Posen News

A Sept. 3 trial date was scheduled Thursday for a 35-year-old south suburban Midlothian man charged with misdemeanor child endangerment for caging his two young daughters in his pickup truck.

Posen police are having a hard time stopping gang members from spray painting their graffiti throughout the village.

A suburban Chicago man locked his two young daughters in a wire cage hidden in the back of his pickup truck because he didn't have a baby-sitter, officials said.

Hat Tip: Many thanks to our man in the upper Midwest, Jay Tee! An employee with a towing company in Posen, Ill., checks out the homemade cage made in the back of a small truck on Wednesday, July 2, 2008.

When Tracy Burns saw Ricardo Gonzalez building a cage in the back seat of his pickup truck two weeks ago, she suspected he was going to put his daughters behind the padlocked gate.

Ricardo Gonzalez, 35, of Midlothian, was arrested Monday after a woman at a gas station in Posen heard a crying child and spotted him pushing small hands back into a cage, police said.

A Midlothian man was arrested Monday at a Posen gas station for keeping his two children in a cage in his pickup truck in order to control them, police said Thursday morning.

Ricardo Gonzalez of Posen, Ill., kept his two daughters, ages 2 and 5, inside of a wire cage while driving in his pick-up truck, police alleged.

A 35-year-old Midlothian man faces two counts of child endangerment after a witness spotted two children in the back seat of a pickup that had been enclosed with a wire cage to keep them from getting out of the ...

Parts of Illinois are cleaning up and drying out after storms raked much of the region, flooding some roads and downing trees and power lines.

OAK FOREST, Ill. A domestic barricade situation in Oak Forest ended peacefully Wednesday afternoon, following a standoff with police. via Cbs2chicago.com

“The police were just trying to cover up for what they did to him”

Posted by Pam Spaulding , Pandagon at 8:11 AM on March 23, 2008. More Taser insanity. via AlterNet.org

Family tormented by condo association over flooring : "An Oak Forest family can breathe a sigh of relief now that their condominium association has decided not to pursue possession of the family's home in a ... via The Privatopia Papers

“They've been there for many years and this is the first time we've ever had something remotely like this happen”

Thirteen people, including two firefighters, were taken to the hospital after a sport utility vehicle careened out of control into two other vehicles and a crowd of people at the Tri-State Auto Auction in south ... via WBBM-AM Chicago

“One of the sides is lying, and it's up to you to look at both and decide who's telling the truth.”

A Posen man charged with the aggravated assault of a police officer was pepper-sprayed, bitten repeatedly by a police dog and shot twice with a Taser for no reason in a racially charged attack, and as many as ... via Chicago Sun-Times

“They don't belong here. And then people wonder why some [Americans] don't want us to live here”

A rash of gang symbols spray-painted on more than 20 homes and a school in Posen early Sunday rattled some residents, afraid of the growing gang presence in their community. via Chicago Sun-Times

“My house has been tagged three times, and it's just getting annoying. I am wasting so much money painting over it. I am sick of it”

Vandals hit almost two dozen homes in a south suburban Posen neighborhood overnight. via WLS-TV Chicago

“Our job is to overcome poverty and help students realize that circumstances don't dictate their future. We're trying to teach kids that even though you are poor, you can learn to read, write, compute and cope with the world at large.”

Downstate Cairo has the highest percentage of poor school-age children in the state and ranks 15 in the nation, according to new U.S. census figures. via Chicago Sun-Times