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Friday, May 17, 2013

Cops Searching for 'Armed and Dangerous' Man Wanted in Shooting

A Matteson man believed responsible for shooting a Beverly man multiple times remains at large. Police are asking the public to be alert.

Chicago police are on the lookout for a Matteson man described as “armed and dangerous” in connection with a Beverly shooting on Wednesday, Sun-Times Media reports. The alleged shooter is 29-year-old David Twine. Police say he may be driving a black 2012 Cadillac SRX with Illinois license plate P24450, according to the report. The shooting occurred around 12:30 p.m. May 15 in the foyer of an apartment building on the 9900 block of South Walden Parkway in Beverly, police said. A man in his 30s was shot multiple times and transported to Advocate Christ Hospital. He was in critical, but stable condition as of last night, according to Ald. Matt O'Shea.  It is believed that the shooting was not a random act and that the victim and suspect knew …

Tom Shepherd

5:36 pm on Friday, May 17, 2013

Thanks for your reporting. This shouldn't be happening anywhere, let alone this nice area in Beverly. Thanks TP_pete for your remark about the trivial criticism of another post. Silly criticism not necessary nor helpful.   more ›

Friday, January 4, 2013

Second Prison Escapee Arrested in Palos Hills (UPDATE)

Kenneth Conley, 38, was arrested by Palos Hills police Friday afternoon. A police officer was injured during the incident and remains hospitalized.

Updated 8:39 p.m. A Palos Hills police lieutenant remains hospitalized after wrestling with a wanted man who escaped from a downtown Chicago correctional center in December. Kenneth Conley, 38, was arrested by officers from the Palos Hills Police Department Friday afternoon. Police say Conley was hiding out in the basement of an apartment building at 10279 86th Terrace. Conley and another man, Joseph "Jose" Banks, 37, are convicted bank robbers who authorities say managed to escape from the Metropolitan Correctional Center on Dec. 18. Banks was arrested Dec. 21 in Chicago by the FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force and the Chicago Police Department. A lieutenant involved in investigating the apartment was injured in a struggle with Conley, …

Christina

11:09 am on Monday, January 7, 2013

This is ridiculous. The crime did not occur in Palos, the idiot just hid-out there. Some of our fellow patch readers will take any opportunity to voice their opinions on how the "neighborhood isn't what it used to be" regardless of the story. In this case, that comment was silly and unnecessary. Thank you Palos Hills Police Department for a job well done and best wishes for a speedy recovery to …   more ›

Friday, December 21, 2012

FBI: Prison Escapee Caught in Chicago; Cellmate Still at Large

Joseph 'Jose' Banks, who broke out of a downtown Chicago prison Tuesday and was sighted in Tinley Park and New Lenox, was captured by Chicago Police and the FBI on Thursday night.

  Authorities captured late Thursday night one of the two convicted bank robbers who escaped from a downtown prison earlier this week, the FBI reports. Joseph "Jose" Banks, 37, was arrested at about 11:30 p.m. in the 2300 block of North Bosworth Street in Chicago by members of the FBI's Violent Crimes Task Force and the Chicago Police Department, an FBI press release stated. Kenneth Conley, his cellmate and fellow escapee, is still at large, the release stated. Banks and Conley broke out of the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Chicago on Tuesday, Dec. 18. Authorities discovered a knotted rope or bedsheet dangling from a window high above the street. A manhunt for the two men led law enforcement agencies to Tinley Park, where …

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Involved

10:43 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012

Ryan is in jail. Is he a democrat too?   more ›

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