Weekend Blotter: Man Stole Cancer Patient's Donation Jar
By Samantha Abernethy in News on Dec 18, 2011 10:00PM
- Crestwood police are looking for the man who walked into a Shop Mart, made a purchase, then grabbed a cancer patient's donation jar and took off. Police seek public help identifying the man in the surveillance video.
- A man stole a cab in Gold Coast, then struck a police car, injuring two officers. The cab fled, and when police eventually caught up with him, a third officer was injured.
- Two teenage boys, ages 14 and 16, were shot and seriously injured when a gunman opened fire around 2:45 a.m. in the Grand Crossing neighborhood.
- Police have arrested a man for attempting to steal a catalytic converter off of a U-Haul truck.
- A man was shot multiple times and critically wounded in the Portage Park neighborhood Saturday.
- Elgin police are investigating a suspicious fire that revealed a badly burned body that may have met with foul play before the fire.
- An attempted robbery in Woodlawn left a 30-year-old man dead.
- A 65-year-old man was shot in the head and critically wounded while driving through the South Chicago neighborhood.