Category: Crime

Preckwinkle challenger Richard Boykin unveils 7-point Holistic Public Safety Plan to address the County’s escalating crime rates

April 21, 2022April 21, 2022 Ray Hanania 2 Comments

Preckwinkle challenger Richard Boykin unveils 7-point Holistic Public Safety Plan to address the County’s escalating crime rates Richard Boykin, candidate for Cook County Board President and former Cook County Commissioner for the 1st District, unveiled his Public Safety Plan for Cook County on Thursday April 21, 2022 to address the escalating crime rates across the…

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Governor and legislature turn public need into campaign greed

April 16, 2022April 16, 2022 Ray Hanania No Comments

Governor and legislature turn public need into campaign greed Pritzker, who has broken most of his promises since his election to everyone, wants to pretend like he is helping the economically strapped Illinois residents by giving residents $50 to help offset the rising costs of gasoline. He is also delaying a huge 2 cent gas…

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Sheriff Dart, State Lawmakers Applaud Federal Rule on Ghost Guns

April 11, 2022April 11, 2022 Ray Hanania 1 Comment

Sheriff Dart, State Lawmakers Applaud Federal Rule on Ghost Guns Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart commended the federal government for working to tighten restrictions on untraceable ‘ghost guns’ that evade background checks and are increasingly showing up on the streets of Chicago. The federal move comes after state lawmakers approved legislation Saturday pushed by…

Cook County, Crime, News

Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez announces for Chicago mayor

April 11, 2022April 11, 2022 Ray Hanania No Comments

Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez announces for Chicago mayor Ald. Raymond Lopez who has led the fight against Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s continued failures to reduce crime and her negative policies that have undermined the Chicago Police Department, announced his candidacy for Mayor of Chicago on Wednesday April 6, 2022. Lopez is the only Hispanic weho has…

Baby Boomers, Chicago, Crime, Education, elections, Government, News, Police, Politics

Sheriff Dart Announces Anti-Carjacking Legislation

April 6, 2022April 6, 2022 Ray Hanania No Comments

Sheriff Dart Announces Anti-Carjacking Legislation Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced legislation today requiring auto manufacturers to create a 24/7 recovery hotline to help law enforcement quickly track stolen vehicles. The inability for law enforcement to access tracking information in real time after a carjacking makes it difficult to catch offenders and prevent the…

Cook County, Crime, Government, Law, News, Police, Suburban Chicagoland

Pekau uses position on Village board to undermine political rival Kaspar

April 5, 2022April 12, 2022 Ray Hanania 1 Comment

Pekau uses position on Village board to undermine political rival Kaspar While Scott Kaspar is trying to do something to stem the threat of crime, Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau and his minions are lying, playing politics and using their taxpayer paid positions to boost their failed election campaigns. The latest lie comes from a…

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Flight Attendant Charged with Possession of Child Pornography

April 2, 2022April 2, 2022 Ray Hanania No Comments

Flight Attendant Charged with Possession of Child Pornography A 39-year-old flight attendant, Adam Schall, has been charged with possession of child pornography for allegedly sending and receiving sexually explicit images and videos of children under the age of 13 on his cellphone, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The Cook County Sheriff’s Police…

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Egonmwan calls for City to protect Black women from violence

March 25, 2022March 25, 2022 Ray Hanania No Comments

Egonmwan calls for City to protect Black women from violence NPHC-Chicago will host a candlelight vigil tonight (Friday, March 25, 2022) for the victims beginning at 6 PM at the 7200 block of South Vincennes to raise awareness of the violence against African American women in Chicago African American women in Chicago are in need…

Chicago, Crime, News, Police, Racism, Suburban Chicagoland

GOP candidate Kaspar says more must be done to fight crime in 6th District

March 21, 2022March 29, 2022 Ray Hanania No Comments

GOP candidate Kaspar says more must be done to fight crime in 6th District Scott Kaspar, who is running for the Republican Party nomination for the 6th Congressional District, decried the violence and crime that is “out of Control” in the 6th District and in Orland Park, Illinois. Kaspar founded the The Kaspar/Kerik Public Crime Task Force…

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Cook County Sheriff Dart says suspect in Las Vegas stabbings apprehended

