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	<title>The City Desk &#187; Hoyt Schermerhorn</title>
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		<title>The Blotter: Shots, Sheep, Sno-Cones</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2009/06/25/the-blotter-shots-sheep-sno-cones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Hoyt Schermerhorn]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a public service, The City Desk periodically offers up selected items culled from recent City police reports. (Note: More violent, standard items do not frequently show up here, as they are covered in the local papers with regularity.) 9:45 pm Corner of Simcoe and Newbury Streets: Officers from the 27th Precinct respond to reports of shots fired. Upon investigation, officers discovered that the sound was caused by a 1973 Ford Maverick owned by Edward Willis, 22, of 1785 W. 37th Street. Willis was issued $547 worth of tickets for safety violations. 2 am 1200 block of N. Merkel Street: A 20-year-old man was treated at Nilsson Hospital for a gunshot wound to the leg. Detectives were only able to locate the scene of the shooting based upon the victim&#8217;s blood trail. There has been no arrest and no motive given. 4:03 am 3800 block of Van Dam Street: Harbor Division officers arrest Summit Heights resident Hugo Allen, 34, for theft of services after attempting to walk out of the Harborfront Diner without paying for 3 cups of coffee, a cheese omelet, hash browns, four sausages, two stacks of pancakes, and four glasses of orange juice. Allen also had an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Blotter: Sloppy Blows, Newsstands Moved, Pets and Children Saved</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/09/11/the-blotter-sloppy-blows-newsstands-moved-pets-and-children-saved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a public service, The City Desk periodically offers up selected items culled from local police reports. (Note: More violent, standard items do not frequently show up here, as they are covered in the local papers with regularity.) 10:30 pm Corner of Merriman and 112th Streets: Two men, both wearing NFL jerseys, are arrested outside Stoats&#8217; Sports Bar. Apparently, an animated debate whether to go RB-RB-QB or RB-QB-WR in the first three rounds of a fantasy football draft took an ugly turn, and the men began trading &#8220;sloppy, drunken blows.&#8221; 2:15 am 7000 block of Blick Avenue: Three men apprehended in the back of pizzeria with several bottles of accelerants, ignition devices, envelope containing $5000 in cash. Investigation pending. 6:00-6:30 am Various locations, Downtown: Six vendors report that their newsstands were moved to different locations around the Downtown/Central Corridor area overnight, with substantial damage to each. Several witnesses reported a &#8220;tow-truck-like&#8221; vehicle dragging the structures through the streets. 11:20 am 1200 block of East Plumer Avenue: Officers respond to reports of a man exposing himself in the cereal aisle at the Safeway. 1:38 pm 800 block of Jarvis Street: Two men and a woman report their cars were apparently damaged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Blotter: Potato Guns Are Surprisingly Illegal</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/07/31/the-blotter-potato-guns-are-surprisingly-illegal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Craig Gaines]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hoyt Schermerhorn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leonard Pierce]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a public service, The City Desk periodically offers up selected items culled from local police reports. (Note: More violent, standard items do not frequently show up here, as they are covered in the local papers with regularity.) 7:23 am 3700 block of Pennsylvania Avenue: A group of students are arrested after carrying Davidson High School principal Stephanie Allen&#8217;s 2007 Mini Cooper into the school&#8217;s second-floor cafeteria. The students, who are all underage, are charged with grand theft auto, operating a motor vehicle without a license, disorderly conduct, local and state hazardous-materials infractions, vandalism, property destruction and a parking violation. 9:02 am 1700 block of Marway Lane: Tandem bicycle reported stolen. 9:27 pm 2000 block of Dunn Avenue: Gupta’s Stop ‘n’ Pop calls in a shoplifting incident. When police arrive, suspect claims that Gupta offers free in-store refills on fountain drinks. Mr. Gupta explains that the policy was never meant to be offered in perpetuity, and the suspect, who has been continually refilling his 44-oz. Mountain Dew since 1:30 PM the previous day, is violating the spirit of the contract. No charges are filed, but suspect is politely asked to leave. 12:52 pm 2100 block of Villers Street: A 22-year-old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Union Head Angered About Age of Fire Trucks</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/07/17/union-head-angered-about-age-of-fire-trucks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[City Hall]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In most major cities, fire trucks are replaced after about ten years or so of service. This is not the case in our fair city. Ryan Kowalski, Union of Professional Firefighters Local 47 president and city fireman at Ladder Company 70, revealed in a press conference yesterday that some of our fire engines are over twenty years old. “Take my firehouse,” Kowalski told reporters. “The ladder truck that I ride on was built in 1987, she is the oldest in the fleet. She is old enough to drink. Our housemates on Engine 20 have it a bit better, their rig was built in 1991, but it was purchased used. These trucks are old and the city won’t maintain them properly. How can my firehouse serve the good people of Fort Ridge with substandard equipment? Mayor Wilders seems to care about his legacy instead of not only the safety of the men and women who voted for him, but also those who come to help them.” Kowalski’s statistics revealed that out of the fleet of 350 fire trucks, there are 42 fire trucks over ten years old, with 20 being older than fifteen years. A map distributed by the union displayed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t be Afraid of the Humpback