Day: September 4, 2024

Wilmette Police Department officers have arrested two people in connection with several local residential burglaries, police said Tewayne T. Kennedy, 28, of the 8900 block of Lavergne Avenue, Skokie, and Eric P. Seaton, 36, of the 1900 block of Prairie Square, Schaumburg, were both charged with residential burglary after Wilmette police investigated three overnight burglaries of unlocked houses east of Green Bay Road in July and August, according to Wilmette Deputy Police Chief Michael Robinson. The burglaries were similar to recent burglaries in Evanston, Skokie, Glenview and Morton Grove, according to Wilmette Police. Using digital forensic technology, Wilmette officers identified […]

A 37-year-old electrician for the CTA, a 74-year-old retired teacher and architect, a 27-year-old Jewel Osco employee getting home from work, an 86-year-old man crossing the street a block away from his apartment building and most recently a 39-year-old Niles man have died in fatal pedestrian and bicycle-car crashes in the last couple of months in the northern suburbs. Advocates say their deaths are preventable, not in the sense of looking two ways before crossing a busy intersection, but due to design flaws from road engineers and city planners. Police from three suburban departments say they will focus on traffic […]