Woman Hires Private Eye to Follow Her Ex-Husband, Employee Steals From Boss and is Promptly Fired
Also, police try to subdue attack dog with taser, window smashed with golf club, wooden stork tackled.
Romance is Gone
A resident of the 900 block of Hawthorne came into the police station at 10:15 a.m. March 2 and said a man had followed him in his vehicle when he left his residence. Upon further investigation, it was determined that the subject was being watched by a private investigator hired by his ex-wife.
No Arrest, But You're Definitely Fired
A Stihl brick-cutting saw worth $500 was taken out of the trunk of a Toyota Corolla while the victim was doing brick work on a home on the 200 block of East Madison between 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. March 4. A police officer interviewed all the victim's employees and searched all of their vehicles, and he found the saw in the trunk of a vehicle belonging to an employee. The victim told police he did not want the suspect arrested, he just wanted his saw back. He also fired the suspect, police said.
Dog Gets Tasered
Elmhurst police were called to help Villa Park police gain control of a mixed-breed dog at Route 83, just south of the Prairie Path, at 11:27 a.m. March 3. The dog, which police said was part pit bull, had bitten another dog, causing serious injuries. After numerous attempts to catch the dog, police fired a taser at it. The dog fled the area after being hit with one taser probe.
Sounds Like Things are Breaking
A resident of the 100 block of Fellows Court was awoken by a loud noise outside his window at 2:14 a.m. March 1. He saw two men. One threw a large block of ice on a white Suzuki Forenza, causing the windshield to crack. Also broken were four light poles owned by Elmhurst Terrace Apartments. Police searched the area but the men were not found.
Two people were having a dispute on the 300 block of Ridgeland at 9:38 p.m. March 2, when one of them went inside and came out with a golf club stating he was going to beat the other person and chased him back to his car. Police said the offender shattered the back window and damaged the trunk the car with the golf club. The offender agreed to pay for the damage and no charges were filed.
A wooden stork sign on the 800 block of South Parkside was knocked down and damaged between 10 and 10:30 p.m. March 2. The sign is worth $110.
A resident on the 200 block of Illinois Street noticed egg splatter on the front of his house and storm window and a crack in the storm window where the egg splatter was. The damage occurred sometime between 4 p.m. March 1 and 4 p.m. March 3.
kk
7:26 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
"No Arrest, But Your Definitely Fired"
Hello!!! It is incredibly disappointing and frustrating to see the improper spelling of the word you're in a newspaper headline. Your, you're; please learn the difference.
Laura
8:48 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Thanks, KK - I was just about to respond to the same thing you did - should've been 'you're", NOT "your"!!
Elm Forest
10:08 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
kk, The fact that the word is misused/misspelled isn't incredibly disappointing and frustrating. Your over exaggeration of disappointment is over the top. Is this all you have to look forward in the day? If anything it's funny but not funny enough to make it onto the Tonight Show, not that anyone is still watching Jay Leno.
Perhaps you didn’t realize that kk should be KK but that’s OK because you are the one doing it. I'm just saying, lighten up. Maybe you should have emailed the author and left it at that. I have made my share of typos and someone is surely just waiting to correct me. That's what spell correct is for but sometimes even journalist don't use it either, I suppose because they trust they have gotten it right on their own. It happens to everyone, big deal.
ADK
9:46 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Maybe his name was "Your"
kk
9:50 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Haha, ADK, that would make me feel better!
Karen Chadra
9:49 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Ahh. My bad, so sorry folks. I was in too much of a rush.
Keliy Reno
10:18 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
@ Karen Chadra,
My bad ??? I think you need more sleep & review your posts before posting ! I am sorry I don't understand that LINGO, wont hear it from my child or Grand kids and now to read on a professional post ! What is wrong with the ENGLISH LAUNGUAGE
Keliy Reno
Elm Forest
10:50 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Karen, you also stated the you are so sorry. The English language isn't stagnating and changes with every generation. Example; we don't talk like Shakespeare or even like the English people of today. So I do have to comment on this as it seems to be the new catch phrase. My 22 year old is saying this a lot lately and it got me to thinking. I don't care for the phrase either, mainly because it is somehow supposed to take the place of, "I'm sorry, or that’s my mistake, or some other apology that we are all accustomed to hearing. I personally don't think stating, "My bad." is apologetic and even if you’re not in a situation that needs to be addressed with an apology it still kind of excuses the person without saying, "Sorry". The only thing it does by stating it is acknowledge that you're the one that did it but not that you are sorry.
Karen Chadra
10:56 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
OK - Points taken. My daughter is in surgery right now and I'm commenting from the hospital, so perhaps I'm not as sharp or clear as I should be. I'm not trying to make excuses for my mistakes, I just will have to think about all of this later. Again, I do take responsibility for the mistake. I am sorry for not proof-reading this better and I am sorry for the slang.
Wade Gustafson
6:29 am on Thursday, March 7, 2013
Hey Reno you should take a page out of your own book. Grand kid? Like enormous child? Or did you mean grandkid? And it's won't. Airhead...
B Rush
10:24 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
i got my house egged just 2 days before and cops never came
kk
10:30 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Elm Forest, you're right and I apologize, I should have emailed the author instead. It was bad form on my part. Your reaction to my pet peeve, though, shows that you are not immune to overreaction yourself! So sorry, Karen.
Elm Forest
10:56 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
kk, really? I was only pointing out this to you since you have to laugh at yourself just as I was stating that I make that same kind of mistakes and have to laugh at myself. I wasn't overreacting. And if I could have emailed just you I would have done so.
E Rutledge
11:07 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
i'm with elmforest on this one; im guessing elmfrst is probably a professional woman who knows that the professional thing to do to a fellow professional is to privately correct a procedural (oops) mistake. the world is filled with intelligent and successful people who dangle their participles and come down on the wrong side of "the Oxford comma" debate. and then there's half the population which (or is it "that") doesn't (or is it "don't") properly use their, they're, AND there (note proper use of oxford comma). ... keep up the good work karen; perfection is overrated !
Pat
11:44 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Yes, lighten up! Grammar is important, but we all should have better things to be concerned about. The Patch is a little hometown on-line newspaper not to be confused with big corporation Chicago Tribune/Sun Times. I read The Patch everyday and find it very informative. Pick your battles people. Karen, thank you, and hope your daughter's surgery is successful.
kk
12:15 pm on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Yes, Karen, good luck with your daughter's surgery. We all hope she has the best care and the best outcome possible.
Karen Chadra
12:47 pm on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
She is doing well! Thank you!
Keliy Reno
10:20 am on Friday, March 8, 2013
@ Wade Gustafson
My name is Keliy not Reno, I am a lady! I'm also not a writer for a new's paper!, nor do I think I am perfect but have more class then yourself to name call. I am sorry I have a problem with slang terms, more of a problem like ignorant people like yourself to act like that ! Grandkids was a typo not slang, like my bad or my n*gg*r. You must be from the lower class area or public housing sounds more like your post. Excuse me while I go back to work to support people like your self . @ Karen wasn't being rude just wish people could see how these type's of communication are not healthy. Hope your daughter is doing okay & that your day get's better !