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Burglar Shot, Killed By Homeowner In Chicago Heights

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CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) — He heard a noise and then he grabbed his gun. An elderly Chicago Heights man was talking Wednesday about why he shot and killed a teenager who allegedly broke into the man’s home.

“My son was a victim of crime,” Latisha Rhodes – the mother of the teenager who was killed – said of her son’s walk down the path of crime.

As CBS 2′s Dana Kozlov reports, it was a walk 18-year-old Anterrio Hall paid for with his life on Tuesday, when he was shot dead after breaking into a Chicago Heights home.

“Being in this area is, it’s just full of violence,” Rhodes said. “It’s too great.”

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Chicago Heights police said Hall threw a rock through the back window of a home in the 300 block of Boston Street at about 8 a.m. Tuesday.

The homeowner was in his bathroom at the time and when he heard the sound of breaking glass, he grabbed his gun and went to the kitchen to find Hall standing on the kitchen table.

The man fired several shots at Hall, who jumped out the window and collapsed in the back yard. Hall was taken to Franciscan St. James Hospital and Health Care Centers in Olympia Fields, where he was pronounced dead later Tuesday morning.

The homeowner didn’t want to go on camera on Wednesday, but said he believes the teen was trying to burglarize his home. “Yeah, I guess he was,” the man said.

“If someone came into my home, a young child, I wouldn’t shoot him dead. That’s not justice,” Rhodes said.

Neighbor Ed Mahan said, “It’s very unfortunate; tragic.”

But Mahan said it wasn’t the first time his neighbor had been robbed.

“I know the old gentleman over there is sick. He has a nurse that comes in and goes to the hospital,” Mahan said. “I heard that his house has been broken into maybe three or four times.”

Police said it was the latest in a long line of neighborhood break-ins, most committed by young men.

Rhodes said she tried to get her son to move to Kentucky with her, but he refused.

“He’s gonna learn, but do he have to learn through death?” Rhodes said.

Police said they don’t expect any charges to be filed against the homeowner.



20-Year-Old Fatally Shot In Chicago Heights

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CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (STMW) – A 20-year-old man was shot to death about a half-mile from his home in Chicago Heights overnight.

Keithen Rice, of the 1200 block of Center St. in Chicago Heights was shot at 1507 Shields Ave. in the south suburb, according to the Cook County Medical Exsaminer’s office.

Rice was taken to St. James Hospital in Chicago Heights, where he was pronounced dead at 1:19 a.m. Saturday.

Chicago Heights police are investigating.

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Woman, 19, Fatally Shot In Chicago Heights

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CHICAGO (STMW) – A 19-year-old woman died early Saturday after being shot while standing with a crowd of people in south suburban Chicago Heights.

Danielle Simmons, 19, of the 400 block of West 16th St. in Chicago Heights, was pronounced dead at St. James Hospital at 1:08 a.m. Saturday after being shot in the 200 block of West 14th St., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

She was standing outside with a group of people at that location when she was shot, sources said.

“My daughter didn’t deserve to die.  She had a beautiful spirit and a beautiful heart,” the victim’s mother, Lynn Simmons, told CBS 2′s Mike Puccinelli.

No one at the Chicago Heights police or fire departments could immediately be reached for comment Saturday morning.

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2 Held In Robbery Of South Suburban Moose Lodge

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SAUK VILLAGE, Ill. (CBS) — Two people were in custody Wednesday, after the Moose Lodge near Sauk Village was robbed by a shotgun-wielding suspect.

Cook County Sheriffs’ police said the Chicago Heights Moose Lodge, at 2911 E. Sauk Trail in unincorporated Cook County near Sauk Village, was robbed Tuesday night.

Following the robbery of the fraternal organization outpost, sheriff’s police launched a helicopter and a sent out bloodhound to find the suspects.

The dog found the money the robbers had stolen, and recovered the shotgun, sheriff’s police said.

Two people were in custody as of 12:30 p.m., and police planned to file charges by the end of the day.


With Murder Case Unsolved, Friends And Family Remember Slain Mom

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CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) — It’s been one month since a Chicago Heights woman was shot to death in her home.

