Prosecutors allege that Sam Manyfield, 69, of Chicago drove his Jeep Cherokee through a red light at 8:45 a.m. on July 5th, killing 52-year-old Yvonne Williams. Williams was crossing the street in a crosswalk at Ashland Avenue. After striking Williams, Manyfield allegedly continued driving until a Chicago Police vehicle pulled…
On July 3 at 2:53 a.m., a freight train on a Canadian Pacific line was struck by a pickup truck driven by Jeffrey S. Fisher, 39, of Carol Stream. On July 4th, the passenger in the car, Eva Meyers, died from her injuries. Fisher was found to have blood alcohol…
Marquis Harrison, a 16 year-old honors student at Urban Prep Charter Academy, left a party around 6 a.m. on July 11 allegedly high on ecstasy, marijuana, and vodka. Harrison noticed that the driver of a Range Rover went to pay the parking meter in Old Town and seized the opportunity.…
Carl T. Raymond, 40, was arrested after he was spotted driving a Chevy Impala while intoxicated into a gate at the Fox River Water Reclamation District on the evening of July 4th. He was charged with unlawful possession of a stolen vehicle, damage to state property, trespass to property, trespass…
Sandra Uher, 54, of Elgin was sentenced to eight years in prison and $6,950 in fines after she showed up intoxicated for a hearing on her sixth DUI. The preliminary findings for the most current DUI show that Uher had a blood-alcohol level of .30 percent. On March 28 of…
Kristine Alajoki of Algonquin allegedly drove her car over a berm at the intersection of West Algonquin Road and Frank Road. The vehicle went airborne into a retention pond in the early hours of Sunday morning. When emergency crews arrived, the 44 year-old woman was on the shore of the…
Martin Candia, 31, was driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.095 when the parked SUV he crashed into pinned a 10-year-old boy between two vehicles. The boy, Calvin Santos, died later that morning. Candia plead guilty to one count of aggravated DUI involving a death and was sentenced to…
The Illinois Department of Transportation is reminding motorist to drive sober this Fourth of July weekend. In an effort to ensure safe roadways and prevent DUI, the Illinois State Police along with over 300 local police and sheriff departments are conducting roadside safety checks as well as nighttime safety belt…
Lidia Zuradzka, of Wheeling, was arrested on June 13 in Northbrook, Illinois for driving under the influence, leaving the scene of an accident, and three counts of endangering the life of a child. Zuradzka was working as a nanny at the time and had three kids in the car. Police…
A recent study released by the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists (AAIM) lists Rockford with 727 DUI arrests, the highest number of any Illinois city in 2010, outside of Chicago. Rockford was followed by Naperville with 671 drunk driving arrests and Elgin with 410 arrests. The top three were closely followed…