‘BOOM!’ Man found dead after fire
Investigators said the body of a 46-year-old man was found after firefighters extinguished a garage fire in Long Grove Tuesday.
The Lake County sheriff ’s office did not release the identity of the man pending notification of his family.
The cause of the fire remained under investigation.
Several neighbors in the close-knit neighborhood reported hearing an explosion at the home of Eusebio and Doreen Razo in the 5100 block of North Arlington Heights Road — and the manager of the nearby grocery store said he saw it.
“We just heard something go ‘BOOM!’” said Ron Wyatt, manager of Sunset Foods, which backs up to end of the Razo property.
The Razos’ detached garage was visibly charred, and a car parked nearby was damaged.
Hegewisch man admits stabbing father to death
A Hegewisch man was ordered held without bond Tuesday, charged with stabbing his 71-year-old father to death.
Miltiadis Douzopoulos, 31, was charged with one count of first-degree murder, police said.
On Tuesday, Cook County Judge James Brown ordered Douzopoulos held without bond, Cook County state’s attorney’s spokeswoman Lisa Gordon said.
Authorities said Douzopoulos stabbed his father several times around 10 p.m. Sunday and then called police and admitted doing so.
Nikolaus Douzopoulos, 71, was dead on the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office. An autopsy confirmed he died of multiple stab wounds, and the death was ruled a homicide.
Laptop photo incriminates thief; 10-year sentence
Dominic J. Harvey has 10 years to think about one of the dumbest moves ever pulled by a burglar.
The Berwyn man snapped his own picture with the camera built into a laptop he had swiped. When police found the stolen Apple Macbook Pro, all they had to do was publicize the photo and wait for someone to call them with a name. Someone did — and Harvey fessed up, police said.
The 43-year-old criminal pleaded guilty this month to smashing a window of a Riverside home, sneaking in and stealing the laptop — as well as cash and jewelry. He was hit with a 10-year sentence for the August 2011 break-in, police said.
Police are still looking at him for other break-ins in the area.
‘Stoned’ naked, bloody man leads cops to meth lab
A naked, bloody and apparently stoned man found by cops on a Des Plaines street told them he had been forced to fight — and he had a dead man in his home, police said.
They didn’t find a corpse in the house in the 1400 block of East Campbell, but they did find an apparent meth and ecstasy lab in the basement, police said.
Andrew R. Frame, 35, was charged with multiple drug offenses after the 10:45 p.m. Monday weirdness.
Drunk driver socks guy who called cops after crash
A 24-year-old Aurora man got drunk and crashed his car, then punched the guy who called the cops on him, police said.
Kevin Root was charged with drunken driving, driving on a suspended license, having no insurance, failure to reduce speed, battery and resisting a peace officer after he ran his car into a curb at 12:13 a.m. Saturday near Shadybrook Lane and Frontenac Street, police said.
A witness said he heard a crash outside his house and found Root near the car. Root asked the homeowner if he had called police, and when the man said yes, Root yelled that he was drunk, then walked over and punched the homeowner in the face, police said.
Another student robbed near UIC campus
For the second time in a week, the University of Illinois at Chicago is warning that one of its students was robbed near campus.
Last week, a student was knocked unconscious and robbed of his wallet. It happened around 9 p.m. April 17 in the 400 block of South Green Street.
On Sunday, another student was robbed off campus, this time at 3:15 a.m. in the 1000 block of South Loomis. Five thugs approached the student and asked to borrow money. When he said he didn’t have any, they put a gun to his head, went through his pockets and took his wallet and iphone, police said.
This time, the student was not hurt.