Chicagoist Weekend Blotter
By Prescott Carlson in News on Apr 7, 2008 12:00AM
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]