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Page 1 C4 NORTHWEST SUBURBS More local news orii Pages 5,6 and 7 and in Neighbor BailyHeiaM Friday, June 6,1997 -Nashville link eludes police BY DIANE DUNGEY AND STEVE WARMBIR Daily Herald Staff Writers Five times the robber struck, all but one of them late in the evening as the suburban stores he targeted were getting ready to close. Sometimes, he fired shots into the air. Once, he wounded an employee. Details like those plus the knowledge Paul Dennis Reid could have gleaned as the son of a private investigator continue to fuel the interest of Palatine investigators trying to find a link between the accused Nashville killer and the 4- year-old murders at Brown's Chicken Pasta. But any definite ties remained elusive Thursday.

Nashville police no evidence Reid has Illinois since his 1990 release from a Texas prison, although a caller to a Palatine police'hotline said he spotted Reid at a Mount Prospect country-western bar around the time of the Jan. 8,1993, Brown's murders. That man, Chad McCarthy of Lavergne, whose mother lives in Arlington Heights, said he saw Reid go on stage, introduce himself as Paul Rogers, and sing with a band at Dumas Walkers in February or March 1993. "I know it as him," said McCarthy, who said he is studying to be a private investigator. The Illinois State Crime Lab is expected to compare Reid's finger- and handprints to prints from the Brown's scene, but that could be time-consuming-because not all the Brown's prints are clear.

Reid, 39, was charged Tuesday will killing five people in February and March at two Nashville-area fast-food restaurants. Even before his arrest, Palatine police seized upon the Nashville murders as a possible link to the Brown's case because the victims Prospect Heights seeks answers on widi Camp McDonal BY AMY MCLAUGHLIN DailjcHerald Staff Writer After months of debating about what Cook County will or will not do to improve Camp McDonald Road, Prospect Heights officials have decided to go right to the source. Aldermen voted unanimously at a recent city council meeting to invite Cook County Highway Department Superintendent Carl Kowalski, and possibly one of the department's engineers, to come to Prospect Heights. The idea is to get county officials to attend an upcoming meeting with city council members. City officials have been going around and around on the road issue.

After hearing pleas from nearby residents who don't want it widened, aldermen voted in March not to abide by a 1992 agreement with the county. It basically called for adding a center turn lane along with resurfacing and other improvements planned for the road. But last month, 3rd Ward Alderman Thomas Shirley said the city should honor the 1992 agreement because the city could be sued for $900,000 of work done by the county in anticipation of Before the issue residents' comments were split about whether to add the center lane. Some aldermen have said a survey of residents who live along Camp McDonald indicated the majority don't want it widened. County officials, meanwhile, have put Camp McDonald plans on hold.

The $3.8 million project includes rebuilding of Camp McDonald Road between Rand and Wolf roads, adding a center turn lane and renovating the paved shoulder area into a drainage system with curbs and gutters. Those who agreed to the road improvements include the county, which has jurisdiction of the road, the state, Prospect Heights, Arlington Heights and Wheeling. After improvements are made, Prospect Heights would take over jurisdiction and maintenance of the road. Kowalski said changes to the improvement plans are possible, but they need the approvalof all the parties. In other words, if Prospect Heights officials decide not to rebuild the road, but instead just resurface it, they have to get the agreement of the other entities.

"I've been in this business for 32 years. I've never had that happen," Kowalski said. "It's difficult to comprehend." Police arrest people suspected of dealing cocaine in suburbs BY VINCE GALLORO Daily Herald Staff Writer An Arlington Heights woman and a Carpentersville man were arrested after investigators found 3 ounces of crack cocaine in the woman's apartment, police said. Jill A. Langos, 27, of 2382 Goebbert Road, Apt.

1048, and Joseph F. Trudeau, 24, of 2218 Tepee were charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, police said. Buffalo Grove police received information several weeks ago that Langos and Trudeau were selling crack cocaine in the Northwest suburbs, Detective Sgt. Mike Soucy said. Investigators believe Langos and Trudeau would meet buyers at various locations to sell the drugs after making the drug in Langos' apartment, Soucy said.

Armed with a search warrant, detectives from Buffalo Grove and Arlington Heights found Langos and Trudeau at the woman's apartment when they knocked on the door just after 11 p.m. Wednesday, police said. Buffalo Grove's police dog, Grimm, found the crack cocaine in the master bedroom, and police also confiscated several thousand dollars in cash, Soucy said. Investigators believe the plastic bags they found in the apartment were used to package the cocaine, Soucy said. The plastic bags are considered evidence of their intent to deliver the drugs, Soucy said.

Convictions on Class felonies are punishable by six to 30 years in prison. Bond was set Thursday at $70,000 for Langos and at for Trudeau, police said. Dog bites nose off 7-year-old boy A dog named Simba bit off a 7- year-old Carpentersyille boy's nose Thursday, authorities and neighbors said. Anthony Payne, of 1851 Endicott Circle, was rushed to Sherman Hospital for plastic surgery after being bitten around 5:33 p.m., said firefighters. He was bitten in the back yard of another home on the block where the dog was chained up, police said.

"The dog was on its own property," said an officer with the Carpentersville police department. Becky Scudder, who lives next to the yard where the boy was bitten, said Anthony had just come to visit her when he was bitten. "This dog barked two times and I heard the teeth gnash together on the third bark," said Scudder. As Scudder raced back, she met Anthony, whose left nostril had been torn open and who had a ragged hole somewhere between the size of a dime and a quarter, she said. The breed of the dog was not available, although authorities suspect it is a mutt.

