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123456 TRIBUNE 3 METRO A Chicago man charged with stealing a purse from her Lincoln Park Hospital room was ordered held in lieu of $225,000 bail Monday and was nearly charged with contempt of court after yelling obscenities. Arlan Dennis, 47, is charged with burglary, two counts of aggravated battery to a police officer, battery and aggravated assault, said Assistant Cook County Atty. Lorraine Scaduto. Dennis, of the 600 block of West Division Street, was arrested about 4:30 p.m. Sunday after he allegedly stole a purse from a 75-year-old woman visiting her husband, Scaduto said.

When a nurse and two guards chased him outside the hospital, he picked up a rock and allegedly threw it at the nurse. Dennis, who is 6 feet 4 inches tall and more than 200 pounds, had to be subdued with mace after he struggled with police. CHICAGO Cops say man stole purse at hospital Dennis Bail was set at $200,000 Monday for a Hoffman Estates man charged with aggravated driving under the influence after police said he hit a Schaumburg police officer while driving drunk. Alfonso G. Martinez, 33, struck Officer Denis Schmitt as he was returning to his patrol car after stopping another car Saturday night in the northwest suburb, Schaumburg Lt.

Dennis Carroll said. Martinez, who appeared before Cook County Circuit Judge Karen Thompson Tobin in the Rolling Meadows courthouse, also was charged with aggravated fleeing and eluding police, said Tom Stanton, spokesman for the office. Schmitt was released from a hospital Monday, Carroll said, but still in a lot of pain and SCHAUMBURG $200,000 bail for man police say drove into cop A 15-year-old boy on a flightfrom Chicago to New Orleans bumpedinto a cockpit door Sunday while sleepwalking, forcing an emergency precautionary landing, officials said Monday. The teenager, who was returning from a European vacation with his family, made his stroll on American Airlines Flight 1185, whichhad taken off at about 7:30 p.m.from International Airport, American Airlines spokeswoman Mary Frances Fagan said. After the boy slammed into the cockpit door, hefell into an adjacent closet, Fagan said.

Flight attendants got the boy back to his seat, and the plane landed in Memphis at about 8:45 p.m., Fagan said. By 10:55 p.m., the flight with more than 100 passengers touched down safely in New Orleans. CHICAGO Sleepwalk in the skies brings jet down to earth Metropolitan DIGEST A woman was sentenced to more than 5 years in prison for scamming dozens of Internet consumers by selling plasma TVs, digital cameras and laptop computers she own or possess. Federal authorities said that Mita- nette Calvin, 26, of Hazel Crest, defrauded consumers of at least $128,000, but the losses are believed to far exceed that, said Assistant U.S. Atty.

Brian Hayes. In imposing the 63-month prison sentence, U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve scolded Calvin for wreaking in a lot of The judge also ordered Calvin to refrain from online sales for three years after her release. At a recent hearing, 13 victims testified that in most cases they had gotten nothing after sending Calvin money.

A few received inferior goods. FEDERAL COURT Hazel Crest woman gets 5 years for online scam By Jeff Long Tribune staff reporter Police say a 6-year-old boy fell asleep on his way to South Elementary School in Crystal Lake last week and woke up a little while on an empty bus parked in a residential neighborhood. But the bus driver, who has been charged with reckless conduct, said the boy hid from her to avoid going to school. kid did not just fall asleep in the said Barry Lewis, the lawyer for bus driver Siobhan Kirchhoff. He hid underneath the bus Lewis said Kirchhoff, who could not be reached for comment, would plead not guilty to the reckless conduct charge, a misdemeanor.

Police said the child, who is in kindergarten, put on his backpack and began looking for a familiar face, becoming more and more frightened Thursday afternoon as he wandered the streets of the Coventry subdivision on the south end of Crystal Lake. was screaming, help said Crystal Lake Deputy Police Chief Dave Linder. Two people helped the boy find his way home, Linder said. On Monday, the mother, Elisa Molitor, stayed home from work to make sure her son got on and off the bus safely and to help calm his fears about riding the bus. nervous about getting on the bus said Molitor.

it happened. We change Kirchhoff, 25, of the 500 block of Somerset Lane, Crystal Lake, posted $100 bail on the misdemeanor charge Friday. Officials said Kirchhoff picked the boy up at his the street from where he lives in Crystal 12:10 p.m. on Thursday. The bus arrived at South Elementary about 12:30 p.m.

