing
7:47 am on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Mike B, The report used in this story is not new and did not describe that the inspection of Wenmoth Road Bridge was completed in 2009. The current engineering report is from 2012 and is filed with the State of Illinois, Kane County Department of Transportation, and Geneva Township Clerks office. Inspections of bridges are done every other year. The Wenmoth Road Bridge over Mill Creek is in good … more ›