More than 200 friends gathered Friday at the park in Oak Lawn where she played softball.

They talked about the love that victim Michele Peters showed her family, friends and sons, 7-year-old George and 16-month-old Alexander.

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Tiffany Byrne, a cousin who helped to organize the vigil, cried much of the six minutes she addressed the crowd during the vigil and when meeting with reporters.

“We are Michele,” she said.  “Her life is gone.  We are here.  I’m here.  I’m not going away.”

Neighbors said at the time that they heard people arguing, dogs barking and then a gunshot.

Police held Peters’ 32-year-old boyfriend for two days last month before releasing him without charges.  They say the case is open, and Peters’ mother said detectives are awaiting the results of lab testing that could take as long as eight weeks to complete.

She was gratified to see so many people turn out at the hastily-arranged memorial.

“That tells me that my daughter and my family are so loved, and we are so grateful for everyone’s support that has been shown to us over the past month,” she said.  “Friends are coming out of the woodwork who we haven’t seen in forever who knew Michele and loved her.  She was a special little girl.”

Centennial Park, in Oak Lawn, was chosen because Peters played on an adult summer-league softball team at the park that was known as “The Defibrillators,” supposedly because the team was so bad.


Pump Tampering Leads To $12K Theft From Suburban Gas Station

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CHICAGO (CBS) – A south suburban gas station gave out about $12,000 worth of free gas over a two-week period recently, but it wasn’t part of a promotion, it was because someone tampered with the pumps.

Police said the pumps were altered so that gas could be pumped out without the station attendant knowing about it. By the time someone figured out what happened, 2,900 gallons had been pumped for free and the Citgo station at 590 W. 14th St. in Chicago Heights was out of gas.

The news was shocking to drivers trying to fill up on Tuesday.

“I’m just shocked,” one man said after pulling up to get gas, and finding out the Citgo was out of fuel. “I’ve never heard anything like that before.”

The gas station’s owner was just as shocked when he discovered the gas was missing on May 5.

Kahled Mubarek, who works next door, said he believes he saw the man responsible for the theft.

“He come in everyday, about 5 or 6 times,” and use the same two pumps each time, Mubarek said. It made him suspicious, because each time the man was standing by a different car.

It appeared the man was telling motorists he could fill up their tanks for $20 in cash, which he’d pocket for himself.

“One time I hear him, he tell somebody ‘$20 to fill up the car,’” Mubarek said.

Mubarek alerted the gas station clerk, and the man left. He didn’t think much about it until he heard about the stolen gas. When he did, he immediately thought of the man he’d seen at the pumps.

“I remember the guy, and I come and look around the pump, and I see all pumps broke,” he said. A closer inspection showed not only were the locks on the gas pumps broken, but the pumps themselves had been altered to allow the man to pump gas without the clerk inside knowing.

“He broke it. He got a trick from inside, push some button, and he make the pump running,” Mubarek said.

The gas was stolen over a two-week period from April 21 to May 5. An employee said it’s possible the thief had some “inside help” from a clerk. Chicago Heights Police said they are looking into that.

As for the stolen gas, the station owner has filed an insurance claim to cover it, but for now, there’s still no gas at the pumps.


Teen Dies After Chicago Heights Stabbing

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CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (STMW) – A Chicago Heights teenager died early Sunday after he was stabbed in the south suburb.

Rolando Picazo, 17, of the 300 block of Abbott Avenue in Chicago Heights, was pronounced dead at 12:27 a.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

He was stabbed in the 300 block of East 25th Street, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Chicago Heights Police declined to comment Sunday morning.

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Another Suit Filed Over $118M Jackpot Payout To Workplace Pool

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CHICAGO (STMW) – Another person has filed a lawsuit in a dispute over who was participating in a workplace lottery pool that won the $118 million Mega Millions jackpot with a ticket bought at a south suburban gas station earlier this month.

Jose L. Franco and Marco Medina, both of Chicago, initially filed a lawsuit in May against 12 former co-workers from Pita Pan, a Chicago Heights bakery, and Northstar Lottery Group, which runs the Illinois Lottery.

