Cook Sheriff Fires Ex-McHenry County Board Member For Breach

Spokesmen confirmed Friday that the Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board has fired a former McHenry County Board Member for maliciously breaching public trust.  The order terminating Bob Bless, 50, of Fox River Grove as a deputy was issued May 3 but withheld until the Sheriff's office had confirmation he'd been legally notified.

The Merit Board fired Bless because while he was receiving temporary disability pay, he "lied to [the Cook County Sheriff's Office] so he could work two additional jobs."  The Merit Board found Bless, also an attorney, told investigators he'd submitted paperwork that would have authorized him to conduct "a reasonably active legal practice" and also serve as a District One McHenry County Board Member.

Bless was on "duty injury" status with the Cook County Sheriff's Office between September, 2008, and November, 2010, after an auto accident. That included a medical ban on driving a car and the Merit Board was especially incensed that "not only was [Bless] driving...[he] was getting reimbursed for such driving by the taxpayers of McHenry County."

The Merit Board's order fired Bless retroactive to Oct. 6, 2011, when, as FEN revealed following a seven-month Freedom of Information Act battle, the Cook County Sheriff's Office de-deputized him and stuck him behind a desk in the bowels of the Rolling Meadows Courthouse.

In a different matter, Bless, may face losing his law license, too.  Last month the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission ended hearings which found, as revealed in a later filing, that he'd committed "misconduct".  Unlike a court, however, the regulatory ARDC only issues a single decision which covers both guilt and punishment and that hasn't happened yet. Bless was charged with committing several different breaches of attorney ethics but, said Chief Counsel Jim Grogran, until ARDC issues a final order, "We don't know what the misconduct was and we don't know what the punishment will be."

Bless was a District One Member of the McHenry County Board from 2008 to 2012 when he failed to win enough votes in the General Election for another term.

THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES

Cook Sheriff Fires Ex-McHenry County Board Member
More Conflict Looms Over McHenry Mental Health Appointments
Papa Saverio's Wins Huntley Radio Pizza Wars
Medical Marijuana Bill Headed To Governor
Obituaries
Police Blotters
Huntley No "Guinea Pig" For Kreutzer Extension LED Lights
Turf And Bond Refunding Feature At D158 Board
Young Eagles Program Lifts Off At LITH Airport Next Sat.
College Leaders Cave To State Pension Cost Shift
Obituaries
Police Blotters
Huntley To Consider "Green" Streetlights For Kreutzer Extension
"Starbarks" In Algonquin Becomes "The Dog Place"
Free Doc Shredding Events Coming To LITH, Algonquin Twp.
IDOT Claims Only One Quarter Of Funds Used For Non-Roads
Obituaries
Police Blotters
State Board Approves Takeover Of Centegra Huntley Competitor
LITH Man Lauds McHenry County Drug Court Program
Spring Arrives With Discovery Of First Area Marijuana Garden
Health Savings Plan Could Cost Illinois Federal Money
Obituaries
Police Blotters
D300 Mulls Second Online Charter School Proposal
DC Senior Wins Algonquin Lions Spella Scholarship
Algonquin E-Waste Dropoff Set For Saturday
Civic Federation Supports Governor's Budget As "Stopgap"
Obituaries
Police Blotters
IDNR Awards Grant For Brunner Forest Preserve Near Algonquin
Huntley Radio To Hold "Pizza Wars" Fundraiser
LITH Sets Maintenance, Home Improvement Open House
FBI Identifies Pair Captured In Richmond Bank Shooting
IDOR Estimates Internet Sales Cost State $160 Million
Obituaries
Police Blotters
President OK's Fed Flood Relief For McHenry, Kane Counties
Area Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger At Grafton Food Pantry
Brisk Weather Slashes Entrants To LITH Fishing Derby
Algonquin Garden Club Raises Funds For Scholarships
Illinois AG Sues "Storm Chaser" Repair Firm For Fraud
Obituaries
McHenry County Indictments
Police Blotters

More Conflict Looms Over McHenry Mental Health Appointments

Tuesday's McHenry County Board meeting is shaping up to be one full of sound and fury. Whether three controversial appointments will signify anything isn't apparent yet from the agenda and supporting materials made public Thursday.

If all goes as planned, Board Chairman Tina Hill intends to ignore a Public Health and Human Services Committee recommendation to appoint banker and Crystal Lake City Councilman Jeff Thorsen to the beleaguered County Mental Health Board in favor of her own choice, social worker and Crystal Lake City Councilman, Cathy Ferguson. That, in itself, would probably create plenty of conflict but the agenda also indicates Hill intends to reshuffle the Human Services Committee membership, too.

The County Board's spent three months rebuilding the Mental Health Board after a year-long series of setbacks and resignations at the mental service coordinating agency.  Earlier this month in a lopsided 18-6 vote, CountyBoard members rejected Health and Human Services' latest MHB candidate, Scott Summers, although no one said why. Hill announced then she'd make her own pick but Human Services Chairman Donna Kurtz, a leading MHB critic, called a committee meeting this week to pick a different candidate, anyway.

What was unexpected was Hill's announcement that she intends to pull District Three Member Sandy Salgado from Health and Human Services and replace her with fellow District Member Bob Martens.  Salgado is seen by some as a Kurtz ally on the committee.  Martens is  the former head of major MHB service provider Family Service which collapsed last year.

In a Thursday memo, Hill said picking a new MHB member was a "process that became convoluted, disruptive and disingenuous".  She didn't explain why she wanted to change the Human Services Committee, too.

Salgado said kicking her off the committee she's been on for 12 years was "payback: while Kurtz called it "a power grab".

Separately, at the Mental Health Board which has been accused of profligate spending, in a memo, Interim Director Todd Schroll recommended conducting a series of mini-audits because one big one "might be very damaging in its content."  At MHB's Finance Committee meeting this week  McHenry County Blog quoted Schroll saying what he wrote was "not a true representation of my intent."

Papa Saverio's Wins Huntley Radio Pizza Wars

Papa Saverio's emerged victorious in this week's Pizza Wars fundraiser for Huntley Community Radio at the Park District Rec Center.  Huntley Radio Executive Director Allen Pollack said the voting by more than 450 supporters--and pizza eaters--was tight, though, at Thursday event.
The Rec Center Cafeteria was packed with families sampling the offerings from Huntley's various pizzerias while they listened to music by HHS ensemble Project 2.

Pollack said organizers hadn't totaled the take from the event yet.  Profits will go toward turning Huntley Community Radio into a real low-power FM station.  Right now it streams local programs via the Internet.

Medical Marijuana Bill Headed To Governor

By Meredith Colias, Illinois Issues
After years of just saying no, the legislature has sent a restrictive medical marijuana bill to the governor’s desk. The measure passed the Senate Friday on a 35-21 vote as the Legislature approaches the final weeks of its Spring Session. The House approved it earlier.

Supporters are touting the measure as one of the strictest in the nation, hoping to avoid the fallout in other states such as Colorado and California that have looser medical marijuana guidelines.Gov. Pat Quinn has said previously he is “open-minded” to the legislation but was not firmly convinced whether he would sign it into law. If he does, the law would go into effect starting in 2014.

The Illinois bill is a four-year pilot program designed as a compassionate measure to allow those with 33 chronic or deeply debilitating illnesses specifically outlined, including multiple sclerosis, HIV/AIDS and cancer, to obtain marijuana to relieve their pain. They would be authorized for one year at a time. “Many of these people are dying,” the bill’s sponsor, Alton Democrat Sen. William Haine said, and are forced to take medication with severe or adverse side effects. “They shouldn’t be relegated to this.”

Opponents have expressed concerns that the bill will lead to unintended consequences, such as encouraging more recreational use and drug addiction among teenagers and others. “For every touching story,” Lebanon Republican Kyle McCarter said, “there are a thousand times more parents that will never be relieved from the pain” of losing a child to addiction."

You can read Meredith's full report at: http://illinoisissuesblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/medical-marijuana-bill-headed-to.html

Obituaries

Brent Kielbasa, 41, of Aiken, SC, formerly of Algonquin, died Tuesday. Memorial visitation will Monday  from 9 am until the time of a Memorial Mass at 11 at St. Margaret Mary Church, Algonquin. Cremation was private at the Countryside Crematory.

Kielbasa was born Apr. 5, 1972, to Daniel and Kathleen (Krutz) Kielbasa. He is survived by his son, Isaiah; brothers, Brian (Christina) and Bruce (Maureen), and sister, Bridget (David) Janis.

Police Blotters

The filing of charges is not proof of guilt. A defendant charged is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the state’s burden to prove his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Lake in the Hills
May 17
0106 HRS 5000 BLOCK OF WINDGATE WAY. DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. JASHARI, LIRIM, M/W 33 YEARS OF AGE, 1531 PAWNEE, CARPENTERSVILLE. CHARGES: Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, Driving While License Revoked, Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession of Cannabis Between 10-30 Grams. TURNED OVER TO MCHENRY COUNTY JAIL.
1404 HRS RANDALL RD & MILLER RD. FOLLOW UP REPORT: ACCIDENT. Occurred 051413. Two vehicles. Property damage only.
1306 HRS 1500 BLOCK OF WASHINGTON ST. DOMESTIC. Mother vs. Daughter. Verbal only. Three priors.
1519 HRS 519 WILLOW ST. (LITH ELEMENTARY). ASSIST AMBULANCE. Male, ten years of age, fell off of his bike and injured his head. Transported to Sherman Hospital.
1735 HRS 3000 BLOCK OF IMPRESSIONS DR. DOMESTIC. Mother vs. Daughter. Verbal only. No priors.