After the rest of the pupils exited, the driver returned to her home, apparently unaware that the boy was sleeping in the back. The people who found the boy returned him to his home about 1:45 p.m., according to a school official and the mother. District 47 officials have suspended Kirchhoff with pay while they investigate, said Supt. Ron Miller. Drivers are supposed to walk through the bus after dropping children off at school to make sure they all have gotten off, Miller said.

preach it to the he said. is one of our main safety In 2003, a bus driver and an attendant in Skokie were sus- pended after a 4-year-old was left alone for several hours on a bus. No criminal charges were filed. Kirchhoff is in her fifth year driving for the district and earns $14.26 an hour. Miller said district officials expect to complete their investigation by the end of the week and will decide then what action to take.

On Monday, he would not discuss the options. The boy distraught; his parents were distraught, and we are very Miller said. very, very Molitor said of her ability to find help. he was pretty nervous. He was Molitor is glad everything worked out well, and is thankful for the people who helped her son find his way home, but she still wants to know how he could have been left on the bus.

not understanding how it happened at she said. Boy, 6, left on school bus Crystal Lake driver charged; District 47 officials investigate By Barbara Bell Special to the Tribune The western border of Waukegan is the last frontier, and although plans for an 80-home subdivision were recently withdrawn, some homeowners remain concerned about preserving the bucolic atmosphere. The roughly 800-acre area bounded by Illinois Highway 120, Guerin Road and the Des Plaines River includes 250 acres in Libertyville Township owned by the Pritzker family, which sold development rights to the township in 1987, said Betty-Ann Moore, township supervisor. held as open space, but the family owns Moore said. Russ Tomlin, director of planning and zoning, wants the city to create a comprehensive plan to set zoning and decide what the appropriate density would be in the unincorporated area.

going to be pressure to develop that Tomlin said. Homeowners in western Waukegan say the area is unique because it lies in the basin of the Des Plaines River and is close to the Liberty Prairie Reserve and the Independence GroveForest Preserve. out here is against said Stuart Feldman, president of the River Road Development Council. we want is smart development. I want this area preserved for its uniqueness and planned around its unique Remington Homes of Elgin withdrew a proposal last week for a 25-acre development at River Road and Illinois 120.

Remington asked the city to annex the land but withdrew when Ald. Raphael Rivera, who was pushing the developer to cut the 80-home proposal in half, lobbied aldermen to reject the plan unless the density was reduced. Remington officials were unavailable for comment. Any plans will probably have to include the Pritzker family, which owns a total of 500 acres in Libertyville and Warren Townships, officials said. George Ranney, chief executive officer of Chicago Metropolis 2020, an organization that advocates cooperation among governmental entities, and Steve Barg, executive director of the Liberty Prairie Conservancy in Grayslake, say planning be done piecemeal.

think the critical question is what should that area said Ranney, who lives in Libertyville Township. Barg hopes there will be a coordinated effort. happen when not looking at the whole he said. all experienced unplanned growth. It look Suburb, residents focus on Shrewd development, preservation are issues in western Waukegan Tribune photo by David Trotman-Wilkins Man dies in fire at former church Firefighters on Monday hose down a former church that was being used as a single-family home in rural McHenry County near Marengo.

The body of an unidentified man was found in the downstairs area of the Seneca Township landmark, built in 1849. By Trine Tsouderos Tribune staff reporter The state police are investigating a Monday morning incident in which a Mundelein police officer shot and wounded a man who officials say fled a traffic stop. The driver, whom police refused to name and have yet to charge, was taken to Condell Medical Center in Libertyville. Mundelein Deputy Chief Mike said he did not know the condition or how many times he was shot. David I.