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 Ray Hanania No Comments

Cook County Sheriff Dart says suspect in Las Vegas stabbings apprehended Members of the Cook County Sheriff’s Fugitive Apprehension Unit and the US Marshals Great Lakes Regional Task Force arrested a 26-year-old man wanted for stabbing three people in a Las Vegas hotel parking lot, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Friday March 18, 2022. Bradley…

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Tinley Park Police seek identity of armed robbery suspect

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 Ray Hanania No Comments

Tinley Park Police seek identity of armed robbery suspect Tinley Park Police are asking for help in identifying a man who robbed a Tinley Park business at gunpoint Thursday night March 17, 2022. Police said a man wearing a black surgical mask and a hooded sweatshirt pulled tightly over his head entered Just Threading, 9512…

Cook County, Crime, News, Police, Suburban Chicagoland

U.S. District Court orders suburban Chicago company to stop distribution of adulterated and misbranded nutritional supplements

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 Ray Hanania 2 Comments

U.S. District Court orders suburban Chicago company to stop distribution of adulterated and misbranded nutritional supplements In a consent decree entered Monday, a federal court ordered a Waukegan, Illinois, company to stop distributing nutritional supplements that violate the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), the Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for…

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Cicero police secure arrest warrants for Chicago suspect in series of car jackings

March 8, 2022March 8, 2022 Ray Hanania 1 Comment

Cicero police secure arrest warrants for Chicago suspect in series of car jackings Cicero Police said Tuesday (March 8, 2022) they have secured three Arrest Warrants for a suspect accused in a series of car jackings including the latest which occurred in the alley of 50th and Ogden Avenue on Saturday March 5, 12:15 PM….

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Cicero invites Chicago Police Officers to apply for Lateral Transfers

March 4, 2022March 4, 2022 Ray Hanania No Comments

Cicero invites Chicago Police Officers to apply for Lateral Transfers Town President Larry Dominick said Friday (March 4, 2022) he hopes to hire at least 20 more qualified Chicago Police officers to join Cicero’s Police Department. Dominick, a retired 20-year Deputy in the Cicero Police Department, said that the additional police officers will receive support…

Chicago, Crime, Government, News, Police, Suburban Chicagoland

Sheriff Dart Testifies Before Senate on Solutions to Carjacking Surge

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 Ray Hanania 1 Comment

Sheriff Dart Testifies Before Senate on Solutions to Carjacking Surge Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart testified today before a U.S. Senate Committee about the Chicago area’s disturbing rise in carjackings and his work with automakers on innovative, comprehensive solutions. Last year there were more than 2,000 carjackings – or about one every four hours…

Chicago, Cook County, Crime, Government, News, Police, Suburban Chicagoland

Chicago Woman Convicted on Federal Fraud and Tax Charges

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 Ray Hanania No Comments

Chicago Woman Convicted on Federal Fraud and Tax Charges Defendant Cashed Her Deceased Grandmother’s Pension Checks A federal jury convicted an Illinois woman on fraud and tax offenses for cashing her deceased grandmother’s pension checks and preparing false tax returns. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Eunice Salley, aka Eunice Sally Dobyns,…

Chicago, Crime, Federal, News

Race politics from Jason Van Dyke to Joe Rogan, and more

February 11, 2022February 12, 2022 Ray Hanania 1 Comment

Race politics from Jason Van Dyke to Joe Rogan, and more Crime fighting is upside down in Chicago thanks to poor leadership from Mayor Lori Lightfoot and from Cook County States Attorney Kim Foxx. Drugged up suspects get the sympathy while the police are persecuted for political reasons. Originally published in the Southwest News Newspaper…

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Mayor Lightfoot, CarJackings and boredom. Update on Ukraine and the culture of smoking

February 10, 2022February 10, 2022 Ray Hanania No Comments

Mayor Lightfoot, CarJackings and boredom, and update on Ukraine plus the culture of smoking Two Guys on Politics: Live on Facebook is a discussion about a wide range of topics, many focused on politics locally in Chicagoland but examining issues nationally and international. This week’s Season 2, Episode 6 “Two Guys on Politics” podcast, taped…

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