Regional Police Report: Chemical Bombs Found, Homes Robbed During Wakes, And More
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.
Skokie Holocaust Surivor Struck, Killed By Car Leon Goldberg, the 84-year-old man who was struck and killed by a vehicle outside Niles North High School on Oct. 2, was also a Holocaust survivor, according to close friend Sharon Perlman. Perlman said Goldberg was placed in a number of concentration camps during WW II. He was also recently honored at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie. "He would often speak to students and educate them about the atrocities he experienced," Perlman said. "I knew Mr. Goldberg for nearly 40 years." Palatine Eight Chemical Bombs Found Near Condominiums The local bomb squad disarmed and removed eight chemical bombs from a courtyard at a condominium development Sept. 30, police said. …
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