Chicagoist Weekend Blotter
By Prescott Carlson in News on Feb 27, 2011 9:00PM
- A Naperville man fell for an email scam and wired $200,000 to help rescue a kidnapped woman in London who didn't exist.
- Prosecutors say a Glenwood man kept his 13-year-old son chained to a dryer in the laundry room of the home he shared with his girlfriend.
- A Chicago woman was arrested after police found 121 pounds of marijuana valued at over $800,000 in the utility van she was driving.
- Police were able to stop an alleged drunk driver's car with their hands as he was "coasting" in the Little Village neighborhood after celebrating his divorce.