Huntley No "Guinea Pig" For Kreutzer Extension LED Lights

The Huntley Village Board Thursday rejected installing hi-tech energy-saving streetlights on the Kreutzer Road extension due to start construction soon.  Spending an extra $30,000 to save $5,000 worth of electricity over 18 years "just doesn't make sense," was Trustee John Piwko's evaluation, one shared by the rest of the Board.

Consulting engineers also admitted Light Emitting Diode street lights are so new that, while manufacturers tout them as having fabulous service lives, they don't actually warrant them any longer than ordinary sodium street lights.  "Let somebody else be the guinea pigs," replied Mayor Chuck Sass.

IDOT's expected to accept Plote Construction's $4.2 million low-bid contract so work can begin soon on the Kreutzer Extension which won't be ready to use until the middle of next year.

Another decision Thursday included a very broad OK to adding a 1,200 square foot outdoor deck to the Tee 2 Green Indoor Golf facility on Dundee Road.  New Trustee Rhonda Goldman fretted that kids at the library might be able to see people drinking there but owners and managers said they'd work with the Village to add landscaping to screen the view.

Landscaping at the new Huntley Cemetery Columbarium also won an initial OK.  Thanks to Ash Borer depredations, trustees agreed the location needed some improvement.

Moving non-profit Pioneer Center for Human Service's Sweet Repeats resale shop from Route 47 north of Algonquin Road to the Huntley Outlet Center also won a first approval.

In a regulatory move that made sense to lawyers. the Board agreed to retire the liquor license of Parkside Tap, co-owned by Jeff Lovell, and issue a new one for Parkside Tap, solely owned by Jeff Lovell.

Trustees also agreed to add a new Village lawn sprinkling regime to fall between the two current used ones of, essentially, do as much as you want but every other day or don't do any at all.  "Condition Orange" would allow hand watering.

Finally, the Board gave its assent to a number of Village appoinments. Ron Hahn, former Trustee, returns to the Planning Commission where he'd been serving before he was dragooned nto a Village Board spot for 18 months. Terra Jensen, Grafton Assessor's candidate and Elgin Twp. Deputy Assessor, will join the Zoning Board. Grant Freeding, ex of the Hoffman Estates Planning Commission will join the ZBA, too.

New Huntley resident Diana Carpenter who worked with the Oak Park Historic Preservation Commission when she lived there will join Huntley's equivalent. That still leaves one spot unfilled on the Historic Commission.  Sass commended the new appointees for stepping forward to fill the spots since, otherwise,  "They're not exactly knocking down the doors" to be part of Village government.

Turf And Bond Refunding Feature At D158 Board

The D158 Board of Education passed Thursday on replacing playground surfaces at Leggee and Martin elementary schools with synthetic turf in favor of $240,000 worth of new wood chips and a better drainage system.  Members agreed the rubber version was too expensive.

The Board gave a final go-ahead Thursday, however, for a different sort of synthetic turf, the kind for football fields, giving formal approval to install about $520,000 worth of it on the Huntley High Athletic field this Summer.

The real brain twister for the Board Thursday, though, was more work on the planned restructuring of the District's outstanding construction bonds.  Some debt be retired outright. Some will be paid down with the money from new bonds carrying lower interest rates.  Some of the debt will be stretched out for later payment.  And every time a choice is made in one category it changes the numbers in the others.

Broadly, the refinancing's planned in three waves and Thursday Board members approved a six year-run for Phase I before upping periscope to see if new construction's started to run ahead of forecasts. The other choice was five years but bond expert Eric Anderson from Harris BMO bank said financially there wasn't much difference.  "They're awfully close," he said.

Members seemed to be trying to maximize predictability.  "I like less risk," was Member Kim Skaja's comment.

Even though the big picture's sketched out there's still a lot of detail work remaining, some of it obscure.  Anderson. who's been in the business a lifetime, said one path led him to a foreign but U.S.-backed bond that, "until last week I'd never even heard of."

With more to be worked out,  the District's still shooting for refunding on July 15, give or take a few days.

Young Eagles Program Lifts Off At LITH Airport Next Sat.

EAA Chapter 790's popular Young Eagles Rally will take to the skies next Saturday at Lake in the Hills Airport from 9 am to Noon.  The program offering free airplane rides for children aged 8 to 17 hopes to hook kids early on aviation.   Chapter 790 pilots who fly out of LITH Airport are already hooked.

The Program offers flights once a month at the Airport during the Summer. While it's free, a parent or guardian must accompany their child to the rally and sign the required waiver.  For more detailed info, go to www.790.eaachapter.org.

College Leaders Cave To State Pension Cost Shift

By Meredith Colias, Illinois Issues
Representatives from universities and community colleges negotiating with House Speaker Michael Madigan Thursday reluctantly agreed to begin gradually taking over the payments for their employees' pension costs.

The plan is for the higher education institutions to start to pay .5 percent of employee pension costs in Fiscal Year 2015, which begins next July 1, and gradually increase that amount by an additional .5 percent increment each year until they fully take over the State’s payment, estimated at between 10 to 11 percent under the new plan.

Glenn Poshard, president of Southern Illinois University, said the proposal would require sacrifice on the part of the university, but he said it was more important to show employees that there would still be a reliable source for their pension payment. “We’ll just have to do it, because they deserve stability and security in their pensions system.” Poshard said. “We are willing to go forward,” he said. “We know it is not going to be easy.”

Representatives from community colleges expressed more concerns. “We [will] manage, but it will be difficult. We will do the best we can,” said Tom Ryder, who represents the Illinois Community College Trustees Association. Ryder said changes made during negotiations with Madigan, including delaying the start of the shift until 2015 and settling on the .5 percent initial shift, “helps us feel comfortable” with the proposal.

Madigan is pushing the proposal, saying the state is no longer in a financial position to foot the bill for them. The proposed cost shift has been a point of controversy throughout the debate over changes to the pension systems. Republicans have argued that it would lead to layoffs, tuition increases and local property tax increases if it were applied to K-12 schools. Democratic leaders decided to remove the issue from the larger debate and deal with it on its own.

Supporters of the cost shift hope to work out a plan for K-12 schools to also pick up future employee retirement costs. Madigan said today that the House would likely have another hearing on that issue next week.

You can read Meredith's full report at:  http://illinoisissuesblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/higher-education-leaders-agree-to.html

Obituaries

Maria Elena (Nooning) Havemann, 70, of Huntley, died Tuesday at Sherman Hospital in Elgin. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 pm Sunday at the DeFiore-Jorgensen Funeral Home, Huntley, and Monday from 9:30 am until the time of the Mass at 10:30  at St. Mary Catholic Church, Huntley. Entombment will be in St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery in Palatine.

Havemann was born July 1, 1942, in Rockford,the daughter of Matthew and Francis (Hayden) Nooning. On July 25, 1964, she married Jerry D. Havemann. She is survived by her husband of Huntley; her daughter, Melissa L. Havemann; granddaughters, Sydney Grace and McKayla Noel Havemann, and her sister, Roetta R. Walsh of Shorewood. She was preceded in death by her parents; her son, Todd, and her sister, Trisha Ann (Nooning) Carroll.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Les Turner ALS Foundation of Chicago.

