Sunday, August 26, 2012
In the last week, Lynn’s ties to Norris and Mahoney are disclosed by Mahoney’s lawyer and the source of the gun becomes known.
Nearly a month after Joseph Mahoney and Josh Norris, both 17, of Deerfield were charged as adults in a Highland Park home invasion August 2, their relationship with one of the residents of the house as well as the source of the gun used has become known. On Friday, Deerfield Police told Patch Norris and Mahoney gained access to a Deerfield home through a ruse August 1, the right before the Highland Park burglary, to obtain the shot gun Mahoney used when he allegedly broke into the home on Parkside in Highland Park. On Tuesday, Mahoney’s attorney, Chris Cronson, told Patch one of the residents of the Highland Park home, Jacob Lynn, was a source of marijuana supply to Norris and Mahoney. A few days before that on August 17, Lynn was charged …
Friday, August 24, 2012
Josh Norris and Joseph Mahoney used a ruse to gain entry to a Deerfield home and take a gun the night before the Highland Park home invasion, according to police.
Police say that the Deerfield teens who were charged with breaking into a Highland Park home Aug. 2 stole the shotgun used during the break-in the night before from a Deerfield home, In the gun case, Josh Norris and Joseph Mahoney were both charged Aug. 3 with residential burglary, a Class 1 Felony, and misdemeanor theft by Deerfield Police for allegedly taking the gun Mahoney used when entering the Highland Park home in the 3000 block of Parkside. The information was released today by Deputy Deerfield Police Chief Rick Wilk.. Earlier: Deerfield Teens Charged in Highland Park Burglary The two 17-year-olds were charged as adults in both the Highland Park and Deerfield cases. According to Wilk, Norris and Mahoney went to a home in the 800 …
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Village shows the lowest report of incidents in the last five years while Trustees question Chief Sliozis about hand held cell phones, gangs and drugs.
Crime in Deerfield for the first half of this year is at its lowest rate in the last five, according to a report given by Police Chief John Sliozis at Monday’s meeting of the Village Board of Trustees. While the report showed the lowest amount of total incidents for the first six months of 2012 over the last five years as well as a large decline of major crime, Board members were most interested in gangs, drugs and the effect of the Village’s ordinance requiring motorists to use hand held phones while driving. Earlier: Most Police Stops for Cell Use Result in Warnings After Sliozis explained the Deerfield Police Department primarily issues warnings to people stopped for using a hand held cell phone until Illinois enacts legislation …
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Jacob Lynn was a source of marijuana supply to Josh Norris and Joseph Mahoney, according to Mahoney’s lawyer.
A prior relationship existed between the two Deerfield teens charged with burglarizing a Highland Park house Aug. 3 and a 17-year-old resident of the home, according to the attorney for one of the suspects. Joseph Mahoney and Josh Norris, both 17, of Deerfield, were charged with breaking into a Highland Park home in the 3000 block of Parkside Aug. 3 where Jacob Lynn, 17, lives. Lynn was arrested for possession of marijuana with intent to sell Friday stemming from the police investigation into the burglary. Earlier: Highland Park Teen From Burgled Home Arrested for Dealing Drugs “It came out at the bond hearing (for Norris and Mahoney) that he (Lynn) was a previous source of supply for marijuana,” Mahoney's lawyer Chris Cronson said. “They …
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Mayor announces development at Monday’s Village Board meeting. Peapod proposes drive-up facility and police chief comments on arrest of Deerfield teens in Highland Park Burglary.
Economic uncertainty was one of the reasons Deerbrook owner Gateway Fairview told the Deerfield Village Board of Trustees it would not continue its current redevelopment project of the shopping center. Mayor Harriet Rosenthal made the announcement just before the public comment section of Monday’s meeting of the Village Board of Trustees. Earlier: Deerbrook Project Hits Snag “(Gateway Fairview) has advised the Village they are withdrawing their request for public redevelopment assistance and not pursuing their proposed project at this time,” Rosenthal said. “The overall challenges presented by the economy caused them to reassess their strategy for Deerbrook.” Among other things, the shopping center owners are concerned with the financial …
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Teen resident of home burglarized by Deerfield teens arrested Friday.
Friday, August 17, 2012
Police investigation into the Aug. 2 armed burglary led to the arrest of Jacob A. Lynn, 17, who lives at the home that was broken into. Deerfield teens Joseph J. Mahoney and Joshua S. Norris are facing home invasion charges for the break-in.
A 17-year-old Highland Park resident has become the third teen arrested as a result of police investigation into the armed burglary that took place on Parkside Drive earlier this month. Teens Charged In Burglary: The Story so Far Jacob A. Lynn, who lives in the 3000 block Parkside home that was broken into, has been arrested and charged as an adult for unlawful possession of cannabis with intent to deliver, unlawful possession of cannabis and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, according to the Highland Park Police Department. His arrest comes two weeks after Deerfield teens Joseph J. Mahoney and Joshua S. Norris, both 17, were arrested and charged as adults for home invasion, residential burglary and possession of a stolen firearm…
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
The Deerfield teens were charged in a Highland Park home invasion. Mahoney's attorney says there were mitigating circumstances that will help his client.
The Lake County State's Attorney's office decided to charge 17-year-olds Joseph Mahoney and Josh Norris as adults because of "the serious nature of the crimes." The Deerfield teens were arrested for a Highland Park home invasion and charged with a Class X felony, which carries mandatory prison terms. “They were charged as adults because of the serious nature of the crimes,” said Ari Fisz, chief of felony review for the Lake County State’s Attorney's office. “There are a number of considerations and (the accusations) fell into this.” Earlier: DHS Remains Mum on Burglary Suspects Norris and Mahoney are charged with one count each of home invasion, a Class X felony, residential burglary, a Class 1 felony, and possession of a stolen firearm, a…
Friday, August 10, 2012
Deerfield High School will not comment on whether seniors Mahoney and Norris will face disciplinary action because of felony charges arising out of a Highland Park home invasion.
Two Deerfield High School seniors arrested by Highland Park Police last week for home invasion and other charges could also face disciplinary action from the school. School opens Aug. 22. Joseph Mahoney and Josh Norris were charged with one count each of home invasion, residential burglary and possession of a stolen firearm, according to the Highland Park Police Department. Earlier: Deerfield Teens Charged in Highland Park Burglary Deerfield High School officials know about the events because of an Illinois law requiring reciprocal reporting between schools and law enforcement agencies of these kinds of activities. Township High School District 113 Communications Director Natalie Kaplan would not comment on whether any action has been …
Thursday, August 9, 2012
The emotions I have felt since hearing that two Deerfield teens were arrested for a Highland Park home invasion have ranged from fear and shock to anger and sadness.
A flood of emotions has overcome me in the last few days surrounding the arrest of two Deerfield teens for a Highland Park burglary. Operating under the assumption that the police arrested the right suspects, I also have a lot of questions; too many questions that I clearly do not and likely will not ever have the answers to. FEAR. When I first read about the burglary, then the gun, then the apprehension of suspects, I was scared. Scared for what had occurred. The intruders who were allegedly trying to escape genuinely upset at the entire situation. Earlier: Deerfield Teens Charged in Highland Park Burglary SHOCK. Then, finding out that the two Deerfield teens were arrested for the burglary and that police said they entered a Highland Park…
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