Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Among other crime, an armed robber who has become known as the "hair salon bandit" displayed a gun in a salon robbery. An arrest is merely an accusation and not evidence of a conviction.
ARRESTS Jason Utahal, 33, of Roselle was stopped for traffic violations at Dempster and Harlem Jan. 3, police said. They arrested him after learning there was an arrest warrant for him, according to the report. Court date is scheduled for 2/11/13 Evan Cobb Yates, 23, of Skokie was stopped for traffic violations Jan. 4 at Dempster and Waukegan, police said, and charged with possession of cannabis. Court date is scheduled for 02/06/13. Maribel Solus-Arsetta, 27, of Chicago, was stopped for traffic violations Jan. 4 in the 8900 block of Waukegan Road, police said, and charged with driving without a driver’s license. Court date is scheduled for 02/11/1 Irwin J. Rolle, 20, of Skokie was stopped Jan. 9 for traffic violations at Lehigh and …
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Three 19-year-olds were robbed at gunpoint in Winnetka early Saturday morning. Two men from Morton Grove and another from Skokie have been charged in the crime.
Three men were robbed at gunpoint by three other men while walking through the area of Locust St. and Pine St. in Winnetka on Saturday morning, according to a press release from the Winnetka Police Department. According to the release, one of the offenders displayed a pistol and ordered the victims to give up their wallets and phones. Two of the offenders then ran to a waiting SUV driven by a third offender. A call was immediately placed to the authorities and the Winnetka Police Department, assisted by the Northfield Police Department, found a vehicle matching the description within minutes. All three occupants of the vehicle were arrested and transported to the police department. After a “lengthy foot search,” a dark-colored pistol was…
Thursday, January 3, 2013
He made off with an undisclosed amount of money from a business. An arrest is merely an accusation and not evidence of a conviction.
A man in his 40s displayed a handgun during an armed robbery of a hair salon in the 5600 block of Touhy at about 8:40 p.m. Dec. 28, according to police reports. The robber took an unknown amount of money and fled on foot, police said; they are investigating. Domestic dispute complicated by drug use Police responded to a domestic dispute Dec. 28 at about 6:45 p.m. at a residence in the 8400 block of Milwaukee Avenue. A 24-year-old man told them his 22-year-old girlfriend, whom he identified as a heroin addict, had been involved in an argument over personal issues, according to the report. The woman removed her pants and tried to urinate in the kitchen, according to police, then put her pants back on, pushed the boyfriend in the chest and…
Thursday, August 30, 2012
A Chicago man, who police said stabbed a cab driver in Park Ridge, was charged with armed robbery on Aug. 28.
A 23-year-old Chicago man was charged with armed robbery, a Class X felony, after he allegedly stabbed a cab driver. Antonio C. Olivier is alleged to have stabbed and robbed a cab driver in Park Ridge near the intersection of Elm Street and Wisner Avenue on Aug. 22 around 9:30 p.m. The location is about five blocks south of Oakton Street in Niles. Olivier directed the cab driver to an unlit street claiming that he needed to speak to his family. When the driver pulled over, Olivier demanded money from the cab driver and then proceeded to stab the man in the side of the head and also in the stomach, police said. Olivier took $65 from the cab driver and fled the scene. The victim was later transported to Lutheran General Hospital for his …
Thursday, August 23, 2012
He had serious injuries. It happened near Elm and Wisner Wednesday at 9:38 pm, and the assailant fled on foot. Police are looking for information.
Park Ridge police released the following statement Thursday afternoon: Detectives from the Park Ridge Police Department are investigating an armed robbery which occurred on Wednesday, August 22 at approximately 9:38 p.m. At that time, police officers responded to the area of Elm and Wisner and learned that a cab driver had been stabbed and robbed by his fare while en route to O’Hare airport. The driver, a 42-year-old Chicago Ridge man, sustained non-life threatening, but serious, injuries and was transported to Lutheran General Hospital from the scene. The suspect fled on foot and is described as a male, white, possibly between 5’5" and 5’7" tall, weighing 150 to 170 pounds. He was seen wearing a dark colored shirt and khaki shorts. The…
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
He allegedly followed her by car in traffic and said 'I know you have $1,000 from the coin shop' before displaying a weapon, police said. An arrest is merely an accusation and not evidence of a conviction.
