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Extra Extra: Police Question 11-Year-Old Found With Molotov Cocktail

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Jul 31, 2012 11:00PM


  • An 11-year-old boy was seen holding a Molotov cocktail in Rogers Park Monday night. Police say the boy was "holding a 12-ounce beer bottle filled with a liquid that police suspected was gasoline" with "a cloth wick stuck in its top" and a lighter in the other hand. [Tribune]

  • Chicago police found a man's body in the North Branch of the Chicago River. Police said there were no outside signs of violence. [Tribune]

  • Police say the man charged with causing a deadly three-car crash on the Kennedy Expressway had a .207 blood alcohol content. [Sun-Times]

  • Just because it's not raining, doesn't mean there aren't mosquitoes. In fact, there might actually be more of them. [WBEZ]

  • The parent company of Peoples Gas wants a rate hike. [Tribune]