Police Blotters

The filing of charges is not proof of guilt. A defendant charged is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the state’s burden to prove his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Lake in the Hills
May 16
2219 HRS 300 BLOCK OF STICKLEY LN. BATTERY. LUTSCH, JEFFREY M., M/W 33 YEARS OF AGE, 697 POINTE DR., CRYSTAL LAKE. CHARGES: Battery. RELEASED ON BOND.
0712 HRS 300 BLOCK OF TECUMSEH TRAIL. DOMESTIC BATTERY. Mother vs. daughter. Female, 12 years of age, injury to arm, transported to Sherman Hospital. No priors. UNFOUNDED.
0739 HRS 1115 CRYSTAL LAKE RD. (LAKE IN THE HILLS POLICE). INFORMATION FOR POLICE. Contact with a Registered Sex Offender.
0854 HRS 100 BLOCK OF HAWTHORNE RD. DOMESTIC. Husband vs. wife. Verbal only. One prior.
1020 HRS 100 BLOCK OF PHEASANT TRAIL. HARASSMENT BY TELEPHONE. Complainant receiving threats via phone. PENDING INVESTIGATION BY REPORTING OFFICER.
1139 HRS 1300 BLOCK OF CUNAT CT. SUICIDE ATTEMPT. Female, 32 years of age, attempted suicide. Transported to Sherman Hospital.
1248 HRS 250 N. RANDALL RD. (COSTCO). FRAUD. Bad checks. PENDING INVESTIGATION.
1340 HRS 400 BLOCK OF E. OAK ST. INFORMATION FOR POLICE. Vehicle has damage to passenger side window.
1423 HRS 200 BLOCK OF RAINMAKER RUN. HIT AND RUN. Unknown vehicle, struck mailbox, tree, and fire hydrant. PENDING INVESTIGATION BY REPORTING OFFICER.
1634 HRS RANDALL RD. & POLARIS DR. ACCIDENT. Two vehicles. Property damage only.
1941 HRS 8709 PYOTT RD. (GREAT LAKES ELECTRICAL). ACCIDENT. One vehicle. Property damage only.
2103 HRS ALGONQUIN RD. & HILLTOP RD. ACCIDENT. Two vehicles. Property damage only.
Algonquin
May 14
16:50pm Kalish, Lena A., DOB: 03/20/92, of 1661 West Winona, Chicago, was charged with Retail Theft.  She was taken into custody at Walmart, 1410 S. Randall Road.  She was released on a Notice to Appear with a court date of 06/26/13 in Algonquin.
16:56pm A 15 year-old male from Lake in the Hills was charged with Retail Theft.  He was taken into custody at Meijer’s, 400 S. Randall Road.  He was referred to the Tri Area Court For Teens and then released into the custody of his parents.
18:31pm Tuggle, Naomi, DOB: 08/27/67, of 1810 Van Dyke lane, Carpentersville, was charged with Retail Theft.  She was taken into custody at Kohl’s, 734 S. Randall Road.  She was released on a Personal Recognizance Bond with a court date of 06/19/13 in McHenry County.
May 15
01:19am Reda, Jonathan J., DOB: 01/14/83, of 355 Crestwood Court, Algonquin, was charged with Unlawful Restraint, Aggravated Domestic Battery and two counts of Domestic Battery.  He was taken into custody at 355 Crestwood Court.  He was transported to McHenry County Jail, to await a bond hearing.
15:17pm A 16 year-old male from West Dundee was charged with Theft Under $300.  He was taken into custody at the Algonquin Police Department, 2200 Harnish Drive, Algonquin.  He was formally Station Adjusted and then released into the custody of his parents.
May 16
21:35pm Faulk, Isaac F., DOB: 08/23/94, of 316 Harvest Gate, Lake in the Hills, was arrested on a warrant from McHenry County for Retail Theft. He was taken into custody at 820 S. Randall Rd. He was released after posting $500 bond with a court date of 6/26/13 in McHenry County.

Huntley To Consider "Green" Streetlights For Kreutzer Extension

With two new trustees, Huntley's reconstituted Village Board will face a question this evening that may set a tone for the rest of the next term:  The new Kreutzer Road Extension's going to need street lights. Is it worth spending an extra $27,500 on "green" ones now if they'll only  save $9,000 later on?

An engineer's report puts the price of standard high pressure sodium street lights for the extension at $175,000.  Hi-tech Energy-saving Light Emitting Diode street lights would actually cost an extra $37,500 but, since they don't use as much electricity, the lighter gauge wiring's cheaper so the net premium's only $27,500 over ordinary soidum street lights.

The LED payoff over regular lighting would only be $9,150, however, and that's over a period of 18 years. In fact, the estimated energy savings only work out to $5,400.  The other $3,750 would come from, presumably, not having to replace burned out lights as often.

LED's were invented about 50 years ago but only in the past decade have they become bright enough and cheap enough to use for outdoor lighting.  Unfortunately, that means there's not a huge amount of realworld info on them yet.  Since they're really semiconductors like computer chips, in theory they ought to save energy. The other side of the coin, though is that, like computer chips, LED's don't tolerate heat very well.

In an  LED steetlight overview, the nonprofit Edison Tech Center in Schenectedy, NY, observes that LED's "may be unreliable in outside applications with great variations in summer/winter temperatures."  A three-year study in Sidney, Australia, last year ended up concluding "evidence is inconclusive".

Engineers looked at solar-powered streetlights for the Kreutzer extension, too. They decided they wouldn't work at all on the Kreutzer extension.

In the pic:  Aeris LED streetlights proposed for Huntley's Kreutzer Road Extension would  look like these.

"Starbarks" in Algonquin Becomes "The Dog Place"

The work's almost all done now to change the name of Algonquin's former Starbarks canine daycare and boarding facility on north Main Street to The Dog Place.  After a year's battle, owner Andrea McCarthy-Grzybek decided that in a David and Goliath confrontation the smart money's on Goliath.

When she opened Starbarks last year, "I just thought it was a cute name, you know?"  The Seattle coffee giant she was gently lampooning didn't see it that way, though.  "They sent me a 'cease and desist' letter," she said, threatening to sue for trademark infringement.

For about a day the story was a national cause celebre.  Then the news herd wandered elsewhere to graze.  "My attorney said I'd probably win a lawsuit but, if I didn't, I'd have to pay [Starbuck's] expenses," said McCarthy-Grzybek.  Eventually she decided not to take the chance. "Every time you call a lawyer it costs $400 just when they say, 'Hi'," she said.

Last week she changed out Starbarks' outdoor sign for one reading The Dog Place and this week she's been working on the inside one. "I've had to change my signs, my Internet site, my Facebook page, my brochures, my business cards, my bank account, all my licenses," said McCarthy-Grzybek. "It's probably cost between $10,000 to $12,000," she said.

In the pic:  Andrea McCarthy-Grzybek isn't worried anyone will sue over the new logo for The Dog Place in Algonquin; it's sort of a graphic puzzle. "I've had people look at it and look at it and finally go 'That's what it is!'" she said.

Free Doc Shredding Events Coming To LITH, Algonquin Twp.

The Village of Lake in the Hills will host a document Shredding Day for all Lake in the Hills Residents on Saturday, June 1 at Village Hall. Residents can bring any paper documents that they want from 9 am to Noon. LITH-based AMS Store and Shred will secure them in locked containers, then take them to the company's facility where they'll be destroyed. It's free but just for LITH residents.

Algonquin Township residents can take documents for shredding the following Saturday, June 8, to the Algonquin Road District's recycling facility at the Township Complex on Route 14 in Crystal Lake.  It's free there, too, from 8 am to Noon that day.  For Algonquin Township residents, of course.

IDOT Claims Only One Quarter Of Funds Used For Non-Roads

By Benjamin Yount, Illinois Watchdog
The Illinois Department of Transportation is disputing an audit report Tuesday that says less than half of State road money is being used as intended. The department disputes the percentage, saying only 25 percent of the state’s road fund was spent on other parts of State government.

llinois Auditor General William Holland's report found over the past decade Illinois used the road fund to pay for pensions, employee health care, workers compensation claims and salaries of state troopers and bureaucrats in other parts of state government. “In eight of the last ten fiscal years, less than half of road fund expenditures went for direct road construction costs,” the report says.

Paris Ervin, IDOT spokeswoman, disputed that. “Approximately 75 percent of the road fund is spent on IDOT expenses, which includes safety, snow plowing, road safety programs, such as seat belt enforcement, construction maintenance,” Ervin said in an email.

Ervin did say 25 percent of the road fund’s $25 billion, about $6.2 billion, was spent on other parts of Illinois’ sprawling state government. Since Gov. Pat Quinn took office in 2011, she said, state government has limited its extra-curricular use of road fund money.

The state took $54 million more than it should have from the road fund from 2010 to 2012 and sent it to the workers’ comp system, the audit says, and in 2011 the fund paid nearly $51 million of the total $87 million in Illinois’ workers’ compensation system.

State Sen. Bill Brady, R-Bloomington, said the audit makes it clear Illinois has used the road fund like a credit card. “The audit has confirmed my suspicions that the majority of revenue in the Road Fund has been used for purposes other than road construction,” Brady said.

The audit report is at: http://www.auditor.illinois.gov/Audit-Reports/Performance-Special-Multi/Performance-Audits/2013%20Releases/13-Road-Fund-Expend-Mgmt-Audit-Digest.pdf

You can read Ben's full report at: http://watchdog.org/84755/idot-only-6-billion-snatched-from-il-road-fund/

Obituaries

Roberta Fellows, 91, of Huntley died at her home Tuesday following a lengthy illness. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 pm Monday  with a  funeral service at 6:30 at DeFiore-Jorgensen Funeral Home, Huntley. Private family burial will take place at Memory Gardens Cemetery, Arlington Heights.

Fellows was born Sept. 3, 1921, in Millstone, KY, the daughter of Charles and Rosamond (Flanary) Tolliver. She is survived by her daughter, Dolores (Ronald) Mascio; her son, Anthony McMurtry; her stepdaughters, Judy Robinson and Carol Jean (Alan) Morgan, and seven grandchildren, Jeff, Lori, Linda, Leah, Aaron, Jonathan and Spencer. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hubert; grandson, John; three sisters and one brother.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Northwest Bible Baptist Church, Elgin or Presence Hospice, Elgin.

Geraldine Mae Plough, 85, of Algonquin died Wednesday at the Fountains in Crystal Lake. Visitation will be from 10 am Friday at the Congregational Church of Algonquin until the time Funeral services at the church at 11 am. Burial will follow in the Algonquin Cemetery.

