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police reports
Resident’s identity fraudulently used for $33K medical treatment
It was reported 5:12
p.m. June 16, an unknown
offender used a victim’s
identity to gain medical
admission into a medical
facility for treatment
valued at $33,000. The
offender also attempted
to open Affinity and Capital
One credit cards. The
cards and medical bills
were ultimately denied.
In other police news:
June 25
• A concrete saw and leaf
blower, worth more than
$500, were reported stolen
from a utility trailer at
2:33 p.m. in the 600 block
of Dundee Road.
June 23
• A fraudulent Wells Fargo
account was opened using
a victim’s identity,
and a check, worth $783,
was deposited. The suspect
used the credit card
in several states. The bank
closed the account and
there is no loss.
• A resident electronically
transmitted $300 for Rolling
Stones tickets via a
Craigslist advertisement.
The receiver never sent the
tickets.
June 22
• An unknown offender sent
obscene and religious-based
text messages to a victim’s
cellphone at 5:23 a.m.
• It was reported at 12:39
p.m., an unknown offender
entered an unlocked 2019
Volkswagen Tiguan and
stole an iPhone and credit
cards in the 1100 block of
Sheridan Road. The offender
attempted to purchase
$1,658 in bitcoin,
and the charges were reversed.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Glencoe
Anchor’s Police Reports
are compiled from official
reports found on file at the
Glencoe Police Department
headquarters in Glencoe. Individuals
named in these reports
are considered innocent
of all charges until proven
guilty in a court of law.
THE HIGHLAND PARK LANDMARK
City Council: Financial
penalties enforced to curve
false statements to police
Residents knowingly
making false statements to
law enforcement in Highland
Park will soon have to
surrender a hefty fine after
the City Council approved
an ordinance at its June 24
meeting.
The ordinance was introduced
to the council
earlier the same day at the
Committee of the Whole
meeting. At the City Council
meeting, Mayor Nancy
Rotering and three council
members voted yes; meanwhile,
Councilwoman Michelle
Holleman voted no
and Councilwoman Kim
Stone voted present.
Under the new law,
anyone who knowingly
makes a false statement
to a Highland Park police
officer in connection with
a police report or investigation
is liable to a civil
penalty. Those penalties
could be an amount set by
the annual fee resolution,
as well as up to three times
the amount of the damages
and costs to the city caused
by the false statement, according
to the ordinance.
The penalties are in response
to numerous highprofile
events involving
false statements to law enforcement,
which has cost
the city high implications
including police staffing,
investigative time and resources
and unnecessary
law-enforcement intervention.
The new conditions
was drafted after a review
other municipalities that
have created similar ordinances
and feedback
from the city’s corporation
council, according to the
ordinance.
Reporting by Eric Bradach,
Freelance Reporter. Full
story at HPLandmark.com.
THE GLENVIEW LANTERN
Glenview Park Board
honors late board
president, activist Judy
Beck
Prefacing the moment
of silence that customarily
precedes Glenview
Park District Board meetings,
Village President Jen
Roberts paid an emotional
tribute at the June 27 meeting
to Judy Beck, mourning
the death of the community
and environmental
activist two days earlier.
Beck served 32 years
on the Park District Board
and five terms as president.
Judy Beck Park was
named in her honor after
she retired in 2011.
She was instrumental in
the founding of The Grove
Heritage Association in
1975, and Roberts credited
her with “saving The
Grove from development
and preserving it as a National
Historical site.”
After Roberts concluded
her tribute, longtime board
member Bill Casey added
a few words in commemoration
of Beck’s role in the
community.
“What a testament she
was to all of us,” he said.
“In her life she helped so
many people. If I could
only do a little bit of what
she has done to making
Glenview a better place.
She left us a perfect example.”
At the end of the meeting
four other board members
— Angie Katsamakis,
Dave Tosh, Dave Dillon
and Dan Peterson —
joined in paying tribute to
Beck.
“Judy was a great Glenview
person,” Katsamakis
said. “She was an advocate
for advocacy. She could
talk for hours about the
parks.”
Reporting by Neil Milbert,
Freelance Reporter. Full
story at GlenviewLantern.
com.
THE LAKE FOREST LEADER
Lake Bluff officials push
for ‘absolute prohibition’
of recreational cannabis
businesses
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker
signed House Bill 1438
Tuesday, June 25, making
Illinois the 11th state to legalize
marijuana.
Prior to Pritzker signing
the bill, the Lake Bluff
Village Board spoke about
their stance on the bill and
how it will impact the village
during the Lake Bluff
Village Board meeting,
Monday, June 24.
The Village Board
passed a resolution at its
meeting that directs the
joint Plan and Commission
and Zoning Board of Appeals
(PCZBA) to evaluate
the classification of cannabis
businesses.
The resolution passed on
a voice vote, with trustees
Joy Markee and Eric Grenier
absent at the meeting.
“I am going to ask that
direction be given to
the PCZBA that the Village
Board would like
to see that there is absolute
prohibition of any
dispensaries of any type
within village limits of
Lake Bluff,” said Kathleen
O’Hara, the Village
Board president.
The resolution comes
after the Illinois General
Assembly passed the Cannabis
Regulation and Tax
Act earlier this month. The
bill will legalize the possession
and use of recreational
marijuana by adults
over age 21 starting Jan. 1,
2020.
Under the bill, municipalities
are authorized to
completely prohibit the
location and operation of
cannabis businesses or to
place certain taxes or restrictions
on them.
Reporting by Stephanie Kim,
Freelance Reporter. Full
story at LakeForestLeader.
com.
THE NORTHBROOK TOWER
Northbrook Plan
Commission to discuss
cannabis-based businesses
at public hearing
On the same day Illinois
Gov. J.B. Pritzker
signed the Cannabis Regulation
and Taxation Act
into law, making Illinois
the 11th state to legalize
recreational marijuana,
the Northbrook Village
Board took the first formal
step in determining
what that means for
Northbrook.
The statewide legislation
legalizes the sale,
possession and use of cannabis
for recreational purposes
by adults over age
21 starting Jan. 1, 2020.
However, it allows municipalities
to regulate
commercial cannabis facilities
— including cultivation
centers, dispensaries,
infusers, processors and
craft growers — intending
to serve recreational customers.
While municipalities
cannot outlaw recreational
marijuana use by adults
within their borders, they
can add restrictions to
where and how cannabisbased
businesses operate
in their jurisdiction — and
even completely prohibit
them.
During its Tuesday,
June 25 meeting, the
Northbrook Village Board
unanimously directed the
Northbrook Plan Commission
to evaluate the classification
of cannabis businesses
and recommend
whether any, some or all
types of those businesses
should be allowed by special
permit under the Zoning
Code.
Reporting by Chris Pullam,
Freelance Reporter. Full
story at NorthbrookTower.
com.