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Chicagoist Weekend Blotter

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Oct 2, 2011 9:00PM


  • A man was arrested this weekend for the 65th time. This time was on charges that he held a woman and two children against their will.

  • An 18-year-old man in Indiana was arrested for underage drinking. He decided to flee the police, but had a change of heart and turned himself in, still handcuffed.

  • Police shot and injured a 17-year-old boy, suspecting he was reaching for a weapon in the waistband of his pants.

  • A teen boy was shot and injured in Logan Square, and a man was shot and injured during a robbery in Roscoe Village.

  • A Cook County morgue worker was arrested for soliciting prostitution.