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Torribio Mora, 20, of the University Village/Little Italy neighborhood, faces felony burglary to a place of worship and criminal damage to property charges, as well as a misdemeanor criminal trespass to property. A judge ordered him held on $20,000 bond, meaning he will have to post $2,000 for release.
Miquel Lewis, acting director of Cook County Juvenile Probation & Court Services, speaks to a group of probation officers during a tour of Bishop Shepard Little Memorial Center, which operates partially as a TASC Reporting Center, on Feb. 23, 2022. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)
Earlier, another suspect, DeShawn London, 20, was taken into custody for the same fatal shooting that happened Aug. 20 in the 2400 block of West Polk Street. London, who was in court earlier this week, was also charged with trying to escape, police said.
Cousins Rhea Allen, of Stonington, Illinois and Shannon Lewis, of Tennessee, said they’ve “got the Irish in us,” are spending the weekend in the city and saw the river dyeing and parade for the first time. Allen said it was “spectacular watching the river turn that bright green color,” while Lewis added, “It was cold, but it was fun.”
Four days earlier on March 1, Town Hall District Officer James Daly, 47, shot himself to death in a locker room inside the district’s police station, 850 W. Addison St., on the North Side. A 21-year Chicago police veteran, Daly worked the overnight shift and was expected to retire that week, sources have said.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said the woman was Susan Lund of Clarksville, Tennessee, who was 25 years old when she disappeared on Dec. 24, 1992. She had gone to walk to a grocery store but never returned home. When the woman’s head was found in the state park about a month later, investigators were unable to identify her.
Walter Polovchak, left, who became a U.S. citizen on Oct. 8, displays his selective service card outside the post office at Adams and Dearborn streets after registering for the draft on Oct. 23, 1985. Polovchak, 18, who refused to return to the Soviet Union with his Ukrainian parents six years earlier, said, “To keep this country strong, you’ve got to register.” He was accompanied by his lawyer, Julian Kulas. (Carl Hugare / Chicago Tribune)
At City Hall on May 8, 2020, Dr. Allison Arwady, left, Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, listens as Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot holds a press conference to announce plans to re-open the city weeks after restrictions were imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 disease. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)
Under Lightfoot’s directive, all city employees had until Oct. 15 to report their vaccination status but could choose to undergo regular COVID-19 testing, rather than get shots, through the end of the year. After police unions challenged the vaccine mandate in court, though, a judge suspended the Dec. 31 date for members to be fully inoculated, saying that needed to go through arbitration.
It took a Daley Center jury about 2 hours to come back with a verdict in the case, which contended Chicago police officers violated the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 by not fully investigating the abuse of Taylor, who had visible injuries a day before James E. Thomas allegedly strangled her with a USB cord, said Dvorak.