
Public Safety
Cook County Sheriff's Police charged Nathaniel Alicea, 39, of Indiana with aggravated DUI and felon in possession of a firearm after a Sept. 15 traffic stop near Dee Road in Maine Township, where officers also found he lacked a required ignition interlock device.

Public Safety
Park Ridge police made 12 arrests between Sept. 14 and Sept. 21, including four felony cases, a school-zone speeding stop and a dual arrest on Touhy Avenue.


Public Safety
Cook County Sheriff's Police charged Nathaniel Alicea, 39, of Indiana with aggravated DUI and felon in possession of a firearm after a Sept. 15 traffic stop near Dee Road in Maine Township, where officers also found he lacked a required ignition interlock device.

Public Safety
Cook County Sheriff's Police charged Nathaniel Alicea, 39, of Indiana with aggravated DUI and felon in possession of a firearm after a Sept. 15 traffic stop near Dee Road in Maine Township, where officers also found he lacked a required ignition interlock device.

Public Safety
A new public tool called "Have I Been Flocked" lets Illinois residents check whether their license plates were searched by Flock Safety cameras, as data shows the Cook County Sheriff's Office ran nearly 150,000 ALPR searches since 2023 and Park Ridge continues to grapple with its own contentious Flock contract.

Public Safety
Des Plaines police charged Winfield resident Matthew Drzewiecki, 45, with DUI after he rear-ended a Toyota Highlander on East Touhy Avenue on July 29 with a blood-alcohol level nearly four times the legal limit.

Public Safety
A federal judge sentenced German Campos Jr., 26, of Franklin Park to 14 years in prison for six armed bank robberies across the Chicago suburbs, including an August 2024 holdup at a Park Ridge BMO branch where he placed a handgun on the counter and demanded cash.
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