Monday, December 17, 2012
Flags are flying at half-mast until further notice.
Update 3:00 p.m. Monday: The District posted this announcement on their website Monday afternoon: We extend our sympathy to the families and community in Newtown, Connecticut for the tragic loss they have experienced. As with any incident that affects students, we share in their grief for the victims. Our thoughts are also focused on the safety of our own precious children who attend our schools. The following links will provide resources which may help you address this event with your child. In addition, if your child has any difficulty processing the information he/she has heard, please reach out to your school counselor, social worker or administrator for assistance. School District 308 strives to provide your children with both a …
Monday, November 26, 2012
Vaughn was convicted this summer of killing his wife and three children in a desperate attempt to free himself from responsibilities and start a new life.
Christopher Vaughn had set a plan in motion to start a new life in the Yukon with an unwitting Chicago stripper on whom he had a secret crush. Instead, he will be starting a new life in prison, and he will be staying there until he dies. Vaughn, 38, faces an automatic life sentence for killing his wife, 34-year-old Kimberly Vaughn, and three children—Blake, 8, Cassandra, 11, and Abigayle, 12—in June 2007. The Oswego man will still go through what is expected to be a lengthy sentencing hearing today. Members of Kimberly Vaughn's family are scheduled to testify. The Vaughns were making an early morning trip to a Springfield waterpark when Christopher Vaughn pulled off Interstate 55 and stopped on the frontage road outside Channahon. He …
Monday, October 29, 2012
Ryan Beattie, 20, was taken into custody Saturday in connection with Main Street home invasion.
A second suspect is behind bars and facing multiple felony charges in connection with an Aug. 14 shooting and home invasion in Plainfield. Ryan Beattie, 20, of the 700 block of Winterberry in Joliet, was arrested Saturday by Joliet police, accused of shooting a man in the chest during an armed robbery at an apartment in the 24000 block of Main Street. His arrest came nearly a week after police nabbed one of his alleged accomplices, 18-year-old Anthony Wilkinson, also of Joliet. Sign up for Plainfield Patch's daily newsletter and breaking news alerts. Plainfield police obtained arrest warrants for both men earlier this month after what officials called a “lengthy and detailed investigation.” According to police, three men burst into the …
Monday, October 22, 2012
Anthony Wilkinson, 18, was arrested by Joliet police on Sunday. Police are still seeking information on the whereabouts of 20-year-old Ryan Beattie, wanted in connection with the Aug. 14 shooting, as well as a third unidentified suspect.
Friday, October 19, 2012
Anthony Wilkinson, 18, was arrested by Joliet police on Sunday. Police are still seeking information on the whereabouts of 20-year-old Ryan Beattie, wanted in connection with the Aug. 14 shooting, as well as a third unidentified suspect.
Updated 11:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21: One of two men wanted in connection with an Aug. 14 home invasion in Plainfield has been apprehended. Anthony W. Wilkinson, 18, of the 400 block of Linden in Joliet, was arrested Sunday by Joliet police and booked into the Will County jail, according to jail records. Wilkinson is charged with residential burglary, a felony. Bond was set at $250,000, meaning Wilkinson would have to post $25,000 to be released. A second Joliet man, 20-year-old Ryan Beattie, is wanted on warrants for aggravated battery with a firearm, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, residential burglary and four counts of home invasion. Plainfield police on Friday said they are working to determine the identity of a third man involved …
Friday, August 24, 2012
Police continue to follow up on leads; anyone with information is asked to contact detectives.
Police are still looking for three men involved in the Aug. 14 shooting of a 19-year-old man during an apparent drug-related armed robbery. The man was shot in the upper chest area after pursuing the suspects as they ran from an apartment in the 24000 block of Main Street, police said last week. Det. Sgt. Kevin McQuaid said three men entered the apartment around 1 a.m., demanding drugs and money. The assailants reportedly scuffled with the six occupants of the apartment before fleeing. The 19-year-old resident was shot after he chased the suspects and became engaged in a struggle with one of them in the vestibule of the apartment building, police said. Another resident was injured in the struggle inside the apartment when one of the …
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Plainfield officials say incident that left one shot, one beaten was not a random act.
Plainfield police continue to investigate an Aug. 14 altercation that sent one man to the hospital with a gunshot wound and left another beaten, and said they believe the three assailants specifically targeted the apartment in the 24000 block of Main Street. Cmdr. Kevin Greco said it was anything but random when three men entered the apartment around 1 a.m. Tuesday. “Do we believe it was targeted? Yes,” he said. Sign up for Plainfield Patch's daily newsletter and breaking news alerts. Police are following up on leads and working to determine how the suspects, two of whom were wearing bandanas over their faces and brandishing firearms, got into the apartment. “There were no signs of forced entry,” Greco said, leading police to believe …
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
At least one shot was fired during incident at the Route 59 store, police said. Several suspects were arrested after being pulled over by Joliet and Crest Hill police.
Updated at 1:55 p.m. Aug. 15: Editor's note: Police originally stated that a witness who drove past the scene of the robbery was able to identify the suspects' vehicle. The man was actually a nearby resident who observed the three suspects as they fled the store, according to police. Three men are facing armed robbery charges after holding up a Plainfield 7-Eleven store early Wednesday morning, police said. Andre L. Mack Jr., 18, of the 5700 block of North Washtenaw, Chicago, is also charged with aggravated assault, aggravated discharge of a firearm and criminal defacement of a firearm after allegedly firing at a store clerk and a witness during the robbery, according to police. Deshon E. Grissom, 19, of the 14000 block of South Whipple in…
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Officials say victim suffered non-life threatening gunshot wound after three men burst into a Plainfield apartment demanding drugs and money.
Updated at 11:35 a.m. Aug. 14 Plainfield police are investigating a home invasion that left one man shot early Tuesday morning. Det. Sgt. Kevin McQuaid said the victim, a 19-year-old male, was shot in the upper chest area after pursuing three suspects who had entered an apartment in the 24000 block of Main Street. McQuaid said the victim's arm was also hurt in the altercation, but his injuries were not life threatening. Two of the three suspects were wearing masks when the men entered the apartment around 1 a.m. Tuesday. A struggle with the six occupants of the apartment — five females and a male in their late teens and early 20s — ensued, McQuaid said. Two of the suspects were also toting guns, described as a shotgun and a semiautomatic…
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Linda Wyns and daughter Samantha Falbo are recovering, looking to the future, according to relative.
It was an anniversary of sorts, but not the kind you’d celebrate. July 12 marked one year since police say Albert Jonas shot his wife and stepdaughter in their home in Plainfield's Liberty Grove subdivision. Samantha Falbo, then 25, was shot in the head. Her mom, Linda, 62, suffered gunshots to her chest and leg. “[Samantha] doesn’t want to relive it,” said Tina Falbo, Samantha’s sister and Linda’s older daughter. Tina has served as a family spokesperson and guardian for her sister since the July 2011 shooting. “She’s very positive in spirit,” Tina said. “We choose as a family to move forward.” Now 26, Samantha is doing just that. After a monthlong stay at Rush-Copley Hospital in Aurora and an inpatient stint at Marianjoy Rehabilitation …
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1:39 pm on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
So you will keep your child(ren) home on Friday, do you have a plan in place to insure they are safe at home? Will you be there to supervise them or are you going to work? Have you communicated your plan to the school so they know you have done your proper planning? There is a fine line between informing the masses and causing mass histeria. Most involved do not need to know the details. If the … more ›