Peter Frauenhoffer, 29 of Des Plaines has been charged with armed robbery after allegedly following a woman from a coin shop and threatening her last Thursday at about 3:25 p.m. Niles police said the victim, a 58-year-old Mount Prospect woman, noticed a car tail-gating her starting around the 9000 block of Golf Road as she drove eastward. She pulled into a parking lot in the 8200 block of Golf in Niles and did not see the offender's black SUV. While she was sitting in her car, Frauenhoffer, displaying a large metal file, approached her, according to the report. Police said he threatened her with physical harm, saying, “I know you have at least $1,000 from the coin shop.” Police said Frauenhoffer may have followed the woman from a coin …
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Gary Amato, a former civilian employee of the Niles Police Department, pleaded guilty Monday to fabricating an armed robbery in 2011, while he attempted to steal village funds.
It's a guilty plea from Gary Amato, the former Niles Police Department civilian employee, for concocting a story he was robbed by three suspects , who he said stole village funds in the summer of 2011, according to a press release from the Niles Police Department. The plea was made Monday at the Cook Country 2nd District Courthouse in Skokie. Amato admitted later he fabricated the story that three Hispanic robbbed him at knifepoint as he attempted to make $45,000 in deposits for the police department. Amato suffered a stab wound during the so-called incident; officials never did go on record to state the wound was self-inficted. Background details of the case. By pleading guilty, Amato copped to one count of Felony Theft and one …
Friday, July 15, 2011
Gary Amato was stabbed in Jan. 18 robbery, but admitted fabricating story that three assailants attacked him.
Initially, Niles Police thought they were investigating an armed robbery. Civilian Niles Police Department employee Gary Amato was en route to make a $44,000 bank deposit in January, and told police three men had threatened him with a gun, stabbed him and robbed him. On Friday, the Cook County State's Attorney's office said Amato admitted concocting the story and took the money himself. Amato did have a stab wound, though spokesman Andy Conklin of the State's Attorney's Office stopped short of saying Amato stabbed himself. Read More: Patch's coverage of the Amato case Amato was charged with theft of government property, a Class 2 felony; official misconduct, a Class 3 felony; and workmen's compensation fraud, a Class 4 felony, according …
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011
The Village of Niles employee injured during an armed robbery Jan. 18 has gone home.
After spending four days at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, the 53-year-old man stabbed in the shoulder during an armed robbery in Niles last Tuesday was released late Friday. The man works for the Niles Police Department as a civilian employee, and at the request of his family, the department is not releasing his name yet. According to Sgt. Robert Tornabene of the department, it's continuing the investigation into the armed robbery, which happened the morning of Jan. 18 at Davis St. and Grace Ave., Niles, at the south end of Golf Mill Park, which is south of Golf Mill Shopping Center's JCPenney parking lot. Tornabene would not comment on the extent of the injury, but said the man's condition was good. The incident began when one …
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Thursday, January 20, 2011
They aren't releasing name of victim, who was stabbed.
Niles Police are asking anyone who was near the south end of Golf Mill Shopping Center, specifically at the intersection of Davis Street and Grace Avenue, Tuesday around 9:40 a.m. to call them if they witnessed anything unusual. They're looking for any information which may lead to two suspects in an armed robbery which left a Village of Niles employee injured with stab wounds from a knife. The intersection is at the south border of Golf Mill Park, Niles, which in turn is just south of Golf Mill Shopping Center. The mall's JCPenney store can be seen from the intersection. The incident began when one man approached the victim, 53, who is a civilian employee of the Niles Police Department driving a village vehicle, and asked for …
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Harry Gio
10:46 am on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
If ALL Illinois residents carried guns, ALL areas would be MUCH safer, because armed robbers would think twice before ever wielding a gun to rob anyone; with fear of being killed by a gun-toting civilian. more ›