FAMILY OF WOMAN STRANGLED IN SCHAUMBURG FILES LAWSUIT
The family of a woman found sexually assaulted and strangled by a neighbor in her apartment in northwest suburban Schaumburg earlier this year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
Misty King filed the suit Tuesday against Bulmaro Mejia- Maya, Home Properties Schaumburg, LLC, and Estrellas Drywall Inc. in Cook County Circuit Court.
Mejia- Maya faces charges of first- degree murder, aggravated criminal sexual assault and home invasion in the death of 33- year- old Tiffany Thrasher, King’s half- sister.
On April 16, Thrasher was found dead in her apartment in the Lakes of Schaumburg complex in the 2600 block of Clipper Drive. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled.
Mejia- Maya fled to Florida after the murder but was brought back to Illinois by Cook County sheriff ’s officers. He remains held without bond at the Cook County Jail.
According to the lawsuit, the management company, Home Properties, rented a two- bedroom apartment to Estrellas Drywall, which used the apartment to house six transient workers. The workers were not required to submit to criminal background searches, as were other residents of the complex.
The eight- count suit claims negligence, survival against Home Properties, survival and wrongful death against Mejia- Maya, and survival and wrongful death against Estrellas Drywall. It seeks at least $ 400,000 in damages.
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1,020 arrests in national sex trafficking sting, 141 in Cook County
More than 1,000 people were arrested — including 141 people in Cook County — in a national sex trafficking sting that started in June, authorities announced Wednesday.
In Cook County, 141 people were arrested, including three pimps, the sheriff ’s office said. Twelve sex buyers were arrested in Broadview, 15 in Lansing, 18 in Matteson, eight in Rosemont, and five in Arlington Heights.
Three brothels were shut down in Cook County, the sheriff ’s office said.
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Feds: Employee set fire to Rosemont auto dealership
Bryant Cameron, 28, set fire to the Rosemont auto dealership where he worked last week, according to federal authorities.
On the evening of July 24, Cameron waited until everyone had left Epic Motorsports at 9739 Farragut St. in Rosemont, then poured gasoline into the front office, reception and warehouse areas, federal prosecutors said. He lit it on fire with embers from his cigarette, then drove away.
Several vehicles, tools, office equipment, files and other goods were damaged, prosecutors said.
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