Chicagoist Weekend Blotter

By Prescott Carlson in News on Mar 3, 2008 1:00AM

The warm weather seems to have kept some of our naughty citizens somewhat at bay this weekend, but there was still some activity in Chicago's criminal justice world:

Ex-alderman Dorothy Tillman was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama after a confrontation at her aunt's hospital. Be sure to click on the story for a rare photo of Ms. Tillman sans hat. [Trib]

A south side man, John Small, was charged with fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend. Small has a cornucopia of convictions on his rap sheet, including arson, robbery, and felony possession of a firearm. [Trib]

The bomb squad was called to the Macy's at Old Orchard and they had to evacuate the place. Have the Macy's boycotters upped the ante? [D-H]

A man in Little Village was shot by a masked offender while driving his car down South California Avenue. If it wasn't random, that sure must have taken some patience and planning. [S-T]

Craig Stebic: "Hey, if Drew can get his shit back, why can't I? No fair!" :stamps feet: [Trib]

Phew, thank god we don't have to hunt down an alternate source to get our fill of turkey nards. [C-N]

File this one under "seriously overreaching": a north side man claims that "a childhood head injury, a lingering mental illness and his bad reaction to a weight-loss drug" caused him to attack a 14-year-old boy. [S-T]