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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 ›

Sully

3:03 pm on Sunday, January 27, 2013

So Dan, who do you think has been the best president in the last forty years, and why?   more ›

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Poll: Are Schools Doing Enough to Stop Hazing, Bullying?

Three plaintiffs were added to a lawsuit against Maine West High School that alleges coaches condoned hazing.

A lawsuit against Maine West High School alleges that students were hazed and bullied, sometimes at the behest of coaches of some athletic teams. A police investigation into a hazing incident this year led to charges against six students. During a “campus run” the boy’s teammates grabbed him, according to the lawsuit, tore off his underwear, held him down so he could not resist, grabbed his testicles and sodomized him with their fingers and other foreign objects. Des Plaines police told the Chicago Sun-Times that they sought felony charges in the case, but Cook County prosecutors disagreed. Prosecutors said there was not enough evidence for the more serious charges and settled on misdemeanors, the Sun-Times reported. Since that initial …

In this Article:

Lawsuit: Hazing, Sexual Assault of 14-Year-Old Boy at Maine West (in Des Plaines Patch), Mother: Maine West Hazing 'Destroying' Children (in Des Plaines Patch), and D211 Cancels Basketball Game Amid Hazing Allegations (in Palatine Patch)

peoplesuck

12:16 pm on Wednesday, December 19, 2012

I can't believe how many people think this is normal behavior. First of all this is rape by obvious homosexuals. I don't know about the other guys here but forcing another guy down and grabbing his testicles and forcing fingers into his anus is not only extremely gay but also rape. How any of you can say that kids today whine too much blows me away. Add to all this is the fact that the coach …   more ›

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