Plough was born Aug. 3, 1927, in Chicago, the daughter of William and Alice (Walker) Brown. She is survived by her children, Kathy (Rick) McAdams, Carol (George) Roby, Jane (Sonny) Duplessis and John (Korey) Plough, and her grandchildren, Tamara, Tim (Rebekkah), Ryan (Colleen), John, Phillip and Kristopher. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Lawrence; son, Jimmy; brother, George, and sisters, Beulah and Marjorie.

Memorials may be given to the charity of the donor's choice.

Police Blotters

The filing of charges is not proof of guilt. A defendant charged is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the state’s burden to prove his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Lake in the Hills
May 15
0847 HRS PHEASANT TRAIL & OAKLEAF RD. FOUND ARTICLE. Miscellaneous item in a plastic bag.
1147 HRS 100 BLOCK OF E. ACORN LN. INFORMATION FOR POLICE. Solicitors in the area.
1425 HRS 1100 BLOCK OF CHERRY ST. REPORT FOR INSURANCE. Cut tree branch damaged neighbor’s fence.
1713 HRS 950 E OAK ST. (DLS INTERNET). ACCIDENT. Two vehicles. Property damage only.
Huntley
May 6
A criminal damage to property report was taken at a business in the 10300 block of Vine St. An automated payment machine was damaged.
Maria L. Miranda-Ceballos, age 39, of 122 Woodstock St. #1F, Crystal Lake, was arrested for driving with no valid driver’s license and speeding. Ms. Miranda-Ceballos posted bond and was released with a McHenry County court date of June 21, 2013.
May 7
Brett W. Kleckner, age 21, of 104 Louie Ln., Hampshire, was arrested on an outstanding McHenry County warrant for failure to appear in court. Mr. Kleckner was transported to McHenry County jail to await bond.
May 8
Kevin W. Hudacheck, age 26, of 612 Brink St., Woodstock, was arrested for driving while license revoked, possession of a revoked driver’s license, possession of drug paraphernalia, and operating an uninsured motor vehicle. Mr. Hudacheck posted bond and was released with a McHenry County court date of June 28, 2013.
May 9
Timothy J. McKanna, age 54, of 9224 W. 162nd St., Orland Hills, was arrested for driving while license suspended, expired registration, operating an uninsured motor vehicle, defective windshield, and overweight on registration. Mr. McKanna posted bond and was released with a McHenry County court date of June 20, 2013.
Dimas Hernandez, age 40, of 1949 Bristol Circle, Carpentersville, was charged with driving with no valid driver’s license and improper lane use. Mr. Hernandez posted bond and was released with a McHenry County court date of June 21, 2013.
May 11
Nicola Busano, age 19, of 10652 Potomac Dr., Huntley, was arrested for failure to notify damage to property and improper lane use. Mr. Busano posted bond and was released with a McHenry County court date of June 21, 2013.
May 12
Tomas Arcos, age 30, 1703 Dennis Dr., Mount Prospect, was charged with driving with no valid driver’s license and speeding. Mr. Arcos posted bond and was released with a McHenry County court date of June 21, 2013.

State Board Approves Takeover Of Centegra Huntley Competitor

The Illinois Health Facilities and Review Board Tuesday OK'ed the takeover in about two weeks of Elgin's Sherman Hospital by the Advocate Health Care chain based in Oak Brook.

The Board spent little time discussing the ownership change before a unanimous vote to approve it, despite objections from competitor Centegra Health System which plans to build a new hospital in Huntley only nine miles from Sherman.

Centegra didn't file an official comment  about the merger with the Review Board and no one showed up to testify Tuesday but officials have made it known they aren't too happy about the  deal.  Advocate was one of the competitors that tried to block Review Board approval to build Centegra Huntley in the first place.  Apart from that, though, what really bothers Centegra is a sweetener buried in the tentative takeover agreement that calls for Advocate to pump $200 million more in "routine capital replacement" and "additional capital expenditures and operating expenses" into Sherman's three year-old facility over the next five years.  That's about half its current book value and almost as much as Centegra plans to spend to build all of its new hospital at Huntley.  No Sherman expansion projects have been filed with the Review Board yet, though.

“The coming together of one of the nation’s top community hospitals and one of the nation’s leading health systems is a big win for our community,” said Rick Jakle, chairman of the Sherman Health Board of Directors in a prepared statement Tuesday.

Centegra Public Relations Manager Kim Kubiak said in a statement to FEN, "Our focus continues to be on bringing healthcare services to underserved and growing areas of our community. We are in the final planning stages of the much-needed Centegra Hospital–Huntley and look forward to ensuring that those in the growing parts of southern McHenry and northern Kane counties have convenient, high quality healthcare for their families."

In the pic:  According to the latest schedule Sherman Hospital in Elgin will become Advocate Sherman Hospital June 1.

LITH Man Lauds McHenry County Drug Court Program

A Lake in the Hills man was among five of the first "graduates" Tuesday of McHenry County's new
Twenty Second Judicial Circuit Adult Drug Court. "It's a second chance for me," said the 29 year-old man we'll call Roberto. "Now we've got a chance to live the rest of our lives the way we should have done before."

Two years ago police nabbed Roberto breaking and entering a business two years ago. That's a felony.  "The reason I did that was I was addicted to heroin," said Roberto.  It's a pretty common among criminals observed Undersheriff Andrew Zinke at Tuesday's ceremony.  About 80 percent of the 53 current cases before the Drug Court involve heroin addicts he said.

What the Drug Court tries to do is break the addiction.  It involves a lot of therapy, not to mention twice-weekly random drug tests and, likewise, twice-weekly checkins with probation officers.  If offenders can stay straight, their records are wiped clean.  Blow it, and it's off to the house of many doors.  Court Administrator Dan Wallis said that's the difference between ordinary drug treatment programs and the Drug Court which he advocated even before the Legislature made it mandatory two years ago.  "I don't think the Betty Ford Clinic has a judge," he said.

Wallis said the program's not meant to mollycoddle bad guys.  "The Drug Court costs us about $7,000 per person," he said.  That's versus about $38,000 to lock someone up for a year in Illinois he said.  Besides,  the recidivism rate for prisoners is 60 to 80 percent.  So far the Drug Court rate is only 18 percent.  "Drug Courts work," said Wallis.

"You set the bar high,"  McHenry County Judge Michael Feetterer who presided over the court for its first  year told graduates Tuesday..  Roberto, though, said he was just trying to pull out of a spin. Without the program, he said, "By now I'd be dead, arrested or doing something I shouldn't be."

In the pic:  Five McHenry County men Tuesday were the first to be discharged from the Twenty Second Judicial Circuit Adult Drug Court.

Spring Arrives With Discovery Of First Area Marijuana Garden

The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday announced deputies seized about 2,000 marijuana seedlings from a wooded area in unincorporated Hebron over the weekend.  A resident reported Saturday he'd stumbled upon a nascent grow operation startling two unidentified Hispanics who fled.

Deputies said they couldn't find the caretakers but did locate the seedlings, fertilizer, soil, hoses, food, water, and camping equipment. Undersheriff Andrew Zinke said the street value of the plants, if they'd grown and been harvested, was probably about $1 million.

In the past few years the Sheriff's Narcotics Unit has recovered over 20,000 cannabis plants from outdoor operations. Zinke warned that some of them were guarded with booby traps.  He advised residents who happen up a pot farm to turn around and immediately leave the same way they got there. Then, of course, call the cops to report suspected narcotic activity. Those wishing to remain anonymous can contact McHenry County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-762- 7867 (STOP).

In the pic:  Sometimes even outlaws follow the rules. Growers protected marijuana seedlings discovered near Hebron over the weekend against frost with makeshift cold frames.

Health Savings Plan Could Cost Illinois Federal Money

By Benjamin Yount, Illinois Watchdog
Illinois has a little less than a year to figure out how not to lose $1 billion. The state is in the midst of a massive Medicaid shift, moving people from hospital emergency rooms to doctor’s offices as part of managed care. But as hospitals are paid less, less money is available from the federal government through the Medicaid match.

Half of Illinois’ 2.7 million Medicaid patients must be enrolled in some kind of managed care plan, an HMO or similar program, by Jan. 1, 2015. Only 18,000 people are now enrolled in a trial program. That means, “Because of the way we pay hospitals in Illinois...more and more payments [that now go to] hospitals will be paid to managed-care companies,” said Kelly Jakubek, a spokeswoman for Illinois’ Department of Health Care and Family Services.

Maryjane Wurth, president of Illinois Hospital Association, said hospitals in Illinois support Medicaid reform, but she is wary of moving too quickly. “Let’s make sure we know what (the) appropriate approach is, before we jeopardize $1 billion in federal savings,” Wurth told state lawmakers last week. Earlier this spring, Illinois HFS chief Julie Hamos told lawmakers the funding questions surrounding the shift to managed care are a “train wreck” Illinois must avoid.

State Sen. Heather Steans, D-Chicago, said Illinois probably won’t deal with that metaphorical crash this year. “I don’t think it’s something legislators need to do right now, with just three weeks of session left,” Stean said. “This is nothing that is urgent right now.”

