Friday, May 10, 2013
School and city officials recently discussed creating a safe school zone around Evanston Township High School.
Evanston police could have more authority around Evanston Township High School if school and city officials move forward with a proposed safety ordinance that would allow police to step in before a situation escalates to violence, the Daily Northwestern reported. Under Illinois law, municipalities can create “safe school zones” near school areas, in which police can arrest individuals deemed a threat who refused to leave the zone after police request. The city and Evanston Township High School would work to determine the zone boundaries and District 202 Superintendent Eric Witherspoon says the proposed ordinance would target what he says are the two biggest threats to student safety: gang members and drug dealers, the Daily Northwestern…
Sunday, April 28, 2013
The Evanston Police Department launched a new Twitter account, @EvanstonPD, this week.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Evanston Police Department’s Problem Solving Team Officers will hold beat meetings around the neighborhood from April 17 through May 7.
All meetings start at 7 p.m. and last until around 8:30 p.m. Meeting Schedule and Locations: Wednesday, April 17 PST Beats 601 & 603 1st Ward, 3rd Ward, 4th Ward & 7th Ward. (Ald. Fiske, Wilson, Wynne & Grover) Main Library, 1703 Orrington Ave., Large Community Room. Thursday, April 18 PST Beat 605 8th Ward (Ald. Rainey) Howard St. Police Outpost, 633 Howard St. Tuesday, April 23 PST Beat 606 6th Ward (Ald. Tendam) Curt’s Café, 2922 Central St. Wednesday, April 24 PST Beat 602 5th Ward (Ald. Holmes) Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center, 1655 Foster St. Thursday, April 25 PST Beat 607 9th Ward (Ald. Burrus) Levy Senior Center, 300 Dodge Ave., craft room A. Tuesday, May 7 PST Beat 604 2nd Ward (Ald. Braithwaite) Washington …
Monday, December 31, 2012
When tasks at home and violence outside of it become just too much.
If your holiday season’s been filled with joy and relaxation, I sincerely congratulate you as I take yet another Advil while writing this column. But, if you’re anything like me, relieved to have survived the holidays (so far), settle in for a story you just might identify with. Please take me at my word when I say I’m eternally grateful for the blessings in my life … but there comes a time when the convergence of these blessings (and their various dynamics) drag me to my wits’ end. My mother has a saying that my sisters and I lovingly tease her about. Whenever things feel overwhelming, she’ll say, “It’s just too much.” I’m here to say, I’ve officially become my mother, because that’s how the holidays felt this year. I should have seen my …
Saturday, December 22, 2012
The following is a selection of police-related items reported in area Patches recently. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Evanston Police: Man Duct-Taped Couple, Stole Paintings Stolen paintings found in a Morton Grove consignment shop led Evanston detectives to arrest and charge a Glenview man in connection with a home invasion that took place in Evanston in April 2012. Michael Karabatsis, 51, of the 600 block of Pfingsten Road in Glenview, was arrested and charged with home invasion, a felony, on Wednesday, Dec. 19. Police believe Karabatsis was one of three men who knocked on the door of a home in the 2200 block of Central Street on Friday, April 13, claiming they had a delivery. They forcibly entered the home by kicking the man, age 67, to the floor, then knocked his wife, also 67, to the floor, police said. After strapping the couple's hands with duct-…
Thursday, December 20, 2012
A father and his son were taken to the hospital with serious injuries after they were struck by a car Thursday morning, police said. Part of Ridge Avenue will be closed for roughly two hours.
A 39-year-old man is in critical condition while his 5-year-old son is stable after they were struck by a car on Ridge Avenue Thursday morning, according to police. Evanston fire paramedics transported the father and son to Evanston NorthShore University HealthSystem for treatment of serious injuries immediately after the crash, Police Cmdr. Jason Parrott said in a press release. The accident happened around 8:45 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, as the father and his son, both Evanston residents, were crossing Ridge Avenue at Grove Street on their way to Dewey Elementary School. The father and son were walking east across Ridge Avenue when they were struck by 57-year-old woman traveling southbound in her vehicle. No citations have been issued to …
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Evanston held its first gun buyback Saturday, Dec. 15. The program was spearheaded by Carolyn Murray, whose 19-year-old son, Justin, was shot and killed Nov. 29.
Two weeks after her 19-year-old son, Justin, was shot and killed, Carolyn Murray stood at Christ Temple MB Church in Evanston, watching as dozens of people turned over rifles and handguns during the city’s first gun buyback program. In a tragic irony, Murray actually started trying to organize a gun buyback last summer, months before her son’s death. When 14-year-old Dajae Coleman was shot and killed in September, the city got behind her efforts, and a date was set: Dec. 15. In the three months between Coleman’s death and this Saturday’s gun buyback, there have been two more fatal shootings, including Justin’s death, and one shooting that left a 20-year-old Evanston man hospitalized in critical condition. Police say the most recent …
Monday, December 10, 2012
Evanston police do not have enough information yet to bring charges in two recent shootings, but they have identified suspects, according to a spokesperson for the department.
The suspects in two recent shootings remain at large while police gather enough information to bring charges, according to a spokesperson for the Evanston Police Department. Justin Murray, 19, was shot and killed in the 1800 block of Brown Avenue on Thursday, Nov. 29, while a second Evanston man was shot and critically injured Saturday, Dec. 8, in what police believe may have been retaliation for Murray’s death. “We don’t have anybody in custody for either shooting,” Evanston Police Cmdr. Jason Parrott said on Monday. But, he added, the police department has identified “people that we’re interested in for both shootings.” For immediate updates on this story, like our Facebook page. While their investigation continues, police are not …
Saturday, November 10, 2012
The following is a selection of police-related items reported in area Patches recently. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Skokie Skokie Man Charged in Fatal Hit-and-Run Skokie resident Kristian Hernandez, 36, of the 8200 block of Knox Avenue, has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident and failure to report an accident resulting in a death, a Class I felony, authorities said Friday. Patch reported on Nov. 6 that 53-year-old Park Ridge resident Ronald Bougan was found dead near Axehead Lake on Touhy Avenue, just east of the I-294 expressway in Des Plaines, on Nov. 5. A man riding his bicycle found Bougan in a grassy area and initially, in the dark, thought he was looking at a deer or other animal, authorities said. Hernandez worked as an EMT for an ambulance company in Skokie, the Sheriff's Department said. Evanston The Evanston man charged with the…
Saturday, October 27, 2012
The following is a selection of police-related items reported in area Patches recently. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Buffalo Grove Two Former Police Officers Charged in Murder, Extortion Plot A Buffalo Grove resident was one of two former police officers charged Oct. 26 with attempted extortion and conspiracy to commit extortion. Federal investigators said Steven Mandell, 61, was involved in an alleged plot to abduct, extort, murder and dismember a victim whom he believed had access to large amounts of cash generated from commercial real estate holdings. Also charged was Gary Engel, 61, of Homer Glen. The two were arrested Thursday following an undercover FBI investigation during which the intended victim, who was not identified, was never exposed to any immediate danger, authorities said in a statement. The criminal complaint was filed Oct. 26 in U.S. …
Joan K. Raisner
2:42 am on Saturday, May 11, 2013
Shirley, I think you have a good point. That is why we must include community members in this effort and why we cannot just leave it up to the police. more ›