Sunday, January 20, 2013
In the last week, you may have missed stories about a new D135 superintendent, new pornography charges, a severe car crash, an overruled election petition objection and more in Orland Park and nearby.
MONDAY VIDEO: Man Armed With Knife Robbed Orland Park Gas Station Orland Park police are searching for a man who held up the Mobil Gas Station at LaGrange Road and 143rd Street Saturday night. Stutz Voted in as D135's Next Superintendent and More (Live Blog Transcript) The Orland School District 135 board also approved graduation dates for the junior highs. Read our live blog transcript from Monday night's meeting. TUESDAY Cunningham Remains on D135 Ballot (Live Blog Transcript) The objection against Tom Cunningham running for re-election in D135 was overruled by the school district's electoral board Tuesday night. Read the blog transcript from the objection hearing. Police: Cat Burglar Entered Orland Park and Burr Ridge Homes Through …
Friday, November 2, 2012
Matthew Senica, 26, remains in custody on felony reckless homicide and aggravated DUI charges in the case where an Advocate Christ Medical Center nurse was killed on her way to work.
Evidence is still being exchanged in the case against a 26-year-old Orland Park man charged with felony aggravated DUI and reckless homicide, for his role in an accident that killed a nurse on her way to work. Matthew Senica, 26, appeared in standard khaki-colored Department of Corrections garb during a brief hearing in a Bridgeview courtroom Thursday, Nov. 1. He has been in custody on a $1 million bond since July. Police say Heidi Roseen, 51, was on her way to Advocate Christ Medical Center from her Lockport home to work a shift as a nurse on July 8. While en route, she was reportedly struck by Senica's Ford F150 and was later declared dead by fellow staff at Christ. Senica has pleaded not guilty to 14 counts of aggravated DUI and one …
Monday, August 20, 2012
Matthew Senica, 25, is expected to be back in court on Sept. 25 on reckless homicide and aggravated DUI charges.
The man that police say is responsible for an accident that took the life of a nurse on her way to work has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Matthew Senica, 25, has pleaded not guilty to 14 counts of aggravated DUI and one count of reckless homicide. He remains in custody after his bond was set at $1 million. Senica entered his plea last week in the Bridgeview courtroom of Judge Carmen K. Aguilar, Cook County State's Attorney's office spokesman Andy Conklin confirmed Thursday. Authorities say on July 8, Senica was driving back to Orland Park from what Senica told police was a night of drinking in Chicago. He was heading south on LaGrange Road, and drove through the red light at the intersection with 95th Street at well over 70 mph, …
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Matthew Senica is facing a felony DUI charge after authorities said he caused a car accident Sunday morning that killed a 51-year-old Lockport woman.
Bail was set at $1 million for an Orland Park man accused of driving after a night of drinking, and causing an accident that took the life of an Advocate Christ Medical Center nurse on her way to work. Matthew Senica, 25, of the 13700 block of 88th Avenue in Orland Park, is charged with felony aggravated driving under the influence. Heidi Roseen, 51, was on her way to Advocate Christ Medical Center from her Lockport home, heading east on 95th Street Sunday around 6:20 a.m., according to Cook County Sheriff Spokesman Frank Bilecki. Senica was driving back to Orland Park from what he described to police was a night of drinking in Chicago, and was heading south on LaGrange Road, and drove through the red light at the intersection with 95th …
Monday, July 9, 2012
A 51-year-old Lockport woman died after a crash at 95th Street and LaGrange Road Sunday morning, Sun Times Media reports.
An Orland Park man is accused of causing a fatal car crash Sunday morning, after speeding through a red light and driving under the influence of alcohol, according to authorities. The 25-year-old man was not named in the report by Steve Metsch for Sun Times Media. The woman, Heidi Roseen, 51, of the 16900 block of West 143rd Street, was on her way to Advocate Christ Medical Center to start her shift as a nurse in the intensive care unit. Roseen has three children all in their 20s. She and her husband Thomas Roseen would have celebrated their 30th anniversary in August. Read on for the full Sun Times Media report. Sign up for Orland Park Patch breaking news alerts. Follow us on Facebook and on Twitter.
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Also, prosecutors looking to link alleged Frankfort burglars with footprints.
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Saturday, December 17, 2011
The Southland's major criminal and civil cases heard in Cook County and Will County courts this week. OAK LAWN — Trial for two men charged with robbery and hate crime following the alleged beating of a lesbian woman has been pushed back one month to give attorneys more time to review evidence. In 2010, Hickory Hills police said Mohammed Shaban, of Hickory Hills, and Akram Alshoweat, of Oak Lawn, yelled anti-gay slurs while punching, kicking and whipping a woman inside a restaurant. Defense attorneys dropped a DVD into the evidence pool Tuesday that's intended to challenge the woman's presumed innocent role in the fight. Michael Monaco, an attorney for Alshoweat, said she is a former Olympic mixed martial arts fighter. A jury trial is …
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Nicholas J. Gorny, 26, accused of driving while four times over the legal limit for alcohol and killing a 70-year-old woman, remained in jail Wednesday on $250,000 bail.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
An Orland Park man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to his involvement in a DUI accident related to the death of a 70-year-old Tinley Park woman. Nicholas J. Gorny, 26, of the 11000 block of Laurel Hill Drive in Orland Park, has been charged with two counts of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol causing a death, a Class 4 felony. Gorny was speeding east on West Hadley Drive just west of Will-Cook Road on the morning of Aug. 27 when he crossed lanes and crashed into a car driven by Loretta Falat, 70, of Tinley Park, according Kathy Hoffmeyer, spokeswoman for the Will County Sheriff’s Office. Gorny was later found to have had a blood-alcohol level of .344, more than four times the legal limit, Hoffmeyer said. Falat was taken to …
Friday, March 25, 2011
Orland Park police reports, March 11-13
March 17 Rihab H. Shoubaki, 53, of the 15400 block of Yorkshire Lane in Orland Park, was charged with retail theft. Orland Square Mall security told police that Shoubaki left a department store around 7 p.m. with several unpaid towels and a bottle of men’s cologne in her cart. Robert A. Wirtschoreck, 19, of the 16500 block of Delaware Road in Lockport, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and speeding. Police said they stopped Wirtschoreck’s car at 143rd Street and LaGrange Road around 2 a.m. for driving 53 mph in a 40 mph zone and found a pipe in his jacket. March 16 Katie A. Drish, 24, of the 19400 block of Wolf Road in Mokena, was charged with DUI and failure to reduce speed to avoid accident. Police said Drish rear ended a…
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James Neil
7:58 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
What evidence do you exchange??? He was drunk out of his mind, ran a light, and killed someone. This is why the judicial system is so screwed up. It takes months and years for someone who is guilty beyond belief to even get to trial. Judges need to stop all these delays and BS, and tell the attorneys get your stuff on the table and lets go. more ›