Saturday, May 18, 2013
A lawsuit against an imprisoned preacher from Crete and an Indiana megachurch topped the week's court news.
A former megachurch preacher sentenced to 12 years in federal prison in March for carrying on a sexual relationship with a teenage member of his congregation was sued in Will County court. In addition to preacher Jack Schaap, 55, of Crete, the First Baptist Church of Hammond was named as a defendant in the lawsuit. The parents of a teenage girl Schaap had sex with while he was pastor of the First Baptist Church of Hammond filed the lawsuit. The suit identifies the parents as "John Doe and Mary Doe," and the teen as "Jane Doe." The suit gives Jane Doe's date of birth as June 27, 1995. Here's what else was going on at the area's courthouses: Check out all these stories and more on our Facebook page.
Friday, May 17, 2013
17-year-old Carlos Orozco was pronounced dead following a fight Thursday night in Romeoville, police said.
Updated at 4:45 p.m. May 17: Police said a 22-year-old Romeoville man is in custody and will be charged with first-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Carlos Orozco. Fabian Almodovar was taken into police custody after being discharged from the hospital, Romeoville Assistant Police Chief Steve Lucchesi said. He said Almodovar, who suffered facial injuries and a concussion, is scheduled to be transported to the Will County jail Friday night. Almodovar is accused of stabbing the Joliet teen in the chest during a fight in the parking lot at Jewel-Osco, 20 S. Weber Rd. Police declined to release information on what led to the fight. "That aspect is still under investigation," Lucchesi said. Prior arrest records list an address for …
A 20-year-old from Bolingbrook who was injured in an accident at Route 53 and Boughton Tuesday is "severely bruised" but awake, according to a family member.
Stolen air conditioning units, DUI's and catalytic converters cut from cars in the Bolingbrook police blotter of April 26, 30, May 1-2.
May 3 A/C unit cut, stolen from residence Officers responded to the 100 block of Camelot Way for the report of a theft, police said. An air conditioning unit was cut and removed from the residence between April 26 and May 3. Speeding, DUI Vanessa Pillow, 35, 202 Pinecrest Rd., was arrested at 1:28 a.m. and charged with speeding and two counts of DUI following a traffic stop at Janes Avenue and Falconridge Way, police said. Criminal trespass to property Harry Coulombe, 58, 429 Wellington Ln., was arrested at 3:13 p.m. and charged with criminal trespass to property on the 100 block of N. Bolingbrook Drive, police said. Aggravated assault, domestic battery, unlawful restraint Brian Hooper, 20, 449 Springwood Ln., was arrested at 2:18 p…
A woman claims she overdosed on her thyroid medicine because Walgreens screwed up.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Route 53 and Boughton Road were shut down for hours in both directions following the crash, which took place Tuesday night.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The suspect was walking around the building acting strangely, and holding his hand as if it were a gun, officials said.
A man was apprehended Wednesday afternoon following a lockdown at Liberty Elementary School, 1401 Essington Rd. in Bolingbrook. District 202 Community Relations Director Tom Hernandez said school had already been dismissed for the day when the lockdown was ordered at around 4:15 p.m., when school staff spotted a man acting bizarrely outside the building. Sign up for our daily, e-newsletter. Like Bolingbrook Patch on Facebook. “Staff noticed a man walking around the school acting strangely, knocking on doors and holding his hand in the shape of a gun,” Hernandez said. The man did not enter the school and did not have any weapons, he said in a news release. Though school was not in session, several dozen students remained on campus for the …
A woman claims she overdosed on her thyroid medicine because Walgreens screwed up.
A woman claiming a medication miscalculation landed her in the hospital is suing Walgreens. An attorney representing plaintiff Ginger Joseph filed the lawsuit in Will County court. The suit claims Joseph's doctor called a prescription for the thyroid drug liothyronine in to the Walgreens on Lily Cache Lane in Bolingbrook on May 10, 2011. But instead of providing the prescribed dosage of liothyronine, the pharmacy gave Joseph "one thousand times greater than the dosage prescribed" by the doctor, the lawsuit said. When Joseph took the medication, she "suffered thyrotoxicity causing severe injuries requiring in-patient hospitalization, and including pain and suffering, increased heart rate palpitations, tachycardia (and) severe fatigue," …
Route 53 and Boughton Road were shut down for hours in both directions following the crash, which took place Tuesday night.
Updated: Thursday, noon A family member of a 20-year-old motorcycle driver who sustained "severe, internal injuries" after his motorcycle struck a minivan Tuesday said her cousin woke up from a coma Thursday morning. "...he is severely bruised but thank god nothing worse happened!" she posted on Bolingbrook Patch. He was listed in critical condition at Good Samaritan Hospital Wednesday, according to police. No additional injuries were reported from the accident. Sign up for our daily, e-newsletter. Like Bolingbrook Patch on Facebook. Around 9:50 p.m. Tuesday, a Kawasaki motorcycle was traveling southbound on Route 53 when it struck a Toyota minivan, driven by a 50-year-old woman from Bolingbrook. The minivan was making a left turn as …
Car side window broken, animal citation and more in the Bolingbrook police blotter of April 30 and May 1.
May 1 Graffiti found on bridge Graffiti was found on a bridge near the 500 block of Lily Cache Lane between April 17 and May 1, police said. In-state warrant Justin Carter, 22, 218 N. Canyon Dr., was arrested at 11:10 p.m. and charged with driving without lights, driving on a suspended license, no insurance and in-state warrant following a traffic stop at Boughton Road and Goodwin Lane, police said. In-state warrant Thomas Wiggins, 19, 416 Salem Square, was arrested at 8:45 p.m. and charged with in-state warrant, traffic signal violation and improper backing following a traffic stop at Beaconridge Drive and Bolingbrook Drive, police said. In-state warrant Jared Finnell, 23, 347 Whitewater Dr., was arrested at 6:53 p.m. and charged …
Lucy
10:38 pm on Friday, May 17, 2013
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