Illinois spends $17 billion on Medicaid every year, and Washington, D.C. returns $10 billion of that, including the $1 billion the hospitals are worried about losing.

You can read Ben's full report at: http://watchdog.org/84606/il-lawmakers-take-on-other-1-billion-medicaid-question/

Obituaries

Robert W. Poppenga, 78, of Huntley died Monday at Sherman Hospital.  Visitation will be Thursday from 4 to 8 pm at DeFiore Jorgensen Funeral Home, Huntley. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated Friday at 10:30 am at St. Mary Catholic Church, Huntley.

Poppenga was born Aug. 3, 1934, the son of Robert and Anna (Vail) Poppenga. On Nov. 16, 1957, he married Mary Jane Keller. He is survived by his wife; six daughters, Susan (Tony) Carbone, Kathy (Gio) Milano, Linda (Gerry) Dudziak, Gail (Greg) Till, Margie (Art) Stephens and Mary Palermo, and 13 grandchildren, Joseph(Mollie), Jessica (Justin), Angela (Dennis), Michael (Jessica), Bryan, Johnny (Katie), Kristin (Eric), Kevin (Lisa), Brianna, Mitchell, Emily, Robert and Lee. He was preceded in death by his parents and by his brother, Patrick.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to American Cancer Society or American Heart Association.

Diego "Dino" G. Falsone, 49, of Streamwood, formerly of Algonquin, died Tuesday. Visitation will be held Friday frmo 3 to 7:30 pm at the Countryside Funeral Home and Crematory, Roselle. Following services, cremation will be private at the Countryside Crematory.

Falsone was born January 17, 1964, in Sicily, the son of Angelo and Teresa Falsone nee Cordone. He married Stacey Unterberger who survives him.  Also surviving are his children Teresa and Anna; stepchildren Amanda Self and Samantha Riley. and brothers and sisters  Anna, Maria, Eleanor, Serena and Joe.

In lieu of flowers, donations made to the American Cancer Society.

Police Blotters

The filing of charges is not proof of guilt. A defendant charged is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the state’s burden to prove his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Lake in the Hills
May 14
1723 HRS RANDALL RD. & POLARIS DR. DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED. ESCOBAR, ROGER A., M/W 40 YEARS OF AGE, 1121 HEARTLAND GATE, LAKE IN THE HILLS. CHARGES: Driving While License Suspended, Uninsured Motor Vehicle, No Valid Registration, and Improper Use of Registration. RELEASED ON BOND.
0700 HRS 3300 BLOCK OF SONOMA CIRCLE. ACCIDENT. Delayed. school bus vs. car. No injuries.
0803 HRS 0 BLOCK OF CASTLE PINES CT. FOUND ARTICLE. Several items located on roadway. Turned over to owner.
0812 HRS 9625 HALIGUS RD. (MARLOWE MIDDLE SCHOOL). ASSIST AMBULANCE. Male, 13 years of age, broken arm during gym activity. Transported to Sherman Hospital.
1012 HRS 1115 CRYSTAL LAKE RD. (LAKE IN THE HILLS POLICE). SEX OFFENDER VIOLATION. Sex offender registration violation. PENDING INVESTIGATION.
1127 HRS 600 BLOCK OF ANDERSON DR. HARASSMENT BY PHONE. Subject being harassed via phone. FAIL TO FILE.
1734 HRS MILLER RD. & LAKEWOOD RD. ACCIDENT. Two vehicles. Property damage only.

D300 Mulls Second Online Charter School Proposal

The District 300 Board of Education Monday wrestled with a new request to authorize an online charter school even as Superintendent Michael Bregy prepared to defend a turndown of a similar-sounding proposal last month. Northern Kane Educational Corp., operator of D300's Cambridge Lakes Charter School, asked the Board to OK a new application for an arm to be called the Illinois Online Charter School.

The name makes the new proposal sound a lot like the one for The Illinois Virtual Charter School @ Fox River Valley (sic) which the Board--and 17 others--rejected last month. The group wanted to create an online-only charter school for students in districts from Carpentersville to Yorkville. Bregy will be in Chicago Wednesday to ask the State Charter School Commission not to overturn the decisions.  "They appealed all 18 of them," he told FEN.

Larry Fuhrer, Northern Kane Educational Corp.'s CEO, said his group's proposal was different, though.  The Virtual Charter proposal would have forced school districts to pay for online home instruction but Fuhrer said his Online Charter proposal would involve Internet instruction as an augmentation in regular classrooms. Kane Educational Corp. has been using "blended learning" at Cambridge Lakes for two years, Fuhrer said.  "The program has had a profound effect," said Fuhrer, so profound that Northern Kane wants to sell it to other school districts.

Fine, was the broad Board reaction.  "Why are you not out in Geneva or Naperville or Plainfield?" asked President Anne Miller.  "Why do we want another charter that does nothing for our students?"

Fuhrer replied Northern Kane could offer its blended learning program through the Board's existing Cambridge Lakes charter but a new one would be administratively "cleaner".  And it would benefit D300 students, too, he said, since Kane would have a new revenue stream.  "We took a hit in tuition," Fuhrer said, a painful one since, "We don't have [tax] levy authority."

Board member Chris Stanton was still reluctant.  "Maybe we need to help you as a reference," he suggested, when Kane pitches its blended learning to other school districts.

The Board went into closed session to consider the request but said they wouldn't make a decision until later.  State law gives them 30 days to make one.

Separately, the Board set June 24 for public hearings on amendments to D300's current budget and a new one for next year.  Changes to the 2012-13 budget are pro-forma since the fiscal year runs out June 30.  CFO Susan Harkin said this year will end up about $750,000 in the red thanks to a new teachers' contract hammered out in December.  The budget for the coming year will run red, too, she said.  "We'll have a deficit budget for the next couple of years until the [extra money from the Sears Economic Development Area] comes through," said Harkin.

In the pic:  Northern Kane Educational Corp. CEO Larry Fuhrer told the D300 Board of Ed that online "blended learning" at the Cambridge Lakes charter school had boosted some kids' performance three grade levels.

DC Senior Wins Algonquin Lions Spella Scholarship

The Algonquin Lions Club awarded this year's Ted Spella Memorial Scholarship to a Dundee-Crown High School Senior Monday.  Aubrey Cornwell, daughter of Algonquin residents Kevin and Susan Cornwell, will be going to Ohio State to study broadcasting or advertising this Fall with an extra $2,500 courtesy of the Lions' annual baggo tourney.

Actually, the DC band member, class officer, State Scholar, and charity volunteer who pulled a 3.96 out of a possible 4-point grade average will have an extra $3,500 to apply to college.  Algonquin Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant owner John Weiler and wife Barbara, friends of the Lions, donated $1,000 of their own in memory of their daughter, Katy.

In the pic:  D-C Senior Aubrey Cornwell and Mom, Susan, as Steve Collingsworth awarded her this year's Algonquin Lions Club Ted Spella Scholarship at Martinis on Main Monday.

Algonquin E-Waste Dropoff Set For Saturday

Saturday the Village of Algonquin will hold another of its semi-annual e-Waste Recycling Events at the Algonquin Public Works Facility, 110 Meyer Drive.  Dropoff hours for the usually popular event will be 9 am to 1 pm.

Electronics that qualify will be taken at no charge.  For example, monitors, laptops, servers, TVs, computers, printers/ fax/scanners, DVDs/stereos/VCRs, cell phones, video game consoles, peripherals-mice/keyboards, PDAs, all computer parts, MP3s/IPods/etc., phones, UPS batteries (not household batteries), copiers, typewriters, cash registers, networking equipment, satellite dishes, cable boxes, vacuum cleaners (without bag), carpet sweepers (corded or rechargeable), blenders (without glass), mixers, coffee makers, bread makers, fryers, irons, food sealing equipment, electric knives, shaving equipment, hair cutters, hair dryers, tooth brushes, VHS tapes, holiday lights, massagers, radios, clocks, heaters, fans, cameras, remotes, toaster ovens, microwaves, metal tools (drills, screwdrivers, small saws, sanders, etc.).

In fact, it's easier to list what won't be accepted: white goods like refrigerators, stoves, freezers, dishwashers, dryers, air conditioner units, smoke detectors, curling irons, medical waste products, car batteries, household batteries, and rubber-based items.

For more information regarding this special event, please contact the Village Hall at 847-658-2700. The e-waste event is for Algonquin residents only who'll need proof of residency.

In the pic:  Literally tons of e-waste were discarded at last year's Algonquin Spring collection.

Civic Federation Supports Governor's Budget As "Stopgap"

The non-partisan Chicago-based Civic Federation’s Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability Monday endorsed Governor Quinn’s new budget proposal but warned it was only a stopgap measure. The $62.4 billion proposal makes progress toward reducing the State’s backlog of unpaid bills, it said, but doesn't solve the State's financial problems.

“This budget is overwhelmingly constrained by the State’s pension costs,” said Civic Federation President Laurence Msall. “A long-range plan to substantially reduce these unaffordable costs is the only way to protect essential services for Illinois residents while keeping our public employee pension funds solvent.”