J. Santos Bello and Nikko Chamopoulos later filed separate suits against the winners. Bello’s suit also names the Northstar Lottery Group LLC, the Illinois Lottery and Chamopoulos, Franco and Medina as defendants.

Schiller Park resident Chris Tzinis filed Wednesday’s lawsuit against 18 former co-workers at Pita Pan, plus Franco, Medina, Bello and Chamopoulos, who all initially bought into the pool for $10, he claims.

The suits claim the plaintiffs regularly participated in a pool conducted by defendants Tony Koumalis and Doug Lein. Two of the tickets won a total of $9 in the May 1 drawing, and the shares of those winnings were rolled over into the pool for the May 4 drawing, the suits contend.

After the group won the jackpot for the May 4 drawing, defendant Mario Juarez, on behalf of the lottery pool, informed the plaintiffs they were excluded from the pool, according to the suits.

Juarez collected additional money for the pool on Wednesday instead of Thursday that week, which was “a departure from the usual custom and practice,” according to his suit.

The plaintiffs are seeking to prevent Northstar from paying out the jackpot until the matter is resolved in court. The co-defendants would likely “spend various sums of it,” making it difficult for the plaintiffs to recover their share, the suits said.

The 12 co-defendants have all quit their jobs at Pita Pan, while Franco and Medina still work there, according to attorney Michael Lamonica, who is representing Franco and Medina.

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Police: Chicago Heights Store Robbed At Gunpoint

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CHICAGO HEIGHTS (STMW) — Two men robbed a Radio Shack in Chicago Heights at gunpoint Friday afternoon, police said.

According to police, the men walked into the store with a gun about 12:30 p.m. They ordered the store’s two employees and customers to remove their phones.

The men filled a laundry bag with the cell phonesas well as video recorders and DVD players, police said. They left the store after ordering everyone into the bathroom.

Police traced one of the phonesback to a house in Park Forest, according to police. They searched the house and recovered some of the property from the robbery.

No one was in the house and no arrests have been made, police said.

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Two Chicago Heights Men Arrested In Undercover Drug Bust

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CHICAGO HEIGHTS (CBS) – Two Chicago Heights men have been arrested on felony drug charges, after police and the DEA wrapped up an 8-month undercover investigation.

WBBM Newsradio’s Mike Krauser reports Chicago Heights Police Chief Charles Guiliani called it one of the biggest drug takedowns in the south suburb in some time.

“Seven pounds of cocaine, one pound of heroin, one loaded .50-caliber semiautomatic handgun, one AK-47 assault rifle,” he said.

DEA Special Agent in Charge Jack Riley said “you’re not going turkey hunting with that gun.”

“I’ve never seen these type of guns do good,” he said.

Juan Serrano and Raul Dominguez, were facing felony drug charges after the bust.

Authorities also recovered a Nissan with hidden compartments for drugs.

Chicago Heights Police Lt. David Basile said, “what the driver does is place his foot on the brake and/or the clutch, move the heaters on, hit two switches – one to move the seat up, and then he’ll hit another switch.”

Doing that would open up the speakers in the back of the car to access the hidden compartments.


DCFS Investigates Death Of Chicago Heights Infant

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CHICAGO (CBS) — The state Department of Children and Family Services is investigating the Sunday death of a two-month-old girl in south suburban Chicago Heights.

Danae Billups was found unresponsive at her home in the 600 block of Union Avenue in Chicago Heights, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

Danae was pronounced dead at St. James Hospital in Chicago Heights at 12:08 p.m., the medical examiner’s office said.

DCFS is investigating allegations of neglect against the mother, spokesman Jimmie Whitelow said.

DCFS has had no prior contact with the family, said Whitelow, who could not say if there were any other children in the home.

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Authorities Gather To Talk About Growing Heroin Problem

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(CBS) — Illinois’ heroin problem takes center stage this weekend at a summit of law enforcement, educators, doctors and parents in the south suburbs.

Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow is among those expected to speak at the gathering sponsored by the Illinois State Crime Commission.

A couple of moms tell WBBM Newsradio’s Bernie Tafoya how heroin has devastated their lives.

Laura Fry says she thought her 25-year old son would go on to do great things. Instead, he finds himself in Cook County Jail, awaiting trial on charges of heroin possession with intent to sell, and facing up to 30 years in prison.

Fry is from Wauconda and says it never occurred to her that her son was a heroin addict until his arrest in December in Chicago. He’d been using the drug for two years.

She admits the signs were there, but she missed them.

“He stopped eating, stopped bathing, his living area was slovenly kept and he started stealing,” Fry says.

She says her son stole from her, her husband and her son’s younger brother, who is autistic. Items included a laptop computer, jewelry and video games.

“As a parent, you kind of stick your head in the sand. Who wants to believe your child is using heroin?” the mother says.

Fry now wants to warn parents to be on the lookout for signs their child may be using heroin.

She says she knows five friends who, since September, have lost their children to heroin. Four deaths were due to overdoses, one was a heroin-related suicide.

Terri Bartlett lost her only child, Michael, to heroin abuse in September. He died five days after his 22nd birthday.

Bartlett says her son had been in and out of rehab, in and out of jail, and she thought he was on the road to becoming clean when he took the fatal hit of heroin.

Bartlett says she raised her son with all the right ideas: watching before he crossed the street, saying “please” and “thank you” and to stay away from drugs.

But she says one of his peers had him try heroin a couple of years ago, and that’s all it took. He was hooked.

Bartlett says she’s so devastated by her son’s death she finds it hard to get up in the morning.

Jerry Elsner of the Illinois State Crime Commission says answers are needed to stop the insidious growth of heroin use. In Will County alone last year, there were nearly 50 people who died of heroin overdoses, he said.

“Every day we wait, children are dying in the state,” he says.

The summit begins at 9 a.m. Saturday at Prairie State College in Chicago Heights.


Chicago Heights Man Stabbed To Death At Home

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CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILL. (STMW) — A man was stabbed to death Friday afternoon in his south suburban Chicago Heights home.

Levar Stepney, 35, was found at 2:39 p.m. in his apartment in the 19400 block of Glenwood Road in Chicago Heights with multiple stab wounds, according to Chicago Heights police.

He was dead on the scene, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office, which said Stepney also had signs of head trauma.

Authorities are interviewing all witnesses and two possible suspects, police said in a statement.

A Saturday autopsy found Stepney died of multiple injuries and ruled his death a homicide, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

Chicago Heights detectives and South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force are investigating.

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Chicago Heights Alderman Charged With Battery

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CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (STMW) – A Chicago Heights alderman is facing battery charges after allegedly breaking a co-worker’s thumb in February during an argument at a Chicago Heights School District 170 warehouse, police said.

Ald. Richard J. Amadio (5th) was charged last week with battery in the incident that occurred Feb. 21, according to police. He is to appear in court April 17 at the Cook County courthouse in Markham.

The incident began when Amadio and a 62-year-old Peotone man were working at the warehouse, 1110 West End Ave. The man was holding an oil can when Amadio grabbed it and bent it back, causing the man’s thumb to break, police said. The man said he did not want the incident investigated, according to a police report.

Amadio, who was elected alderman in 2011 on Mayor David Gonzalez’s Unity Party slate, did not respond to multiple messages.

Gonzalez, in a written statement, vouched for Amadio’s character as an alderman.

“ … this incident in no way reflects on Alderman Amadio’s integrity or service on the Chicago Heights City Council, which has been exemplary,” Gonzalez said. “On the council, (Amadio) has faithfully and diligently served his constituents and the taxpayers of Chicago Heights.”

Amadio was a Chicago Heights firefighter before retiring in 2009. He is a former member of both the District 170 and Chicago Heights Park District boards.

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Worker Killed In Accident At Chicago Heights Plant

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CHICAGO (CBS) — One worker was killed on Thursday in accident at an industrial plant in Chicago Heights.

Rescuers tried to save the employee who fell into equipment at the Vesuvius plant.

