Crime & Safety

Regional Police Report: Dog Starved to Death and More

A roundup of area crime reports from the past week.

By Brian Slupski


Lake in the Hills

Woman Charged With Cruelty After Dog Starves

A Lake in the Hills woman has been charged by police with two counts of animal cruelty after she allegedly didn't feed her dogs, causing one dog to starve to death, police said.

Charmain L. Krishnan, 48, of the 2600 block of Stanton Circle, was arrested at 3:03 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, and was charged with animal cruelty and also two counts of violation of owners duties, police arrest reports show.

"She hadn't even opened the bag of dog food, according to Animal Control," Sgt. Mark Smith said. "They believe the dog died of malnourishment."

Grayslake

Former School Bus Driver Not Guilty to Sexually Assaulting Teen

A Wildwood woman who drove a school bus for Woodland District 50 pleaded not guilty at her arraignment Wednesday to charges she sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl, reported the Daily Herald.

Kristin Miks, 32, is charged with criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse and indecent solicitation of a child. The victim was not associated with District 50 or Miks’ employment as a bus driver.

Miks was arrested in May by the Lake County Sheriff's Department after the victim’s mother found messages from Miks referring to sexual encounters and reported it to the police, reported Patch.

If convicted, Miks could be imprisoned four to 15 years for criminal sexual assault charge, three to seven years for aggravated criminal sexual abuse and two to five years for the indecent solicitation of a child, reported the Lake County News-Sun.

Des Plaines

Officer Charged with Domestic Battery

A Des Plaines police sergeant has been charged with domestic battery for the second time, the Daily Herald reports.

Police Sgt. Matthew Thomas, formerly known as Matthew Hicks, was charged with the crime after 9-1-1 was called regarding a fight Thomas had with his wife earlier this month.

Thomas was acquitted of charges filed in April of 2010 claiming he hit his wife, pulled her hair and wouldn’t let her call police, the newspaper reports. Thomas has been on disability leave with the Des Plaines Police Department for four years following a car crash. Chief William Kushner told the Daily Herald Thomas doesn’t get a paycheck or benefits from the department.

Park Ridge

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Man Charged with "Skimming" Information from ATMs

Park Ridge Police have charged George I. Nenov, 58, of Morton Grove for placing "skimming" equipment on ATM machines to gain the account information of patrons.

Nenov has been charged with two counts of burglary, two counts of possession of a document making device.

Police said Nenov was responsible for placing skimming equipment on ATM machines in the 100 block of Euclid Avenue on June 21 and June 23.


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