Buses</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/06/30/dont-be-afraid-of-the-humpback-buses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have noticed the City-Suburban Transit Authority’s fleet of buses are all starting to grow humps on their roofs. It is nothing to be alarmed about, since it is all part of the CSTA’s conversion to compressed natural gas-powered buses, something that sounds like an especially good idea with increased CSTA ridership (due to escalating gas prices) and today&#8217;s sixth city-wide Ozone Action Day in a row. After dozens of buses being in service for several months, the CSTA has finally issued a press release (reprinted in its entirety below) regarding the new cleaner buses: “The City-Suburban Transit Authority has introduced new buses using cleaner burning compressed natural gas. The buses are manufactured under license by the Gleason Coach Company, from a Canadian design, at a factory across the state in St. Alban’s County. They cost approximately $500,000 each and are cleaner burning than the diesel buses they are gradually replacing.” According to Monty Neville, local transit enthusiast and host of Bus World (monthly, on public access cable channel 114), the North Side and the Berman Gardens depots have totally converted to natural gas while the other twelve depots are slated to gradually convert over the next two years. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Blotter: Monster party, pets in trouble, misc.</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/06/27/the-blotter-monster-party-pets-in-trouble-misc/</link>
		<comments>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/06/27/the-blotter-monster-party-pets-in-trouble-misc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Craig Gaines]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a public service, The City Desk periodically offers up selected items culled from local police reports. 9:17 pm 200 block of Euclid Avenue: A 7-year-old girl reports to 911 that &#8220;monsters are knocking at my door.&#8221; Dispatch sends a cruiser to reassure the girl, only to find people dressed as Frankenstein and the Werewolf knocking on her door. Police interviews reveal a wrong address on a &#8220;Halloween-In-Summer party&#8221; Evite is to blame. The partiers leave and police calm the girl down. 9:26 pm 200 block of Euclid Avenue: The girl calls back, reporting more monsters. Police are sent back out to the house, and direct Freddie Kruger, 24, and Jason Voorhies, 25, to the right address, and again calm the girl. 9:45 pm 300 block of Pacific Lane: Baby with gun. 9:37 pm 200 block of Euclid Avenue: The girl calls again. A City Desk review of the 911 tape reveals the girl is hyperventilating while describing &#8220;a man with fangs and a black cape&#8221; at her front door. Police return, direct Dracula to the right address, post an officer in front of the house for the rest of the night, and take the girl into protective custody. According [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Blotter: Mischief, Various</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/06/12/the-blotter-mischief-various/</link>
		<comments>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/06/12/the-blotter-mischief-various/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Craig Gaines]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a public service, The City Desk periodically offers up selected items culled from local police reports. 12:08 am Harding Park, Officers disperse a group of people loitering in the park after hours. 1:01 am 3400 block of Spring Street: A woman reports excessive noise in adjoining house. The responding officers could hear nothing. 2:17 am 300 block of Bay Street: City EMS reports a break in and vandalism to an ambulance parked at LeFleur&#8217;s Donuts while the paramedics were taking a lunch break. 2:42 am 3400 block of Spring Street: A woman reports excessive noise in adjoining house. The responding officers could hear nothing. 3:01 am 4700 block of McKinley Avenue: Officers respond to silent alarm at a Kwick Stop Market finding clerk unconscious behind counter. 3:12 am 3400 block of Spring Street: A woman reports excessive noise in adjoining house. The responding officers could hear nothing. 3:47 am 2700 block of Huron Street: Officers respond to a 911 call of a cow in the roadway. 4:37 am 3400 block of Spring Street: Officers respond to a complaint of excess noise. Beverly Fouineur, 86, arrested for wasting police time. 5:14 am 21000 block of State Road: Gerald Crass, 18, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suburban Towns Overwhelmingly Vote For County Police Force</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/06/02/suburban-towns-overwhelmingly-vote-for-county-police-force/</link>
		<comments>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/06/02/suburban-towns-overwhelmingly-vote-for-county-police-force/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[annexation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hoyt Schermerhorn]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Governor VanNorden was elected two years ago, she promised reform and creative ways of saving taxpayers money. In a binding ballot referendum special election held throughout the state voters overwhelmingly approved the creation of county police forces to replace those of villages, hamlets, towns, townships and other municipalities. The measure was only rejected in the communities of Summit Heights and Hamilton Township, both of which will retain their own forces. Summit Heights mayor Samuel Tyler told channel 8, “We have one of the best-trained and highest-paid forces in the country. Our citizens feel protected and felt that the plan would reduce the highest citizen to officer ratio in the country. We will cooperate with the new county police. If at some time in the future our citizens want our force to merge we will merge. We hope that this is not a step towards annexation by the city.” Hamilton Township mayor Rex Hamilton was out of the country and unavailable for comment. In effect, the small departments will be merged, creating one large department and the county sheriff’s department will also be folded in throughout the state. The county Parks Commission Police and County Highway Patrol will also be [...]]]></description>
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