Chicago Heights police and fire officials did not have any details on the incident. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the death.

The plant is at 333 State St. in Chicago Heights.

According to its website, Vesuvius is a global company, providing engineering services and solutions in the steel and foundry industries.

There was a another deadly accident at the plant about two years ago.

A worker attempting to unclog a rooftop bin at the plant fell about 30 feet to the ground on Jan 27, 2011.

He was taken to the hospital where he later died. The worker was not wearing “fall protection,” according to a report from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

OSHA cited the company with a serious violation and issued a $5,000 fine.



Chicago Heights Couple Killed In House Fire

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Updated 05/17/13 – 11:11 a.m.

CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) – A couple from Chicago Heights was killed early Friday morning, when a fire severely damaged the home where they lived for more than a decade.

CBS 2’s Susanna Song reports the victims were found inside a home in the 200 block of East 24th Street in Chicago Heights. The house was completely gutted by the fire, which started around 1 a.m. There was heavy fire and smoke when firefighters arrived on the scene.

Initially, there were reports of three children trapped inside the home, but no kids were found inside.

Firefighters found Firefighters found 47-year-old Lillian Hill Harrison and her husband, 43-year-old Lemont Harrison on the second floor in a rear bedroom. They were rushed to nearby Franciscan St. James Hospital, where they were pronounced dead.

Lemont was an amputee, and depended on a wheelchair to get around.

Lillian Hill Harrison, 47, and her husband Lemont Harrison, 43, died in a fire in their Chicago Heights home on May 17, 2013. (Family photos)

Lillian Hill Harrison, 47, and her husband Lemont Harrison, 43, died in a fire in their Chicago Heights home on May 17, 2013. (Family photos)

Lillian’s mother, Evelena Hill Cowan, said she last saw her daughter on Mother’s Day.

“I’m just saying my prayers, asking Go to help me accept the things that I can’t change,” she said. “That was my bread, anytime day or night I would call her, “Baby,” she would come.”

The couple’s children held each other outside the home after learning of their parents’ deaths, too distraught to talk about the fire.

Chicago Heights Fire Chief James Angell said it did not appear there were any functioning smoke detectors in the home.

The Illinois State Fire Marshal was investigating the cause of the blaze. A preliminary investigation indicated the fire was not electrical in nature, nor was it the result of arson.


Man Killed In Chicago Heights Crash

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CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (STMW) – A man was killed in a crash in south suburban Chicago Heights, authorities said.

The crash occurred some time Friday in the 1000 block of State Street, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

Michael Williams, 50, of the 3300 block of Wallace Avenue in Steger, was prononced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 11:42 a.m. Saturday, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Chicago Heights police did not immediately comment on the crash.

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Boy Struck, Killed By Vehicle In Chicago Heights

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CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (STMW) – A second-grader student was struck and killed by a vehicle near a school in south suburban Chicago Heights on Wednesday morning.

Jackson Hill, 7, his brother and sister all were walking to school with their mother, according to Jackson’s grandmother, Deborah Gwin Hill. They were crossing the street because of the water main break when a car turned the corner and ran over Jackson’s foot, she said. The impact caused him to fall, and he wound up under the car, she said.

“We’re stunned,” she said. “We are just taking this one minute at a time.

“Jackson was a very loving boy. He was a good student who really liked reading. He was loved by many. He truly was.”

The accident occurred at the northwest corner of 16th Place and Chicago Road, and the water main break occurred just that morning, Chicago Heights School District 170 Supt. Tom Amadio said.

The vehicle was turning west onto 16th Place from Chicago Road, while the boy was making a turn on the sidewalk from southbound Chicago Road to 16th Place, where the school of 600 students sits.

Hill, of the 60 block of West 15th Street in Chicago Heights, was dead at the scene, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

Work crews still were on the scene Wednesday afternoon, the sidewalk was closed, and the street was barricaded.

“It’s a tragedy. Our hearts go out to the family. He was a young kid, a good kid, with a lot of energy. He always had a smile on his face,” Amadio said.

