Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The man's wife said he had been experiencing chest pains and did not regularly see a doctor.
Police and firefighter-paramedics responded to an emergency call Saturday just after 5:30 p.m. at a home in the 8800 block of Root. Firefighters found Tomas E. Harrison, 49, on the floor next to his bed and tried to perform life-saving attempts, according to the police report, but to no avail. Firefighters confirmed with a doctor at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital that Mr. Harrison had passed away. Mr. Harrison's wife said she did not know if her husband had any serious medical conditions and did not see a regular doctor, police indicated. She said he was a smoker and drinker, and had complained of chest pains yesterday, according to the report. The two had run errands Saturday from about 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Afterward, he went to lay …
Monday, November 19, 2012
He wasn't known to have any medical or substance problems, relatives said. An arrest is merely an accusation, not evidence of a conviction.
Police responded to a home in the 7500 block of Waukegan Road Nov. 14, just before 8 p.m., for a report of an unresponsive man. Niles Fire Department paramedics were performing life saving measures on the man, Marlon M. Gunnart, 36, but were unable to discern signs of life, and pronounced him dead, according to the police report. Gunnart's children said he had left the house to go to work at about 8 a.m., returned around 4 p.m., ate a snack, and went to his room, as he often did, to take a nap. According to the report, his 14-year-old son said that his father was shaking in the bed and making noises as if he was screaming. He said that he could not wake his father up and they called 911 immediately. The witnesses at the scene, including …
Thursday, July 19, 2012
He may have lost his balance, police reported.
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Thursday, July 19, 2012
Paramedics and police were called to a home in the 7600 block of Waukegan Road Saturday at about 11 a.m. after a resident had fallen. The man's 53-year-old son said he had gotten his father a donut from Dunkin Donuts at 7 a.m., then left for a doctor appointment, according to a police report. When he returned shortly before 11 a.m., he saw his father, Vincenzo Favia, 85, lying at the foot of the stairs, and went to him to try to wake him up, according to a police report. He saw a pool of blood and said the elder man felt cool to the touch, police said. Paramedics arrived and attempted to resuscitate the father, but could not, and he was pronounced dead. Police suggested the father may have been walking up the stairs, lost his balance …
Monday, June 25, 2012
He had called a taxi to go to the store for soda; the taxi driver and another passenger said they thought he went to sleep. An arrest is merely an accusation and does not indicate a conviction.
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Monday, June 25, 2012
Police responded to a report of an unresponsive man, Maksim Sapozhnikov, 31, in a taxi Wednesday at about 4:25 a.m., after the taxi had returned to the man's residence in the 9700 block of Fox Glen, Niles. When Niles police arrived, paramedics from the North Maine Fire Department were attempting life-saving measures, and a Cook County Sheriff's Police sergeant on scene related he had found Sapozhnikov in the back seat of the taxi, unresponsive and still warm to the touch. Paramedics then rushed Sapozhnikov to Advocate Luthern General Hospital. Niles police interviewed the cab driver, who said he had picked up a friend in Palatine and then headed to the area of Golf Road and Dee Road, when he received a call to pick up a passenger in the…
Friday, April 13, 2012
The man's girlfriend issued a missing person's report when he didn't return after work in Evanston, then retraced his steps to a Niles parking lot.
Update: Mount Prospect police provided information that the man was found by his fiancee at 9:45 a.m. Thursday, April 12. A Mount Prospect man never to made it to work in Evanston Wednesday night, and was found Thursday deceased in his car, of heart-related causes, in the parking lot of a Niles retail store. After the man's girlfriend learned he never made it to work, she filed a missing person's report with Mount Prospect police, according to Niles police. Earlier: 31-year-old dies suddenly The man, Richard E. Russell, 39, had told his girlfriend he planned to stop at a Niles store before heading to work in Evanston, according to a Niles police report. He left home at about 9:15 p.m. Wednesday, was spotted on surveillance tape entering …
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The woman was teaching in the pool at Niles' Leaning Tower YMCA.
Claire L. Neuberger, 31, of Chicago died Tuesday evening after suffering a seizure, Niles police said. At about 5 p.m., Niles police and fire departments responded to a call saying a woman had suffered a seizure at the Leaning Tower YMCA, 6300 W. Touhy, Niles. Neuberger was teaching a swim class in the YMCA's pool when she suffered the seizure, and other instructors rushed to begin lifesaving efforts, according to police. Niles Fire Department paramedics took over lifesaving efforts when they arrived, and took the woman to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. However, she was pronounced dead at 6:20 p.m. The county Medical Examiner's Office is investigating. Note: The YMCA reported Wednesday morning Neuberger's age was 25, and Patch …
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Friday, February 10, 2012
Man was in his 30s; it was the second suspicious death in a week in Park Ridge.
Park Ridge police had no updates Thursday night in the case of a dead body that was found in the wee hours of Thursday morning in a parking area near the Park Ridge Metra station. Police are investigating the death, and said the body, of a male about age 30 to 35, did not have identification, according to CBSlocal.com. The body was found on the ground in the 200 block of South Summit Avenue, the Park Ridge Herald-Advocate reported. That location is slightly west and south of St. Paul of the Cross Church and school. The Herald Advocate also reported it was the second suspicious death in a week. The body of a man was found Feb. 2 in a wooded area north of Oakton Street on Algonquin Road. The Cook Couny Medical Examiner's Office ruled it a …
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Building engineer had not seen a tenant in more than 30 days.
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Police responded to a well-being check for Paul Fordonski, 70, on Oct. 28 at 10:50 a.m. at his apartment in the 9100 block of Terrace Drive, Niles. The building engineer said he had not seen Fordonski in more than 30 days. Police officers said they smelled a foul odor that got stronger as they neared the apartment, and they entered through an open window. They said the home was in horrendous condition and poorly kept. They found Fordonski's body laying in a bathroom face down, with no signs of visible injury, and said the body was in a long-period timeframe of decomposition. An evidence technician processed the scene. When police contacted the victim's doctor, he said he had not seen the victim since August. The Cook County Medical …
Pam DeFiglio
11:13 am on Thursday, July 19, 2012
MG56, I've put your question to Commander Yaras at the Morton Grove Police Department and will report back on what he says. more ›