May 24, 2011 (WHEATON, Ill.) — The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to a serial bank robber.
Police are asking for help in finding the so-called “Wheaton Bandit.” Seven banks he is initially accused of robbing were in that western suburb of Wheaton, IL.
He first struck in January 2002 and investigators say he continued robbing banks until December of 2006.
The FBI hopes to track him down before the five-year statute of limitations is reached. Authorities say he must be charged by this December. Read the rest of this entry »

Luis Rosado, along with an accomplice, allegedly entered a car dealership in Highland Park, Illinois, on December 10, 1980, and robbed the salesman at gunpoint. Rosado and his accomplice then allegedly bound the salesman and drove away with a stolen van from the dealership. Following a high-speed police chase, both were arrested and charged with armed robbery, kidnapping, theft, and aggravated battery. They were released on bond, however, Rosado failed to appear for his March of 1981 trial. Read the rest of this entry »

Police are searching for a driver who struck and killed a woman in Chicago Tuesday, October 13, 2009 and failed to stop.
It happened in the Pilsen neighborhood near the corner of Halsted and 18th at about five o’clock Tuesday afternoon.
The medical examiner’s office has identified the victim was Martha Gonzalez.
Witnesses say that Gonzalez may have been distracted. She was apparently killed instantly. Read the rest of this entry »

The reward for information leading to the whereabouts of Benedetta “Beth” Bentley now is $5,000.

Bentley, 41, has been missing since May 23, 2010. She traveled by car with a friend, Jenn Wyatt, May 20 to visit Wyatt’s boyfriend, who was working on a home in the Mount Vernon area. Read the rest of this entry »

On Monday, December 7, 2009, Lacey Claire Gaines phoned her grandmother and asked if she could babysit her 2 year old son, Conor. Lacey stated she was not feeling well and had a doctor’s appointment. Lacey’s last communication was at 3:30 p.m. December 7, 2009. Lacey was found, at approximately 7 p.m. that evening, murdered in her apartment. She was reportedly found by Juan Valadez, her boyfriend. Read the rest of this entry »

The FBI is renewing its call for the public’s help finding the alleged ringleader of a 2009 bank heist in Country Club Hills who narrowly escaped capture in Mississippi in April, 2010.
Corey Frierson, 25, of 5131 Riverside Drive in Country Club Hills, is the subject of a nationwide manhunt, according to Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge for the Chicago FBI office.The reward for his capture is up to $20,000. Read the rest of this entry »

Chicago – Police are looking for a man seen running away from the area where Chicago Police Officer Michael Bailey was murdered July 18, 2010.
The man is described as a 6-foot, 160-pound, 18- to 24-year-old black man with a medium-dark complexion and a short “fade” haircut, according to a community alert issued Wednesday. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, blue jean-shorts with a long brown or orange belt hanging from his pants.
Bailey, 62, was shot and killed in an apparent robbery attempt outside his home in the 7400 block of South Evans Avenue. He was the vice president of the Park Manor Neighbors’ Community Council.
The 20-year veteran officer was assigned to the Central District, which encompasses the Loop, and he had just finished an overnight shift guarding the mayor’s home. He planned to retire next month.
Bailey was polishing his new Buick Regal when he was killed.
The Fraternal Order of Police, the FBI, the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, the Park Manor Neighbors’ Community Council and a group of 13 law firms have all contributed to a reward fund worth $160,000 offered for anyone with information leading to the arrest and conviction of the gunman, a police release said.
Anyone with information about Bailey’s slaying is asked to contact Calumet Area detectives at (312) 747-8272.

She is the mother of two, a son and a daughter, but she is probably most famous for the fact that she went missing from her home in Plainfield, Illinois in April of 2007. Her name is Lisa Stebic and the day she vanished was April 30, 2007 and there has been no sign of her since then. Read the rest of this entry »

Michael Defilippis, Jr. had invited everyone over Christmas Eve, 2009.
“It was gonna be all of us, and he ordered food ’cause he doesn’t cook,” sister Michelle Defilippis-Bernstein said.

But the day before the big gathering, her brother was found murdered in his Chicago condominium. The medical examiner says the 29-year-old had multiple blunt-force injuries and stab wounds. Read the rest of this entry »

The FBI and Gurnee Illinois Police announced a reward of up to $20,000 Wednesday for information leading to identification and arrest of the man who shot at police and robbed the Community Trust Credit Union.

The FBI is offering the reward “primarily because of the violent nature of the crime,” said Ross Rice, spokesman from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

“We’re hoping (the reward) attracts media and the public’s attention,” Rice said.

Witnesses described the bandit as an black man, 6 feet to 6-feet, 2-inches tall. The suspect, who acted alone in the Jan. 28 robbery, was a wearing all black clothing and a mask.

Authorities said the man forced entry at 7 p.m. when the credit union on Route 41 in Gurnee was closing. He used plastic zip ties to bind the hands of employees.

After he was unable to open the credit union vault, he fled and spotted an officer who was responding to the robbery, according to authorities. He shot at the officer before running behind a nearby building and possibly to a waiting vehicle. The officer was not injured, the news release stated.

Anyone with information is asked call the FBI at (312) 421-6700.