Moore, 19, of the 7200 block of North Oakley Avenue in Chicago, a passenger in the car, was charged with consumption of alcohol as a minor and obstruction, both misdemeanors, according to Sgt. Paul Werfelmann, who would not release the name. Moore was freed after posting $100 bail, Werfelmann said. The confrontation began around 12:30 a.m. Monday near Diamond Lake Road and U.S.

Highway 45, when a Mundelein officer stopped the driver of a Nissan Sentra suspected of drunken driving, said. The car pulled into an office parking lot, followed by a police car that was joined by two others, said. While officers were talking to the driver, he threw the car into gear, sped forward, turned the car around and began driving toward one of the officers, he said. for his safety, the officer shot at the said. Moore and the police officers were not hurt, said.

The Illinois State Public Integrity Unit is investigating, said spokesman Lt. Lincoln Hampton. Mundelein cop shoots driver after traffic stop By Robert Channick Special to the Tribune Less than a year after it opened, a storefront museum honoring the Glenview Naval Air Station must ship out of its rent-free space on the site of the former base to make way for a retailer. Located on Glen Town main street, the small collection of uniforms, posters and other find a new home within six months or face closing. space was all built to be said Dene Oliver, chief executive officer of Ol- iverMcMillan, the San Diego developer that built the 45- acre commercial center around the historic Hangar One in 2003.

are a couple of different tenants looking at right In January 2004, OliverMc- Millan gave the not-for-profit Glenview Hanger One Foundation the store on a month-to-month basis until it could find permanent quarters. The developer even offered a $100,000 matching grant to kick off fundraising. But those efforts fizzled, including an attempt last summer to partner with the village to build a facility nearby. Last fall, the museum group turned down free use of the unfinished upper floor of the Hangar One building, saying the space was too small. when the developer told museum officials they would have to start paying their own way or prepare to move.

not in the museum Oliver said. things that they need to do for themselves, for their own longevity, and one of those things is to raise After raising $50,000, the museum group still hopes to secure long-term space at a discounted rate in the center. was never intended for us to always be in the Glen Town Center for said Frank Mack, 45, of Glenview, president of the foundation. The museum, which was launched in June, is staffed by retired open only on weekends. The exhibits cover more than six decades of base history, from its origins as a private airport in 1929 to its days as a naval air station from 1937 through 1995.

During World War II, Glenview was the primary flight training center, with more than 15,000 pilots, including former President George Bush, qualifying for carrier landings on two converted Lake Michigan passen- ger steamers. A 10-foot model of one of the ships, the USS Wolverine, is on loan to the museum from the Chicago Maritime Society. Retired Col. A.C. Realie, 78, a Marine fighter pilot who trained at Glenview and flew 13 months of combat duty in Korea, donated his flight suit to the museum for one last mission.

museum preserves the memory of the people who served here and what they did for the said Realie, a Glenview resident. kind of hallowed If a deal reached before the museum has to move, not likely the supporters will pursue another temporary location, Mack said. we actually close down and send our artifacts to storage and send all of our artifacts on loan back to their owners, very unlikely ever open he said. Tribune file photo A Navy flight suit is among the exhibits that have been displayed at the Glenview Naval Air Station Museum. Naval air museum told to shove off Developer will rent Glenview storefront A Chicago man was convicted in the firebombing death of a 4-year-old boy Monday more than four years after the incident, authorities said.

Jacky Burks, 25, was convicted of first-degree murder, heinous battery and aggravated arson in Cook Circuit Judge Dennis courtroom Monday, Cook County attorney spokesman Tom Stanton said. On March 10, 2001, Burks and three of his friends tried to seek revenge against a gang member they believed gunned down a friend, the Tribune reported earlier. But the house in the 1300 block of North Parkside Avenue that the four men allegedly hurled a Molotov cocktail at was not the right house. The firebomb killed 4-year-old Armon Kendley. Burks will be sentenced April 27.

CHICAGO Man convicted in death in firebombing.