Chicagoist Weekend Blotter

"Uh oh... the fuzz" by TheeErin

You would think the first warm weekend we've had in 53 years would have people rejoicing and not committing heinous acts, but sadly that wasn't the case.

A body found in Sauk Village body is missing teen Brashai Griffin, who went missing Wednesday night. Autopsy results say that Brashai was strangled. [Trib]

A Brookfield man who killed an elderly couple last year while driving drunk was sentenced to 12 years in prison. [Trib]

Car won't start? You might want to check if your catalytic converter has been stolen. Seems that they have valuable metals inside, the most expensive being rhodium which goes for $9,000 an ounce. Certainly more lucrative than stealing manhole covers. [Courier News]

A hit and run at 53rd and Kedzie leaves one man dead. [Trib]

A 5 foot tall, 130 pound woman robbed a TCF bank in the Loop using a note. Really? No assault rifle, Patty Hearst style? Nothing? Maybe it's time to bring back bank security guards when it's easier to steal from a bank than it is an Old Navy. [Trib]

Three separate acts of violence late last night resulted in 3 deaths: A man on the north side was fatally shot after flashing gang signs; an 18-year-old high school student was beaten to death with a baseball bat at a South Side party; a man on the Far South Side was shot in the head while walking to his car. [S-T]

A Carpentersville trustee -- who has previously called supporters of an illegal immigration ordinance racist -- was issued a $75 citation for disorderly conduct in an altercation where she made a "racially tinged" comment comparing her neighbor's tree-climbing kids with monkeys. The story doesn't indicate the race of the neighbor, but you smart readers can fill in the blank. [D-H]