A Crain's Chicago Business blog Monday said  Msall in an interview supported a House Speaker Mike Madigan pension proposal, rejecting another proposed by Senate President John Cullerton.  It quoted Msall saying the Madigan bill "has the components we need."

The State’s pension costs, including debt payments on past borrowing for pensions, will consume nearly 25% of State-source General Funds revenues in FY2014, according to the Civic Federation analysis which projected it would reach 35% by FY2033.

Although the Governor’s recommended FY2014 budget pays down more than $800 million in unpaid bills, the State is still expected to end the year with a backlog of $6.8 billion, said the report.  It cautioned the Governor’s new budget might overstate savings on retiree health insurance negotiated with labor unions, potentially leading to a larger than projected backlog of bills.

The full report also includes recommendations for expanding Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act, establishing a process for the executive and legislative branches to develop a consensus revenue estimate prior to publication of the Governor’s budget, and developing a formal capital improvement plan and economic development policy.  You can read the full report here: http://www.civicfed.org/sites/default/files/StateofIllinois_FY2014RecommendedBudgetAnalysis.pdf

Obituaries

Josephine " Jay " Nuccio, 85,  of Huntley died Friday. Visitation will be Wednesday from 3 to 9 pm at Morizzo Funeral Home, Hoffman Estates.  A Funeral service will be Thursday at 9 am at the home followed by a Mass at 10 am at St. Marcelline Church, Schaumburg. Entombment will be in All Saints Mausoleum, Des Plaines.

Nuccio was the daughter of Anthony and Frances Vella and wife of Sam Niccio.  She is survived by her children, Jean (Dennis) Story, Francine (the late William) Schauer, Joseph and Anthony; grandchildren, Patrick (Kim), Jolynn (Mark), Annette, Nicholas (Heather),Elizabeth, Marcus and Sam, and her sister, Mildred. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and siblings, Rosie, Frances, Joseph and Frank.

Louise Erma Wachholz, 87, of Arlington Heights, once of Algonquin, died Friday at, Arlington Heights. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11:30 am Wednesday in the Chapel of St. John the Beloved at the Lutheran Home, Arlington Heights. immediately followed by Funeral services there. Interment will be at Lakewood Memorial Park, Elgin.

Wachholz was born Aug. 5, 1925, in Elgin, Illinois, the daughter of Clarence and Irma (Ritt) Ebel, She is survived by her children, Joan Leatherman of Two Rivers, WI, and Theodore (Barbara Decker) Wachholz of Arlington Heights; grandchildren, Bethany (Larry) Thomas, Joshua (Nohea Arkus), Josiah, Andrew, Nathanael, Daniel, and Abigail Leatherman, and Meredith (Matthew) Hodge and Teddy Wachholz; her sisters, Katheryne Brown of Merrillville, IN, Marie Ebel Clark of St. Charles and Florence (John) Weck of Algonquin, and her brother, Clarence (Gerda Dieterich) Ebel Jr. of Boulder, CO. She was preceded in death by her husband, Theodore Wachholz, her parents, and her youngest sister, Carol Josette Ebel.

Police Blotters

The filing of charges is not proof of guilt. A defendant charged is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the state’s burden to prove his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Lake in the Hills
May 13
1636 HRS 5200 MILLER RD. (SUNSET PARK). POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. ISLAM, MAHISH M., M/W 20 YEARS OF AGE, 10916 SAWGRASS LN., HUNTLEY. CHARGES: Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of Cannabis 2.5-10 Grams. RELEASED ON BOND.
2047 HRS 8800 BLOCK OF ROUTE 31. FOLLOW UP ARREST: DOMESTIC BATTERY. PACK, RICHARD A., M/W 37 YEARS OF AGE, 8813 IL ROUTE 31 APT D, LAKE IN THE HILLS. CHARGES: Two Counts of Domestic Battery, Criminal Damage to Property. TURNED OVER TO MCHENRY COUNTY JAIL.
1741 HRS 5300 BLOCK OF LANSBURY CIRCLE. DOMESTIC. Father vs. Son. Verbal only. No priors.
1904 HRS ALGONQUIN RD. & HARVEST GATE. ACCIDENT. Two vehicles. Property damage only.

IDNR Awards Grant For Brunner Forest Preserve Near Algonquin

This weekend Governor Pat Quinn announced $15.3 million in local park project grants including one to help develop the Brunner Family Forest Preserve just south of Algonquin.  The grants, through the state’s Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development program, covered 45 park projects, most in Northern Illinois

The Forest Preserve District of Kane County won $400,000 for the initial development of 384 acres of the 741-acre Brunner Preserve on Route 31.  Development components include parking, two shelters, trails along the edge of the Fox River, fishing stations, interpretive signs, and habitat/wetland restoration.

The District bought the land five years ago between the 29-acre Buffalo Park Forest Preserve at the south edge of Algonquin and the the 396-acre Fox River Shores Forest Preserve at the north edge of Carpentersville.  The OSLAD program, administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, is funded through the Real Estate Transfer Tax on every property sale in Illinois. Grant recipients pay for at least half of the total project cost so the District plans about $800,000 worth of upgrades at the Brunner Preserve.

The Crystal Lake Park District also got a $400,000 grant to renovate and expand the recreation facilities at its Woodscreek Park at Ackman and Golf Course roads.  Improvements include playground replacement, adding a splash park, expanding the parking lot, adding a second tennis court and second fishing pier, relocating a sand volleyball pit, adding bocce and baggo courts, benches, paths and landscaping.

Huntley Radio To Hold "Pizza Wars" Fundraiser

Huntley Community Radio will hold the first of what it hopes will be an annual Pizza Wars fundraiser Thursday at the Huntley Park District Rec Center from 5 to 7 pm.  Advance tickets to sample pizza from many of the area's pizzerias are available at Heartland Bank and both BMO Harris banks in Huntley, just $5.  Tickets at the door will be $8.  HHS's Project 2 a capella ensemble will serenade pizza noshers at the event.

Huntley Community Radio streams over the Internet right now but the group hopes to raise $75,000 to by a transmitter and tower for real broadcasting with genuine FM radio waves.

LITH Sets Maintenance, Home Improvment Open House

The Village of Lake in the Hills Community Development Department will be host an open house for residents on property maintenance and home improvements on Thursday from 7 to 8 at the Village's Safety Education Center next to the PD on Crystal Lake Road.

Village officials will explain property maintenance regulations, how to file a complaint, Department procedures on  violations and the effects of foreclosures on property maintenance. There will also be a chance for residents to learn how to make the Village happy with Spring or Summer home improvement projects and how to obtain a permit for them. Beverages and snacks will be provided.

FBI Identifies Pair Captured In Richmond Bank Shooting

The two survivors of a shootout with FBI agents at a bank in Richmond Friday will appear for hearings in Rockford Federal Court Tuesday.  Spokesmen said 40 year-old Aaron Russell of Orland Hills and 34 year-old Roberto Favela of Chicago are charged with one count each of attempted bank robbery.  A third man, 45 year-old Tony Starnes of Chicago died of gunshot wounds as he tried to ram federal agents with a car, they said.

In a criminal complaint,  the FBI said they'd been "investigating" Russell and Starnes for robberies at suburban jewelry stores and at least one bank. The investigation apparently included direct surveillance which Friday found Starnes driving a car with a stolen license plate.  Agents said they followed the car and, later, an SUV to Richmond. They said they had to shoot Starnes as he tried to run into their car when they stopped him to make an arrest.

IDOR Estimates Internet Sales Cost State $160 Million

If a bill passed by the U.S. Senate this week were law now, Illinois would collect an extra $212 million in sales taxes, according to the most recent estimate by the Illinois Department of Revenue.  The figure is two years old, though, and assumes online consumers wouldn't care about the tax.

Currently, online retailers with, say, a distribution warehouse in Illinois have to collect sales tax form Illinois residents just like the neighborhood grocer.  However, Internet sellers based in other states don't.  Their Illinois customers are supposed to fill out an IDOR form and send in a check for a "use tax" which happens to be the same as the State sales tax rate. Most people don't. In 2011, the last year available, Illinois taxpayers paid just $12.1 million through that process.  IDOR estimates it was due well over ten times that amount, $157 million.

It's the same in the 44 other states that charge sales taxes, many of them, like Illinois, hurting for revenue, so U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., herded a bill through the Senate this week to make Internet sellers collect sales taxes for every district in the country that has one.  No one's absolutely sure how many there are but estimates range anywhere from 7,500 to almost 10,000.

Critics admit online giants like Amazon.com could probably figure out a way to pay all those different sales taxes but complain small Internet retailers couldn't.  Supporters claim the current regime--or lack thereof--puts brick and mortar retailers at a competitive disadvantage.

There's a sort of asterisk, however, in the IDOR report dug up this week by the Springfield State Journal Register and unremarked in its story.  The revenue estimates don't take into account probable changes in consumer behavior.  Said study authors, "our estimate does not account for consumers’ response to the higher tax price. If the tax price of online sales increases, online sales will decrease. Some consumers will simply substitute local sales for online sales, but others will be priced out of the market entirely."

Durbin's Internet tax bill is in the U.S. House now, but there's no vote scheduled yet.

