Chicagoist Weekend Blotter
By Prescott Carlson in News on Dec 5, 2010 10:00PM
- A man was arrested in the Lake View neighborhood Saturday morning after people reported he was running around waving a crack pipe and wearing nothing but a pair of socks.
- A Park Forest veterinarian is facing criminal charges as authorities allege he caused pets' deaths, watered down vaccines, and failed to report dog fighting.
- Who is the one person you really, really, REALLY hope is not a thief? Your accountant.
- Two suburban men have been accused of skimming $1 million over six years from an insurance industry association in Park Ridge.
- A Cook County Sheriff's deputy has drawn desk duty while the department investigates an allegation that he punched a woman at Cha Cha's bar on the Southwest Side.
- A teacher at a River Grove school was taken into custody after police executing an unrelated search warrant say they caught her clenching a small bag of cocaine when they entered the residence.