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Varghese Philip, 54, was found guilty in the attack in which the woman was stabbed and severely beaten. The June 21, 2018, attack took place in the parking lot of the woman’s apartment complex in Waukegan. He faces a sentence of up to 30 years in prison.
D.J. Healy, left, and Tim Griffin pose for a photograph at the site of the Comiskey Park home plate, before heading inside for the Chicago White Sox home opener against the Kansas City Royals at Guaranteed Rate Field on April 8, 2021. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)
“But even the victims who were shot refused to talk to the police, invoked their right to remain silent, and that’s where it made it difficult for the detectives to present a case saying, ‘Well, this is a person who had a gun in their hand, and they were discharging it. This person had a gun in their hand,’” Deenihan said. “Because the video does not clearly show … who was the actual discharge. And when we did arrest people, we were unable to put guns in people’s hands. So this one is a little more convoluted.”
According to preliminary information, Timothy Hackett, 30, was riding north on Prospect Avenue through the six corners intersection shortly before 11:30 p.m. when he was struck by a Dodge Charger that was headed eastbound on Touhy Avenue, police said.
The deputy attempted a traffic stop on Illinois Route 47 at DuPont Road, but the vehicle fled. The vehicle crashed into two other vehicles before stopping near the railroad crossing at Grand Ridge Road in Mazon, according to the sheriff’s office. As he ran away from the final crash, the man fired off several shots at the deputy.
The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum’s new Sox bobbleheads featuring Abreu, Moncado and Luis Robert, made by sports merchandise manufacturer FOCO, escaped supply chain issues and are already in stock, though other items are seeing delays, said Phil Sklar, the hall of fame and museum’s CEO and co-founder.
“Throughout this reporting period, the (independent monitor) repeatedly requested the City and the CPD provide an explanation regarding what transpired with the foot pursuit dashboard data, including what led to the data issues,” the report reads. “To date, we still do not have many of these answers, and have only received partial explanations regarding the scope of the data issues and plans ahead.”
At 12:50 a.m. Friday, a man approached the woman in the 3400 block of North Clark Street in Lakeview and told her to drive him home, police said. He then hit her hand, stole her phone and proceeded to jump on the hood of her car and break a windshield wiper.
Emergency room personnel at Franklin Hospital in Benton have been dealing with a significant increase in demand for beds. Without an ICU, the small Downstate hospital is forced to send patients to other hospitals or sometimes treat COVID patients in its emergency department. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)
Emergency room personnel at Franklin Hospital in Benton have been dealing with a significant increase in demand for beds. Without an ICU, the small Downstate hospital is forced to send patients to other hospitals or sometimes treat COVID patients in its emergency department. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)