CORRECTIONS AMP CLARIFICATIONS An article in some editions of in Arlington Heights. Lynn Gaziano Thursday's paper provided incor- is the new athletic director and Bob rect information about some staff Artman is the new athletic admin- changes at St. Viator High School istrator. were shot execur tion-style and because the killer roughly matched the Brown's murderer's height and shoe size. Reid stands 6 foot 3 inches, compared to Palatine's esti- Paul Dennis Reid J.

dlCtl'lilt- mate of a killer over 6 feet tall. At the Palatine restaurant, the killer left size to 14 Nike shoe prints. Nashville police seized six pairs of shoes from Reid's boarding house on Tuesday, but wouldn't confirm the brand or size, though some news reports said he wore On Thursday, more of Reid's past came into focus, including the five armed robberies he was charged with in 1982 in Pasadena, Texas. The robber walked in near closing time at four of the businesses a hardware store and three restaurants. In the fifth, the Gallery Steakhouse was just opening at 10 a.m.

and Reid posed as a job-seeker, Pasadena Police Capt. A. H. Corbett said. At Nashville's Captain D's restaurant, two employees were slain Feb.

16 as the store opened. Three others were killed March 23 at closing time at a McDonald's. The Brown's victims were killed between 9:08 and 9:48 p.m., just after closing. Police believe the killer entered as a customer and ordered food. In a few of the Pasadena cases, the robber fired into the air as an apparent warning.

That's a somewhat unusual trait that could be in common with the Brown's case, a source close to the Palatine investigation said. Most robbers "don't want to fire. It draws attention to yourself," he said. A shot in the Brown's ceiling could have been errant or could have been a warning, investigators have said. The Brown's killer used a or handgun.

In Pasadena, the robber used a variety of handguns. Nashville police have not said the caliber of the gun used there, but the killer used a knife and a gun in one of the murders another similarity to Brown's. Even Reid's father's job as a private investigator in Texas could be intriguing. In the early weeks of their investigation, Palatine police took a close look at people with military or law enforcement backgrounds because the killer thought to pocket shells from each of the 21 shots he fired. Palatine police wouldn't discuss McCarthy's claim of seeing Reid, who told acquaintances he was trying to launch a Nashville singing career.

Dumas Walker's manager Steve Malecki said he doesn't remember a singer named Rogers REWARD There is a $120,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction for the Jan. 8,1993 murders at Brown's Chicken Pasta in Palatine. Hotline Anyone with information about murders should call a police hotline: (847)705-1600 Daily or Reid. Though Palatine police would not discuss their investigation, others said police agencies across the suburbs probably will comb their files for any traffic ticket or other encounter that would show Reid was in the area. Palatine police have not gone to Nashville and don't have immediate plans to do so, Cmdr.

Jim Haider said. Rule No. 1: Don't lie to judge, then admit it Roman Dmitreyev found out this week it's never a good idea to lie to a judge. And then admit it. Dmitreyev, 21, of 8847 N.

Washington St. in Niles, had been sen- tenced to four years probation late last month by Cook County Circuit Judge Pamela Karahalios after he pleaded guilty to stealing air bags from cars in an underground parking garage in Arlington Heights. At his sentencing, the man agreed with an account spelled out by Cook County Assistant State's Attorney James Andreou. Dmitreyev and another man, Igor Naydenov of Palatine, were found last December inside a car by police stealing an air bag, according to the prosecution's account. Dmitreyev was arrested at the garage, but the other man fled and eventually turned himself into police, authorities said.

Dmitreyev started singing a different tune after initially agreeing with the account that Naydenov was in the car with him. When called to testify in Nayden- ov's case, Dmitreyev said it wasn't Naydenov at all who was with him in the car, stealing air bags. His accomplice, Dmitreyev said, was a man whose last name Dmitreyev couldn't even recall in court as he was questioned before the judge. This did not thrill the Eventually, Dmitreyev admitted he had lied in court, authorities said. Karahalios sentenced Dmitreyev to six months in jail for contempt of court, authorities said, Sentencing postponed: Elk Grove Village resident Germaine Hovland will have to wait until next month to find out how long she may be spending in prison.

Hovland had been scheduled to be sentenced this week for leaving her baby in a construction trash bin. She was found guilty in early May of attempted first-degree murder. The sentencing was postponed to July 14. Hovland's attorney, Dennis Born, formally requested a new trial, a common step, which the judge did not rule on. Born argues that prosecutors during the trial should have never been allowed to use a baby doll and a garbage bag as a demonstration to the jury.

Prosecutors had Hovland show how she tied up her baby in a trash bag by using the baby doll and garbage bag. And Born also argues he should have been allowed to point out to the jury that Hovland could have gone to an abortion clinic if she had really wanted to get rid of the baby. Remembering the forgotten: To raise the public's awareness of domestic violence, the National Council of Jewish Women is sponsoring an exhibit of life-size female silhouettes at the James Thompson Center in Chicago next week. On 27 silhouettes will be the stories of how real-life women from Illinois were killed by a husband or a boyfriend. One other silhouette will represent all the other victims of domestic violence who have gone unnoticed because there are no reliable statistics on the number of victims.

The silhouettes were built by high school students from the North and Southwest suburbs. The exhibit will kick off with a reception at 2 p.m. June 8 with an appearance by Chicago Bear Chris Zorich. At 3 p.m. there will be a service to honor people who died due to domestic violence.

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