Sunday, November 11, 2012
The five day search for Stacy Peterson in Shorewood's Hammel Woods ended in failure.
After tromping through Hammel Woods for five days looking for missing mom Stacy Peterson, the FBI and Illinois State Police have called it quits. The massive FBI mobile command center set up in a parking lot off a Black Road entrance to Hammel Woods was gone by Friday afternoon, and there was no sign of federal agents or state troopers lurking around the Shorewood forest preserve. District 5 state police spokeswoman DeAnn Falat failed to return calls Friday about the aborted search effort. Coroner Patrick O'Neil confirmed no remains were discovered during the week-long operation. The search attracted a great deal of attention, as a couple dozen agents and troopers showed up, put a boat in the water and poked around the park with dogs …
Friday, November 9, 2012
Federal agents and Illinois State Police were back at it again in the Shorewood forest preserve Thursday.
From Shorewood Patch: For a supposedly routine search, the FBI and Illinois State Police are sure investing a lot of time, effort and money. A couple dozen federal agents and state troopers spent a fourth full day in Shorewood's Hammel Woods, poking around the park for some sign of missing mom Stacy Peterson. A state police source close to the five-year-old Stacy Peterson case said on Monday the operation was just one of numerous searches conducted periodically in locations investigators believe Stacy's body may have been left. But the agents and troopers—along with high-tech equipment and cadaver dogs—returned the next day, and then came back again Wednesday and Thursday, leaving many wondering just what exactly has been happening in …
Thursday, November 8, 2012
The FBI and the Illinois State Police spent a third straight day looking for Stacy Peterson in Shorewood's Hammel Woods Wednesday.
From Shorewood Patch: The search for Stacy Peterson in Shorewood's Hammel Woods entered its third day as federal agents and state troopers used a dog to hunt for the missing mother. The springer spaniel led a group of a half dozen FBI agents and state troopers—some armed with shovels—through the Shorewood park. The search party headed in the direction of the Hammel Woods dog park off Black Road. A state police source said on Monday the search effort was nothing more than a routine operation. The agency conducts such searches periodically, the source said, and there was no tip or clue that prompted this week's endeavor. But when FBI agents and troopers returned for a second day Tuesday, and then once again today, some close to the case …
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
A helicopter, police dogs, state cops and federal agents were searching for missing mom Stacy Peterson in Hammel Woods Monday.
Federal agents and state cops searched through Hammel Woods forest preserve in Shorewood Monday looking for signs of missing mom Stacy Peterson. A state police source confirmed that the operation—which included at least one helicopter and police dogs—was part of the search effort for the Bolingbrook mother, who disappeared in October 2007. Weeks after Stacy vanished, state police officials named her husband, Drew Peterson, 58, as the sole suspect in the investigation the then-23-year-old's disappearance. Peterson has never been charged with harming Stacy, but was convicted in September of murdering his previous wife, Kathleen Savio. Savio, the third of Peterson's four wives, was found drowned in her dry bathtub in March 2004. The state …
Thursday, September 6, 2012
The jury has given its verdict after weeks of controversial hearsay testimony, stops and starts and antics from both sides.
Drew Peterson has been found guilty of first degree murder in the death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. The jury returned with its verdict around 2:50 p.m. Thursday after a day-and-a-half of deliberations. Peterson had no expression when the verdict was read. The Savio family was crying and hugging in the courtroom. "Oh my god it's about friggin' time," sobbed Savio brother-in-law Mitch Doman as he hugged his wife, Savio's sister Susan Doman. "Now she can rest in peace," Mitch Doman said. "They got the murdering bastard." "I just feel that she's with us right now," Susan Doman said. "I loved my sister very much. She's finally getting the justice she deserved. He's a sick man. He's an evil man." What does "unanimous" mean? At 12:35 …
Saturday, September 1, 2012
The following is a selection of police-related items reported in area Patches recently. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Joliet Drew Peterson Case Likely To End This Week Testimony in the Drew Peterson murder trial concluded Thursday and closing arguements are set for Tuesday, Sept. 4. Peterson, a former Bolingbrook police officer, is charged with murdering his his third wife Kathleen Savio. Savio was found dead in a bathtub in March 2004 and her death initially was ruled an accident. Peterson was charged in Savio's death in May 2009. Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy, disappeared in October 2007 and was never found. Glencoe Cougar On The Loose? After multiple unconfirmed sightings of a potential cougar in the north shore, Glencoe Public Safety’s attempts at catching the cat on film remain unsuccessful. Glencoe’s Animal Control Specialist Katie Sweeney said …
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Chicagoland news to talk about: Man arrested for hitting child in Deerfield park.
Police have taken into custody two men they say admitted committing approximately 40 commercial burglaries in the north suburbs including Glenview, Niles, Des Plaines, Skokie, Northbrook, Prospect Heights, Mount Prospect, Buffalo Grove, Lincolnwood, Wheeling, unincorporated Cook County and Chicago. Police had a first interaction with the two men on Sept. 6, during a stop for public urination. The Mount Prospect officer described noticing pry bars, a mask and gloves in their vehicle and seized the items. No charges were made at that time. However, several police departments expressed interest in the two, saying they had cases of burglaries at Asian food stores, and the men’s car matched the description of a vehicle leaving a burglary at …
Monday, August 29, 2011
Chicagoland news to talk about: Tinley Park hosts first-ever pole dancing convention.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio,, the self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff in America,” has his critics. But you’d have been hard-pressed to find any inside the Kendall County Republicans’ annual picnic Saturday in Yorkville, according to the Oswego Patch. As the featured speaker at this year’s event, Arpaio drew two standing ovations from the 600-strong crowd at the Kendall County Fairgounds. About 70 protesters gathered outside the fairgrounds. Arpaio, the sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona since 1992, is famous for his “tent city” jail in Phoenix, his firm stance against illegal immigration, and his willingness to enforce those immigration laws. He is known for raiding businesses suspected of hiring illegal immigrants, for instituting the first all-…
lorna fitzhenry
10:41 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
I would find out who the fbi agents are handling the case. The departments already been known for cover up more ›