Thursday, November 29, 2012
A special prosecutor brought in to try Will County Board member Steve Wilhelmi's son for battery dropped the case but is still going after two pals of the young man. The fathers of these two men are not on the county board.
When Will County Board member Steve Wilhelmi's son was first arrested for allegedly whipping a man with his belt, he only faced charges of misdemeanor battery and mob action. Then the mob action charge went away, and now he's charged with nothing. A special prosecutor called in to try Wilhelmi's 21-year-old son, Alex Wilhelmi of 1108 Taylor St., Joliet, dropped the case Thursday morning. But David Neal of the Special Prosecution Unit of the State’s Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's office is still going after the two men arrested along with Alex Wilhelmi on July 1. Daniel Duffy, 23, of 503 Wilcox St. faces a charge of battery and Manuel Borrego, 24, of 319 Hunter Ave. is up for both battery and drunken driving. Duffy and Borrego do not have…
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
A woman called the police over the weekend saying she believed an abrupt highway merge led a driver to become so angry that he followed her into a parking lot, chased and assaulted her.
An 18-year-old Peotone woman called local police over the weekend after an abrupt merge onto Interstate 80 and an unsettling interaction with a fellow motorist, she was chased and choked outside a Tinley Park supermarket. The woman told police that around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, she was on I-57, merging onto I-80 as a construction zone was approaching, forcing her to quickly make the lane change. After her merge, she noticed a dark-colored Buick LeSabre tailing her very closely. She took the Harlem Avenue exit hoping the driver wouldn't follow her, but he did, the report said. Sign up to receive a free, daily e-newsletter from Tinley Park Patch. The woman then parked her vehicle behind the Vision Works store in the 7200 block of West 191st …
Friday, August 24, 2012
The woman was driving on I-80 in northwest Indiana when a man driving a pickup truck first tried to run her car into a concrete barrier before firing a small handgun into her car.
Indiana law enforcement officials are looking for a man who fired a gun into a car driven by an Orland Park woman Thursday night. The 22-year-old woman was driving west on I-80 near Gary, Indiana, around 9:05 p.m. when a dark-colored pickup truck began tailgating her as she drove in the left lane of a four-lane section, according to a release from the Indiana State Police. The truck, driven by a white man, followed closely for about a mile, before moving into the left-center lane, and attempted to push the woman into a concrete wall, according to the release. Sign up for Tinley Park Patch breaking news alerts. The man then drove onto the shoulder and began pushing her to the right, even after she moved over into the left-center lane, …
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Police said the driver of a gold car, possibly a Cadillac, brandished a "dark-colored" handgun last week while arguing with another motorist.
A woman called the cops last week after a fellow driver waved a gun at her during a strange traffic altercation on Duvan Drive. The 42-year-old local woman said that around 11:40 a.m. Aug. 15, she left the Illinois Vehicle Emissions testing center at 7460 W. Duvan Drive in Tinley Park. She turned right onto Duvan and began heading north when she heard the driver behind her sounding his horn. She said he may have been in a Cadillac. The car was gold, the report said. Sign up to receive a free, daily e-newsletter from Tinley Park Patch. Just south of 175th Street on Duvan, the woman pulled over to the right to let the driver pass. She stuck out her arm and waived the driver by her, according to police. "The vehicle pulled next to (the victim…
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Monday, June 27, 2011
Police arrested a Tinley Park man who they say chased down a car on Harlem Avenue.
Police arrested a 29-year-old Tinley Park man last week after they say he was instigating an accident with another driver on Harlem Avenue. Jeffrey J. Staack, of the 17300 block of Harlem Avenue, was charged Wednesday with reckless driving, police said. Police responded shortly before 7 p.m. to the 16200 block of Harlem, where they said Staack caused a crash involving a woman who was driving northbound on Harlem. She said that while she was driving, she saw Staack "making obscene gestures and yelling at her." She told police she knew Staack, as he was once friends with her father, who was a passenger in the car the woman was driving. Staack began tailgating and chasing the car, the woman said, nearly striking other vehicles while he did so…
Anon
3:03 pm on Thursday, March 28, 2013
He whips someone today and doesn't pay the price what about rape, murder. You will be seeing his name in the papers again for more vicious acts in the future. Sad that who you know is the LAW. more ›