Thursday, May 17, 2012
A new court designed to specifically serve the needs of military veterans was created Wednesday.
Marco Vizcaino served parts of two years in Iraq. A new court created in Will County can help him avoid doing up to three years in prison on a drug charge. "All the things are coming together here like a perfect storm," State's Attorney James Glasgow said as he submitted a petition to Judge Carla Alessio Policandriotes to establish a specialized veterans and servicemembers court in Will County. Policandriotes approved the petition and accepted Vizcaino as its fist applicant. Vizcaino, 31, was up on a class 4 felony drug charge. He also has a case in DuPage County for the alleged "attempt to foil or defeat (a) screen test by spiking or substitution." Glasgow said he would be in touch with the DuPage County state's attorney to see if the …
Try not to hit the school buses.
A Joliet woman ran her car into a school bus in Shorewood and didn't bother to stick around and sort things out, police said. Jeanne Gonzalez, 52, of 216 Morris St. was charged with hit and run and a traffic signal violation in connection with the reported crash in the 100 block of East Jefferson Street. Gonzalez crashed her car into a school bus as children were getting off it shortly after 4 p.m., police said. Gonzalez was released from custody after posting bond.
Monday, May 14, 2012
It's ladies' night (or day, depending on when you get around to checking it out) at the Shorewood Patch Rogues Gallery.
Today's Shorewood Patch Rogues Gallery is all about the ladies. So take a look through and tell us about it in the comments.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Here's what's been happening on the mean streets of Shorewood.
A Minooka man was arrested on a traffic charge after the police pulled him over in the 100 block of East Jefferson Street. Corey Jones, 25, of 604 Chestnut Ridge was stopped by the Shorewood police about 10:30 p.m. Jones was pulled over for failing to wear his seat belt, police said, and he got a ticket for that. He was also arrested on a charge of driving while license suspended. Jones was released from custody after posting bond. A Plainfield teen was arrested after the police pulled her over for allegedly failing to wear her seat belt. Valerie Wolfer, 19, of 1807 Harvest Lane was pulled over about 1 p.m. near the intersection of Route 59 and Route 52 in Shorewood. Wolfer was charged with driving while license suspended and cited for …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
In a statement, Manley asks for privacy: "Many parents have had to learn how to love their kids while not enabling inappropriate behavior," candidate says.
Updated at 4:38 a.m. May 9. A local Democratic contender for a new Illinois House of Representatives seat is facing a domestic battery charge. Natalie Manley, 50, a Joliet accountant and candidate in the 98th District race, was arrested Tuesday by Joliet police at her home in the 3100 block of Ingalls Avenue. Police said the arrest stemmed from a dispute Manley had with her 21-year-old daughter. The younger woman reportedly told police she had lost her cell phone and was unable to let her mother know she would be home late. When the 21-year-old did return to the apartment she shares with Manley at around 2 a.m. Tuesday, police said she was attacked by her mother, who “punched, kicked, knocked her to the ground, struck her in the face [and…
Monday, May 7, 2012
One way or the other, whether he's going to prison or back home, it looks like Drew Peterson won't mark a fourth year in the Will County jail.
Three years ago today, a small army of police descended on Drew Peterson as he drove away from his Bolingbrook home, and a small army of media was there to record it. Three years later, the press is back, as the attention-starved Peterson was recently in court for the first time in nearly a year and a half. Peterson may have appreciated the coverage, but unfortunately for him, the disgraced former cop was still stuck in jail waiting on his murder trial to finally start. The good news for Peterson, 58, is he likely won’t be spending another year in segregation in the Will County jail. His trial on charges he murdered his third wife, Kathleen Savio, is all but certain to begin before the year is out, ending a lengthy legal saga of appeals …
It looks like these guys had a hard time somewhere along the line.
We're not saying whether these guys did anything wrong or not — who are we to judge? — but it looks like they've already been punished to some extent by somebody. Like we said, we're not judging anyone. But we would like to point out that none of these people are from Shorewood. You know. Just saying.
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Shorewood's got a serious case of being fantastic.
It's too bad Shorewood's greatness can't be bottled and shared with other, less great towns. Some scientist or doctor should figure out a way to do this, to maybe develop a Shorewood serum that can be injected into other towns, like a steroid or a vaccine. We can always hope. In the meantime let's take a look at the wonder of Shorewood with another SHOREWOOD REWIND: A British robot lady read the true crime sensation Fatal Vows: The Tragic Wives of Sergeant Drew Peterson, by all-around great guy Joe Hosey. Dave Wilson really liked The Raven. A distraught Shorewood woman has put up a $2,000 reward for the return of her missing cat, Casper. House Hunt! Burrito Express was the Mother's Day brunch Readers' Choice award winner.
Saturday, May 5, 2012
The Shorewood police say they caught a personal trainer wanted on a harassment charge.
A personal trainer pulled over in Shorewood turned out to be wanted in Aurora on a harassment charge. Shawn Palmer, 44, of 535 Springwood Drive in Joliet was taken into custody during an 8:30 p.m. Monday traffic stop on East Jefferson Street. Palmer was pulled over for an usnpecified traffic violation. During the stop, a Shorewood officer realized Palmer was wanted in Aurora on a charge of harassing communication, police said. Police transported Palmer to the Will County jail in Joliet. He was released the day after he was booked on a $1,000 cash bond.
Friday, May 4, 2012
The former Bolingbrook police sergeant charged with killing one wife and suspected in the disappearance of another appeared in court for the first time in nearly a year and a half.
Drew Peterson left the Will County jail for the first time in nearly a year and a half as his murder case resumed with a pair of brief court hearings Friday morning. In the first, Judge Sarah Jones passed the case off to Judge Edward Burmilla, who accepted motions presented by the defense and scheduled a May 17 court date. Burmilla was the Will County State's Attorney until he was defeated by the current state's attorney, James Glasgow, in 1992. Burmilla has been a judge since 2004, the same year Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio, was found drowned in a dry bathtub. The state police investigated Savio's death and concluded that she perished in a freak bathtub accident. But three and a half years later, after Peterson's fourth wife, …
Butch
7:54 am on Thursday, May 17, 2012
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