Glenview man charged with stealing victim's car during fight in Park Ridge
Tomasz J. Kalembasa, 40, was charged with vehicular hijacking.
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Tomasz J. Kalembasa, 40, was charged with vehicular hijacking.
During the altercation, the offender was able to get away from the victim, enter the vehicle, and then drive away, last seen heading southeast on Northwest Highway.
The suspect, described as a white male between 5-feet-7 and 5-feet-9, walked into the store and approached the clerk with a knife.
The thieves smashed right through the front window of HQ Chicago Sneaker and Streetwear with a stolen sport-utility vehicle. Sabrina Franza reports.
A Jeep stopped in the middle of a store. Seconds later, a Dodge Durango pulled up, and a group of people went inside and stole whatever merchandise they could carry—mostly gym shoes.
This was the third burglary at the HQ Chicago Sneaker and Streetwear shop in Uptown Park Ridge in less than a year.
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Police in northwest suburban Park Ridge want to know who was behind a bank heist at the BMO bank near Western and Bussee Highway.
It happened at the location near Western and Busse Highway Friday morning.
A mother, a grandmother, and a 3-year-old were stopped at a 7-Eleven when a carjacker took their car and the mother's wallet at gunpoint.
Illinois State Police later found the car in the area of 34th and Halsted streets in the Bridgeport neighborhood.
One of the men sprayed him in the face with pepper spray, while the other had a knife in his hand, police said. Both men beat until he fell to the ground, police said.
The man was near an elevator when two men robbed and beat him in a garage in Park Ridge.
Park Ridge police and fire crews responded to the scene for a report of a vehicle that crashed into a tree.
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Police said 37-year-old Shalom Peters was speeding when his car crossed the center line on Oakton and crashed into two utility poles
Police said 37-year-old Shalom Peters was speeding when his car crossed the center line on Oakton and crashed into two utility poles. He died at the scene.
Officers said he stood in the street, holding the axe, blocking the bus from moving.
It happened Tuesday in northwest suburban Park Ridge. Police said 95-year-old Robert Horn was upset that students were being let off the bus after school on his lawn.
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Police used the stolen vehicle's OnStar system to locate the man after he fled.
Police used the stolen vehicle's OnStar system to locate the man after he fled.
The armed robbers got away with two cash register drawers in a black BMW X5, a gas station clerk told police.
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When the girl woke up, the man fled the scene on a rental bicycle, according to police.
