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Saturday, December 22, 2012

Regional Police Report: Man Duct-Taped Couple In Art Heist, 22 Charged In Frat Hazing Death, 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.

Evanston Police: Man Duct-Taped Couple, Stole Paintings Stolen paintings found in a Morton Grove consignment shop led Evanston detectives to arrest and charge a Glenview man in connection with a home invasion that took place in Evanston in April 2012.  Michael Karabatsis, 51, of the 600 block of Pfingsten Road in Glenview, was arrested and charged with home invasion, a felony, on Wednesday, Dec. 19.  Police believe Karabatsis was one of three men who knocked on the door of a home in the 2200 block of Central Street on Friday, April 13, claiming they had a delivery. They forcibly entered the home by kicking the man, age 67, to the floor, then knocked his wife, also 67, to the floor, police said. After strapping the couple's hands with duct-…

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Police: Man Arrested Who Duct-Taped Couple, Stole Paintings (in Evanston Patch), Police: Evanston Couple Forcibly Duct Taped in Art Robbery (in Evanston Patch), Frat Members Start to Surrender, Charged in NIU Hazing Death (in Arlington Heights Patch), and 7 more ›

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Saturday, October 27, 2012

Regional Police Report: Former Police Officers Charged in Murder, Extortion Plot

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.

Buffalo Grove Two Former Police Officers Charged in Murder, Extortion Plot A Buffalo Grove resident was one of two former police officers charged Oct. 26 with attempted extortion and conspiracy to commit extortion. Federal investigators said Steven Mandell, 61, was involved in an alleged plot to abduct, extort, murder and dismember a victim whom he believed had access to large amounts of cash generated from commercial real estate holdings. Also charged was Gary Engel, 61, of Homer Glen. The two were arrested Thursday following an undercover FBI investigation during which the intended victim, who was not identified, was never exposed to any immediate danger, authorities said in a statement. The criminal complaint was filed Oct. 26 in U.S. …

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UPDATE: Police Find Man and Boy Dead in Yorkville Home (in Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Patch), Des Plaines Cop Firing OK’d by Court (in Des Plaines Patch), Evanston Teen Charged In Pizza Robbery, Police Say (in Evanston Patch), and 7 more ›

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