Peter A. Tsangaris, 24, of Naperville has been charged with false impersonation of an attorney in connection with a friend’s DUI-related traffic stop. Tsangaris is a pre-law student at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Tsangaris was a passenger in the vehicle of a friend, Phillip D. Hamiti, who was pulled over by Naperville police…
Continue reading ›A Palatine man was charged with two counts of aggravated DUI after allegedly rear-ending a cab on the Kennedy. According to the Illinois State Police, the crash occurred at approximately 3:45 a.m. The cab was pulled over on the right side of the northbound Kennedy because a passenger was feeling ill. As a second-time DUI…
Continue reading ›Kyle Sievert, 23, of Arlington Heights has been charged with DUI resulting from a traffic crash in Crystal Lake that ended in the death of a 24-year-old woman. Sievert was driving a Trans Am Saturday night with 3 passengers. At approximately 11:28PM, Sievert reportedly lost control of his vehicle, entering the opposite lane of traffic…
Continue reading ›Campus police in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois have begun using a new technology to catch criminals. Cameras attached the the officers’ squad cars scan license plates of other vehicles passing the officers on the roadway. An on-board computer checks the license plates against the owner’s record and audibly alerts the officer if the vehicle owner has a…
Continue reading ›Evidenced by recent posts on our blog, stories of Chicago teenagers accused of aggravated DUI have not been an uncommon occurrence over the last week. This most recent case from Saturday involves Rakeem H. Roach, 18, who is charged with one count of aggravated DUI and eight other charges including failure to stop at a…
Continue reading ›Onofrio Lorusso, 19, pled guilty in a Kane County court Wednesday to one count of reckless homicide and three counts of aggravated driving under the influence. The charges relate to a June 14, 2009 crash which resulted in the death of passenger Cameron Godee of West Chicago. Godee was Lorusso’s best friend. Prosecutors allege that…
Continue reading ›Nineteen year old Steven Hanner was found guilty Friday of aggravated DUI, resulting from a 2006 crash that killed another man. Hanner was accused of pulling in the path of a motorcycle driven by Ronald Hale. Court records indicate that six different drugs including marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine were found in Hanner’s system after the…
Continue reading ›Eddie Lumpkin, of Chicago, has been accused of driving with alcohol, cannabis, and cocaine in his system, resulting in a crash that killed a 6-year-old girl last month. The Cook County State’s Attorney will prosecute Lumpkin for reckless homicide, two counts of aggravated DUI causing death and six counts of aggravated DUI causing bodily harm.…
Continue reading ›Many of us have read with interest the story of the Mt. Prospect, Illinois school bus driver who was recently charged with aggravated DUI. Before boarding the bus to begin her afternoon route, a co-worker observed that the driver had an odor of alcohol. The co-worker reported this to the driver’s supervisor after the driver…
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