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Former Loyola Academy teacher under investigation
Jason Addy
Contributing Editor
Glenview police are investigating
former Loyola
Academy teacher Matthew
Laird for “alleged
internet crimes against
children,” according to an
email sent to the school’s
alumni on Oct. 2.
The Glenview Police
Department notified
school administrators on
Sept. 19 that Laird, who
taught English at the
school from 2011 to 2014,
is the subject of a criminal
investigation, according
to the email from Loyola
Academy President Patrick
McGrath and Principal
Charles Heintz.
“As a precaution, we
want to let you know
about this open investigation
and that Loyola
is cooperating with law
enforcement,” McGrath
and Heintz wrote in the
email. “We will keep you
updated as is appropriate.
It is important to note that,
at this time, Mr. Laird has
not been charged with any
crime.”
Glenview Police Commander
David Sostak confirmed
the ongoing investigation
Oct. 3 in a short
statement to reporters. No
arrest has been made as
of press time on Monday,
Oct. 8.
Laird also served as a
scholastic bowl moderator
at Loyola Academy from
2004 to 2008 and from
2010 to 2014, the administrators
said. He was the
principal co-founder of
Aegis Questions, a question-writing
company that
operated between 2005
and 2009, according to a
Quizbowl Wiki page in
his name.
Laird placed on
administrative leave at
North Shore Academy
Laird was in his second
year teaching at North
Shore Academy in Highland
Park until Sept. 18,
when Glenview police
notified the Northern Suburban
Special Education
District of their ongoing
criminal investigation, Superintendent
Kurt Schneider
said in a statement on
Oct. 3.
The district immediately
placed Laird on administrative
leave after the notification,
Schneider said.
Laird is no longer listed on
the school’s online staff directory.
NSSED administrators
will recommend Laird be
fired at the district’s Oct.
10 leadership council
meeting because he did
not cooperate with the district’s
internal investigation
into the allegations,
Schneider said.
In the statement, the superintendent
said students
at North Shore Academy
elementary and middle
schools are unlikely to
have had direct contact
with Laird during their
time in the district.
“Currently, there is
no information suggesting
that any NSSED students
are involved in this
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Mariusz Poplawski,
29, of Hoffman Estates,
was arrested for residential
burglary at 12:08 p.m.
Sept. 25 in the 300 block
of Green Bay Road.
The arrest was made
after an investigation by
a burglary task force. The
amount of loss in excess of
$5,000.
Poplawski’s court date
was Sept. 27.
In other police news:
WINNETKA
Sept. 28
• Alicia Johnson-Medrano,
20, of Romeoville, was
arrested for unlawful possession
of a stolen vehicle,
driving under the influence
of drugs, no valid driver’s
license, operating an uninsured
motor vehicle and
speeding at 12:41 a.m. in
the 500 block of Sheridan
Road. Her court date is
Oct. 18.
Sept. 25
• It was reported at 8:01
p.m., a clip-on bike light,
worth $30, was stolen
from a locked bike at a
bike rack at the Winnetka
Metra station, 754 Elm St.
• An unknown offender
used a victim’s personal
identifiers to alter their
current account information
at Fidelity between
March 9-Sept. 25. A second
account was also
opened without authorization.
There is no reported
loss at this time.
Sept. 24
• An unknown offender
entered a vehicle and removed
a backpack containing
sunglasses and
credit cards between
10:30-11 a.m. at Centennial
Park, 225 Sheridan
Road. The amount of loss
is $664.
NORTHFIELD
Sept. 30
• Mark W. Madigan, 52, of
Winnetka, was arrested for
assault at 12:35 p.m. after
a traffic altercation that occurred
Sept. 26. He was
processed and released on
bond pending an Oct. 18
court date.
• A burglary occurred at
3:21 a.m. at PC Nation in
the 500 block of Central
Avenue. The case is under
investigation and the
business is conducting an
inventory to determine if
anything was taken.
Sept. 27
• It was reported at 5:45
p.m., a resident’s debt card
was used by an unknown
person to make unauthorized
purchases. The case is
under investigation.
Sept. 25
• An unknown person used
a company’s account to
make numerous unauthorized
purchases from a supplier.
The company, Karlin
Foods, in the 1800 block
of Oak Street, found purchases
made throughout
the last month. The case is
under investigation.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Winnetka
Current Police Reports
are compiled by the Winnetka
Police Department and the
Northfield Police Department.
Individuals named in these reports
are considered innocent
of all charges until proven
guilty in a court of law.