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Home Invasion Spree Robbers Remain Jailed
Two men charged with an armed home invasion spree in early December remain behind bars awaiting trial. Aaron Smith, 22, of South Bend, Ind. is being held without bond for his alleged ringleader role in three home invasions on Chicago’s North and West Sides December 10. He faces 12 criminal counts in total, including two [...]
Arrests Made In Home Invasion Cases
Police have arrested two suspects in connection with at least two North Side home invasion incidents reported on Saturday morning, Center Square Journal has learned, including one where a family was briefly held at gunpoint and robbed. Until they are charged, the Chicago Police Department is withholding the names of the accused, but police confirm [...]
Salamon Indicted in O’Lanagan’s Murder
Andrew Salamon was indicted on first degree murder charges on Wednesday in the brutal early morning pipe beating death of a Northcenter tavern owner two years ago. Appearing briefly to arrange his next court date on December 28, the 25-year old father of four listened as the charges were read out: four counts of murder; two [...]
Salamon to Plead ‘Not Guilty’ in O’Lanagan Slaying; Indictment Postponed
Andrew Salamon plans to plead “not guilty” for the 2009 murder of a Northcenter tavern owner, his lawyer said Wednesday, despite the “videotaped admissions” prosecutors say he made about the case earlier this month. Salamon’s murder indictment, which had been expected on Wednesday, has been postponed, and is now scheduled for December 7. The 25-year-old [...]
Arrest In O’Lanagan’s Slaying Stirs Grief And Troubling Memories
From his defensive ballet on the pool table to the watchdog eye he kept on his Montrose Ave. corner bar O’Lanagan’s, 2335 W. Montrose Ave., Robert Gonzales was viewed by his friends and employees as an ultra-cautious guy. That’s one reason those who knew him were so shocked by his early morning brutal beating murder on [...]
EXCLUSIVE: New Details Emerge in O’Lanagan’s Slaying
Center Square Journal has learned that an at-large suspect in the O’Lanagan’s Tavern murder was punched out on the sidewalk in front of the bar three weeks earlier by a man who had been remodeling the Northcenter tavern at 2335 W. Montrose Ave, several witnesses to the fight said, fleshing out what prosecutors have named [...]
O’Lanagan’s Murder Suspect Appears in Court
Andrew Salamon, who was charged Friday with the 2009 murder of a Northcenter bar owner, made a court appearance Monday and is expected to be indicted prior to his next court date, November 30. The 25-year-old, who shuffled into court mute and subdued in a grey prison uniform yesterday morning, remains held without bond as [...]
ATC’s “The Amish Project”: A Good Cryer
As we left the American Theatre Company’s The Amish Project, I didn’t ask my roommate Rob if he cried. I asked him how many times he did. That’s how moving and how brilliant was this one-act “one woman” play inspired by events surrounding the schoolhouse shootings of 10 girls in the Amish community of Nickel [...]