Jackson was taken to St. James Hospital, and staff accompanied his parents there, Amadio said. Counselors were brought in from all School District 170 schools as well as Bloom Township High School and Bloom Township, Amadio said.

At dismissal time Wednesday, there was a heavier than usual police presence, and staff escorted students across 16th Place to their parents, who waited there to pick them up.

Angelina Gonzalez said she usually does not pick up her third-grader because she works, but she did Wednesday “because of what happened.”

Her sister, Anna Gonzalez, who dropped off her fourth-grader as usual in the morning, saw the commotion at the corner but was detoured around the block because Chicago Road was closed off due to the accident.

Many parents said they walk their children to school because 16th Street and Chicago Road both are very busy, and kids don’t always cross at the traffic signal with the crossing like they are supposed to.

“That is why I do not let my kid take the bus or walk, even though I live close,” Anna Gonzalez said. “There’s too much stuff happening and I’m too scared.”

As students left on the north side of the school, a staff member reminded them to cross at the light, but one older student just looked at her, ignored her repeated command and crossed between cars that were stopped for the red light.

“It’s all right if kids do as I ask them. But kids cross in the middle of the block and there’s nothing I can do,” crossing guard Willie Walker said.

He was on duty a half a block away when the fatal accident occurred and said he knew something was wrong when he saw a crowd gathering at that corner.

“Kids don’t listen, and oh, my gosh, cars just fly by on Chicago Road,” said Diane Miller, who just picked up her first-grade grandson. “The teachers told him to hold my hand tight, and he is.”

Most parents just learned of the accident as they came to pick up their students.

“It’s just so sad,” parent Jennifer Karn said.

A message on the district’s website asked community members who might be aware of a student or staff member struggling to cope with the tragedy to contact Assistant Supt. Jill Raymond at (708) 756-4170.

There were no charges against the driver as of Wednesday morning, police said. The Suburban Major Accident Reconstruction Team was investigating the accident.

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Cold Contributes To Death Of Chicago Heights Woman

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(CBS) – A neighbor discovered the body of 61-year-old Carolyn Wilkins outside and called 9-1-1 Tuesday morning.

But it was too late.

Cold weather contributed to her death, making her the area’s fourth temperature-related fatality.

“I’m sad because I saw her like every day. Like every day in the morning,” neighbor Mauricio Morales says.

The woman may have been trying to get inside her home.

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office says Wilkins died of hypothermia — too much exposure to the cold – but that she also had heart disease and diabetes.

The conditions can reduce the body’s ability to adjust to cold temperatures, experts say.

Doctors at Loyola University Medical Center say when the cold gets to be too much the skin often feels it first.

Dr. Arthur Sanford was treating a 45-year-old frostbite patient Thursday. He may need surgery to repair his fingers.

“It’s literally ice in the tissues,” Sanford says. “It’s frozen tissue, and so you’ve got to reverse that. Get the ice crystals out of the tissue and get the circulation restored.”


Bond Set At $750K In Meat Cleaver Attack

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CHICAGO (STMW) – A Chicago Heights man was ordered held in lieu of $750,000 bail Sunday after he allegedly attacked a 19-year-old man with a meat cleaver.

Brian Herman, 31, and Shaquietta Brison, 25, “lured” the man to Brison’s apartment on South Maywood Avenue on Friday, prosecutors said in court Sunday.

Brison allegedly used a stun gun on Christian Landon, of the 4000 block of West Gladys Avenue. Judge James Brown ordered Brison held on $100,000 bail.

Herman told Landon, “I’m going to kill your ass” and began hacking at him with the cleaver, Assistant State’s Attorney Grace Logan said in court Sunday.

A neighbor called the police after hearing screams from the apartment, Logan said.

Brison falsely told police that Landon had tried to choke and sexually assault her, prosecutors said.

Landon was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was treated for cuts on his face and hands. Prosecutors did not provide a motive for the attack.

Herman and Brison were each charged with three felony counts of attempted murder, disorderly conduct and aggravated battery with use of a deadly weapon.

Herman and Brison are both due in court on Dec. 27.

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