Crime & Safety

Regional Police Report: 5-Year-Old Killed After Woman Drives Onto Sidewalk Into Family

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.

Highland Park

A five-year-old girl was killed and into a family on Labor Day.

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The driver in the was charged Wednesday with driving under the influence “of an intoxicating compound or combination of intoxicating compounds,” according to a news release from Highland Park City Manager David Knapp.

based on the evidence obtained and analyzed so far with any additional counts based on a further investigation, according to the release. She was released on bond, according to the Lake County State's Attorney's Office and, according to the Rousso's spokesman Jim Termin, she is no longer driving.

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On Thursday, Sept. 6, more than .

Lakewood

An Tuesday, Sept. 4 and his daughter listed in critical condition after their motorcycle was struck by a Jeep Liberty at the intersection of routes 176 and 47 in Lakewood.

Christopher J. Ludovice, 54, and his 16-year-old daughter were riding a Suzuki motorcycle and traveling southbound on Route 47 at about 8:53 p.m. Tuesday.

The traffic signal was green for Route 47 traffic when a Jeep Liberty driving northbound on Route 47 attempted to turn left (west) on to Route 176, Lakewood Police Chief Larry Howell said. The driver of the Jeep, William A. Cizek Jr., 49, of Harvard, struck the motorcycle while attempting to make the turn. Cizek was cited for making an improper turn, Howell said.

Crystal Lake

CVS Pharmacy was robbed of Oxycodone Sunday, Sept. 2 after a man handed a pharmacist a note and threatened him with a semi-automatic handgun, police said.

The robbery occurred at 10:38 p.m. at 1305 Randall Road in Crystal Lake. The suspect was described as a white male, in his 20s, about six feet tall with red facial hair and a goatee. Police said in a press release that the man spoke with an accent that was possibly European.

Niles

A 41-year-old man was of a Niles girl, now 16, over a three-year period. 

, of the 5000 block of Northwest Hwy., Chicago, was charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a Class 2 felony, Aug. 31 at about 4:50  p.m.

Niles police said Pareja, . He also fondled her breasts at least once under her clothing, police stated.

Skokie

A Winnetka village trustee was and several other traffic violations in Skokie on Sept. 6 around 1:41 a.m.

Jennifer Spinney, 60, of the 200 block of Sheridan Road in Winnetka, was stopped near the 9200 block of McCormick Boulevard after police said they witnessed her make a variety of traffic violations. According to the report, Spinney was .

Officers would later ask Spinney to exit the vehicle for a field sobriety test to which she replied, “I just want to go home,” according to the report.

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