Obituaries

Dan Broederdorf, 59, of Oro Valley, AZ, formerly of Algonquin, died May 3 after a battle with cancer. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 pm Friday at Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church, Huntley.

Broederdorf was born June 25, 1953, in Elgin, the son of Robert and Marjorie Broederdorf.
He is survived by his wife, Anne; children, Brooke (Vincent) DeBartolo, Brian Broederdorf, Bradley Broederdorf, Erik (Vanessa) Santoro and Kimberly (Sanath) Dias; his mother; sisters, Bonnie (Louis) Vanaria and Lynn Broederdorf; brother, Dale Broederdorf, and grandson, Leo Steel DeBartolo.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Kidney Cancer Association or the American Cancer Society.

Police Blotters

The filing of charges is not proof of guilt. A defendant charged is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the state’s burden to prove his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Lake in the Hills
May 12
0030 HRS RANDALL RD. & MILLER RD. DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. JAKUBOWSKI, ANDREW J., M/W 40 YEARS OF AGE, 1 WEXFORD CT., LAKE IN THE HILLS. CHARGES: Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol with a Breath Alcohol Content Greater Than .08, and Speeding. RELEASED ON BOND.
1906 HRS RANDALL RD. & ACORN LN. RECKLESS DRIVING. KNIESEL, KEVIN M., M/W 26 YEARS OF AGE, 1514 CLAYTON MARSH, LAKE IN THE HILLS. CHARGES: Reckless Driving, Driving While License Revoked, Following Too Closely, Changing Lanes without Signaling and
Operating Uninsured Motor Vehicle. RELEASED ON BOND.
0739 HRS 00 BLOCK OF BALDWIN CT. DOMESTIC BATTERY. Stepfather vs. Stepson. No priors. UNFOUNDED.
0943 HRS 1500 BLOCK OF CLAYTON MARSH DR. DRUG INVESTIGATION. Male subject on unknown substance. Transported to Sherman Hospital. PENDING INVESTIGATION BY REPORTING OFFICER.
1039 HRS 1500 BLOCK OF CLAYTON MARSH DR. INFORMATION FOR POLICE. Contact was made with a Registered Sex Offender while on a neighbor dispute.
1611 HRS 220 N. RANDALL RD. (MORETTI’S). ACCIDENT. Two vehicles. Property damage only.
1737 HRS POLARIS DR. & RANDALL RD. HIT & RUN. Unknown vehicle struck complainant’s vehicle and left.
2004 HRS 1100 BLOCK OF HEARTLAND GATE. DOMESTIC BATTERY. Boyfriend vs. Girlfriend. No Priors. PENDING INVESTIGATION BY REPORTING OFFICER.
2048 HRS 8800 BLOCK OF ROUTE 31. DOMESTIC BATTERY. Boyfriend vs. Girlfriend. No Priors. PENDING INVESTIGATION BY REPORTING OFFICER.
1906 HRS RANDALL RD. & MCHENRY AVE. INFORMATION FOR POLICE. Contact with Registered Sex Offender was made during a traffic arrest.
Algonquin
May 11
01:11am Pittas, David B., DOB: 10/10/63, of 4105 Larkspur Lane, Lake in the Hills, was charged with DWLS and Improper Lane Use. He was taken into custody at Randall Road and Harnish Drive.  He was released after posting $150 with a court date of 06/19/13 in McHenry County.
05:48am Two 17 year-old males from Bartlett were charged with Illegal Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor.  They were taken into custody at Merchant Drive and Randall Road.  They were both Petitioned into Juvenile Court and then released into the custody of their parents.
11:10am Nellessen, Rebecca L., DOB: 05/10/71, of 10120 Kendall Drive, Algonquin, was charged with DUI and DWLS.  She was also Wanted on a Warrant out of Cook County for DWLS.  She was taken into custody at Sherman Hospital.  She was released after posting $300 on the Algonquin charges with a court date of 06/19/13 in McHenry County and after posting $500 on the Cook County Warrant with a court date of 06/21/13 in Cook County.
May 12
01:30am Miller, Scott W., DOB: 05/02/90, of 529 Skyline Drive, Algonquin, was charged with Leaving the Scene and Failure to Reduce Speed.  He was taken into custody at 529 Skyline Drive.  He was released on a Personal Recognizance Bond with a court date of 06/19/13 in McHenry County.
May 13
00:23am Sanchez-Venegas, Juan, DOB: 12/14/90, of 2042 Berkshire Circle Apt #E, Carpentersville, was charged with DWLS and Driving Without Headlights.  He was taken into custody at Randall Road and Longmeadow Parkway.  He was released after posting $150 with a court date of 06/19/13 in McHenry County.

President OK's Fed Flood Relief For McHenry, Kane Counties

Illinois flood victims, including those in McHenry and Kane counties, could file requests for Federal disaster relief Saturday.  At least they could have if anyone told them.  President Barack Obama approved Illinois Governor Pat Quinn's Thursday request for disaster designation for 11 Illinois Counties but the late Friday approval has been poorly publicized this weekend.

The federal disaster declaration will help people and businesses by allowing them to apply for grants and loans to assist with storm-related losses. Preliminary assessments identified 41 homes in the 11-county area that were destroyed and 761 that suffered major damage. In McHenry County more than 200 homes met new flood damage criteria, according to Emergency Management officials.

Assistance for affected individuals and families can include:

Rental payments, up to thee months, for temporary housing for those whose homes are unlivable.
Grants for home repairs and replacement of essential household items not covered by insurance.
Grants to replace personal property not covered by insurance.
Unemployment payments up to 26 weeks for workers who temporarily lost jobs because of the disaster.
Low-interest loans to cover residential losses not fully compensated by insurance.
Loans up to $2 million for small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives and most private, non-profit organizations. Loans up to $500,000 for farmers, ranchers and aquaculture operators.

The place to apply for any of that is at: http://www.disasterassistance.gov/

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which administers the assistance program, has a toll-free telephone number 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) or 1-800-462-7585 (TTY for hearing and speech impaired) for victims to apply for assistance.

Area Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger At Grafton Food Pantry

The 21st National Associaton of Letter Carriers' "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive stocked the shelves at the Grafton Food Pantry on Huntley's Allison Drive almost three quarters of a ton of new non-perishables Saturday.  Algonquin and Lake in the Hills mailmen/persons gathered 1,100 pounds of canned and boxed goods for the drive.  Huntley carriers didn't officially participate in the national event but, unofficially, they contributed 200 pounds more to the Pantry, according to President Kathy Schneiter.

Pantry organizers had feared they'd be overwhelmed with the expected contributions Saturday but workers from a nearby plastics company volunteered to help.  "God was with us," commented Pantry Manager Mary Hardy.  Maybe so, but Saturday was an easy day, His wonders to perform.  It's the rest of the week that needs more workers. Schneiter said, "We have a great group of volunteers, but they are being stretched to the limit by trying to meet the growing demands of the Pantry."

Schneiter said the Grafton Pantry especially needs help for client assistance and stocking on Monday evenings from 3:30 to 7:15 pm and sorting deliveries and stocking shelves on Tuesdays from 8 to 11:30 am. Volunteers need to be 16 or older.  Applications are available at GraftonFoodPantry.org or at the Pantry during hours of operation.  Anyone interested may contact Kathy at 847-772-9713 or Paula, Volunteer Coordinator, at 847-495-0922.

In the pic:  Volunteers hustled to sort donations from the area's letter carriers' "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive at the Grafton Food Pantry Saturday.

Brisk Weather Slashes Entrants To LITH Fishing Derby

Fifteen year-old LITH resident Daniel Dennis was the top angler at the Lake in the Hills Sportsmen's Club Bass Fishing Derby Saturday at Woods Creek Lake.  Chill weather and brisk winds cut the number of entrants from last year when it was balmy. It didn't bother the fish, though, so Dennis reeled in an 18-inch bass to capture half the pot of Derby entry fees.

"I'm probably going to use it to replace all the lures I lost today," Dennis said.

Algonquin Garden Club Raises Funds For Scholarships

Temps in the mid 50's and winds gusting to 25 mph damped sales this year a the Algonquin Garden Club's annual plant sale at the East Side's Towne Center Saturday.  Even so, "We've sold about half of our plants," said club member June Garand.  She said the rest, all drawn from clubbers gardens, would be sold soon at a local farmers' market, which one still to be determined.

Proceeds from the Algonquin Garden Club's annual plant sale support scholarships for local students planning careers in horticulture, conservation, agriculture, or environmental studies.

Illinois AG Sues "Storm Chaser" Repair Firm

Attorney General Lisa Madigan this week filed a lawsuit against a Chicago area “storm chaser” home repair firm for failing to complete contracted projects and for failing to pay its supplier, resulting in thousands of dollars of liens put on customers’ homes.

Madigan filed the lawsuit in Lake County Circuit Court against Perfect Restorations, based in Antioch, and company owners James Novack, James Hauser and Bruce Faber. The lawsuit alleges Perfect Restorations marketed its services to homeowners in need of repairs after severe storms. The suit alleges the company required homeowners to make upfront installment payments ranging from $4,000 to $41,000, but when the contractors did incomplete or shoddy work, they refused to refund consumers.

