Three charged in Skokie, Morton Grove carjackings, murder could receive death penalty: feds

Two men and a woman received federal indictment charges on Thursday for multiple carjackings and murders in 2020 in Chicago. According to a federal indictment returned on Thursday, Edson Rsendez, 22, Maverick Cela, 22, and Prezila Apreza, 23, murdered Nabil Mahour during an attempted carjacking in Chicago’s Dunning neighborhood on Sept. 21, 2020, and later that day, used a car taken in another carjacking to fatally shoot Eduardo Triano in the North Park neighborhood. The three are in law enforcement custody. Their next court date is yet to be scheduled. Resendez and Cela were previously charged in a 2022 federal […]

Explosion of e-bike lithium-ion battery causes Park Ridge house fire, $150,000 damage: fire department

Fire investigators determined a Park Ridge house fire that caused $150,000 in damage was caused by the explosion of a lithium-ion battery in an e-bike while it was being charged, the Park Ridge Fire Department said in a news release. The department emphasized that lithium-ion batteries can overheat, explode or catch fire. “It is critically […]