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Extra Extra: Woman Brings 5-Year-Old Son To Bank Heist

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Jan 17, 2012 12:00AM


  • A Lake County woman is accused of bringing her 5-year-old son with her as she accompanied her boyfriend on a bank heist. She told the FBI she was upset with herself for putting her son in danger. [Sun-Times]

  • Chicago improv veteran Mike Enriquez died after a battle with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. He worked with current Saturday Night Live featured players Vanessa Bayer and Paul Brittain. [Tribune]

  • A young mother panicked and left her 6-month-old baby at a fire station on the West Side, but Safe Haven Law only allow parents to do that with babies less than 30 days old. [ABC7]

  • A 4-year-old University Park girl was killed when a television fell on her. [NBC]

  • Rev. Jesse Jackson went to check in at a shelter to shed light on the issues of homelessness. Well, there wasn't a bed for him, since the shelter was packed. Jackson slept in a sleeping bag on the floor. [Sun-Times]

  • A 16-year-old boy in juvenile detention collapsed while playing basketball. [ABC7]