Madigan also alleged that Perfect Restorations falsely operated as an insurance adjuster, negotiating damage claims with insurance companies on behalf of homeowners though the company was not licensed to do so.

In some cases, consumers told Madigan’s office that although they had paid Perfect Restorations, the company failed to pay for supplies, and suppliers placed liens for thousands of dollars on customers’ homes, forcing homeowners to pay off the liens.

“Not only did homeowners pay for incomplete and shoddy work, they were forced to make a second payment to remove the lien on their homes for supplies that the company failed to pay off,” Madigan said. “This scheme is among the more flagrant we’ve seen in my office in recent years.”

Madigan urged homeowners to contact her Consumer Fraud Hotline at 1-800-386-5438 to report being victimized by a home repair scheme or to learn tips for finding a reputable contractor.

Obituaries

Carol MaryAnn Kemp, 71, of Sun City, Huntley, formerly of Arlington Heights, died Thursday evening at Sherman Hospital in Elgin. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 pm on Monday at the DeFiore-Jorgensen Funeral Home, Huntley. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am Tuesday at the funeral home. A private family graveside service will be held at Windridge Cemetery in Cary.

Kemp was born Aug. 9, 1941, in Chicago, the daughter of Carl J. and Emma Ann (Rinkach) Frenzel. She was united in married John F. Kemp on Feb. 24, 1961. She is survived by her husband, John of Huntley and her daughter, Pamela (Dan) Abbink of Round Lake.

Memorials may be made to the Lymphatic Research Foundation or the American Cancer Society.

Neva E. Meyer, 89, of East Dundee died Wednesday at the JourneyCare Hospice in Barrington. Funeral Services will be held Monday at 11 am in the Miller Funeral Home, West Dundee. Burial will follow in the Dundee Township East Cemetery, East Dundee. Visitation will be held Monday morning at the funeral home from 9 am until the time of the service.

Meyer was born in downstate Wayne County Feb. 15, 1924, the daughter of the late Otho and Nettie (nee Ellis) Bratton. On June 28, 1944, she married Lavern Meyer. Survivors include her children, Linnea (Darwin) Pease, Jeff (Beth), Kathryn, and Steven (Barbara) Meyer. She is also survived by her seven grandchildren and a sister, Phyllis Christian. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her five brothers and three sisters.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to either the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Algonquin or the JourneyCare Hospice of Barrington.

Florence E. Wurtz, 92, of Minocqua. WI, formerly of Algonquin, died Wednesday, April 24, at Seasons of Life Hospice House in Woodruff, WI. A Funeral Mass will be at 1:30 pm Tuesday, May  at St Mary's Catholic Church in Huntley, with a gathering from 12:30 pm until the time of service. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery.

Wurtz was born Jan. 12, 1921, in West Chicago, the daughter of Frank and Regina Klein. She married Everett C. Wurtz of West Chicago on May 4, 1941. She is survived by three daughters, Shirley Seidler of Winfield, Dianne Martin Klein of Lake in the Hills and Pamela Stengel and her husband, Jack L. Stengel, of Minocqua, and and many grandchildren.

Ruth W. Hill , 85, formerly of Algonquin, died in Clarendon Hills Monday following a stroke. Inurnment will take place privately.

Hill was born in Blue Island during the Great Depression,  the daughter of the late Viola and Walter Wordelman. She married the late Richard Spychalski Hill in 1949. She is survived by her children, Ross and Laura Hill; brother, George Wordelman, and sister, Alice Pontarelli.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Hinsdale Humane Society.

Dolores E. Martinez, 85, of Crystal Lake, formerly of Algonquin, died Thursday. A memorial visitation will be held Wednesday from 10 am until the time of service at 1 pm at Davenport Family Funeral Home, Crystal Lake. Inurnment will take place in Florida.

She married Leonard Martinez on Aug. 10, 1946, in Chicago. She is survived by four children, Nancy Walden, Len (Mary Ann), Lorrie Kemble and Rich (Pam); 11 grandchildren, Carrie (Gene) Jenke, Michele (Arland) Wingate, Kris (Phil) Farrell, Joe (Trisha) Martinez, Beth Martinez, David (Tammy Cole) Kemble, Ryan Kemble, Amanda Martinez, Melinda Martinez, Seth (Michelle) Martinez and Caleb (Jaime) Martinez, and her sister, Janice Tipping. She was preceded in death by her parents'; husband, son, Michael, and seven siblings.

Memorials can be sent to JourneyCare Hospice, Barrington.

Joseph C. White, Jr., 70, of Algonquin, died Friday in Woodstock. The visitation will be from 4 to 9 pm. Tuesday with the service at 7 pm at Willow Funeral Home, Algonquin.

White was born May 5, 1943, in Rockford, the son of Joseph White Sr. and Genevieve White. He
is survived by his wife, Barbara (nee Spahn); children, Terry White, Jolyn White, Becky Klapperich, Debra Lowe, Karen Ledbetter and Donald Ledbetter Jr., and 13 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Tom Forsberg.

Memorials may be sent to Journey Hospice, Woodstock.

McHenry County Indictments

A McHenry County Grand Jury returned indictments this week against the following individuals:
The charges against these defendants are merely allegations against them.  The defendants are presumed innocent of any crime until proven guilty in court.

DINO TURKIC, DOB:  05/11/1980, 500 W. PARKVIEW TERRACE, ALGONQUIN. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.--Lake in the Hills PD

WILLIAM J. CZARNECKI, DOB:  05/19/1970, 2759 N 26TH STREET, MILWAUKEE, WI. THEFT (OVER $10,000.).--Woodstock PD

JUAN FLORES SOTO, DOB:  04/28/1976, 2029 ASPEN DRIVE, WOODSTOCK. IDENTITY THEFT.--McHenry County Sheriff's Office
  
KARA L. IBSH, DOB:  06/22/1987, 228 ½ S. STATE STREET, MARENGO. DISORDERLY CONDUCT.--McHenry County Sheriff's Office
  
SCOTT ELVERS, DOB:  11/17/1960, 7920 RIDGEFIELD ROAD  1N, CRYSTAL LAKE. OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.--McHenry County Sheriff's Office

DUANE A. WHITING JR., DOB:  09/06/1954, S1260 HIGHWAY 162, COON VALLEY, WI. AGGRAVATED DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE (TWO COUNTS), UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.--Harvard PD

EDWARD A. MERCADO, DOB:  02/27/1974, 1811 WOODSIDE DRIVE, WOODSTOCK. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CONTRABAND IN A PENAL INSTITUTION, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF HYPODERMIC SYRINGE, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.--McHenry County Sheriff's Office

STEPHEN J. GLASS, DOB:  03/25/1985, 1273 PRAIRIE VIEW PARKWAY, CARY. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA (TWO COUNTS). BRADLEY G. VILLARREAL, DOB:  09/11/1986, 1273 PRAIRIE VIEW PARKWAY, CARY. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (TWO COUNTS).--Cary PD

Police Blotters

The filing of charges is not proof of guilt. A defendant charged is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the state’s burden to prove his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Lake in the Hills
May 11
0031 HRS VILLAGE RD. & CARLEMONT DR. DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. LOADER, IANNA JOY, F/W 27 YEARS OF AGE, 1320 WHITE CHAPEL LN., ALGONQUIN. CHARGES: Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol with a Breath Alcohol Content Greater Than .08, and Improper Lane Usage. RELEASED ON BOND.
0836 HRS 1400 BLOCK OF WASHINGTON ST. HIT & RUN. PAGLIALONG, SKYLAR W., M/W 21 YEARS OF AGE, 1505 MONROE ST., LAKE IN THE HILLS. CHARGES: Leaving the Scene of a Property Damage Accident, Failure to Report Striking an Unattended Vehicle, Failure to Report A Motor Vehicle Accident. RELEASED ON BOND.
2054 HRS HILLTOP DR. & ALGONQUIN RD. DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED. BURTON, JERRY M., M/B 26 YEARS OF AGE, 2113 WILLOWBROOK DR., WOODSTOCK. CHARGE: Driving While License Suspended. TURNED OVER TO MCHENRY COUNTY JAIL.
0228 HRS 700 BLOCK OF WHITE PINE CIRCLE. ASSIST AMBULANCE. Male, 22 years of age, made suicidal statements. Transported to Woodstock Centegra Hospital.
0337 HRS 500 BLOCK OF BLACKHAWK DR. DOMESTIC BATTERY. Boyfriend vs. Girlfriend. No priors. PENDING INVESTIGATION BY REPORTING OFFICER.
1230 HRS RANDALL RD. & POLARIS DR. ACCIDENT. Two vehicles. Property damage only.
1327 HRS 4300 BLOCK OF GLADSTONE DR. INFORMATION FOR POLICE. Recovery of stolen property. TURNED OVER TO INVESTIGATIONS.
1645 HRS 1500 BLOCK OF JEFFERSON ST. SUICIDAL SUBJECT. Male, 19 years of age, needing an evaluation. Transported to Sherman Hospital.
1847 HRS 400 BLOCK OF WINSLOW WAY. THEFT. Medication taken from complainant’s residence. PENDING INVESTIGATION BY REPORTING OFFICER.