Lake Forest supermarket closes because of bank loan problem

[Mgmt]

you losers need to get a hobby or something. Its a f'ing grocery store. Who cares.

[Grocery shopper]

Mgmt wrote:

you losers need to get a hobby or something. Its a f'ing grocery store. Who cares.

What could be more important than your favorite grocery store?

[Just me]

Oh it is soooo funny. I heard the store is opening again bu hopefully coke addict ex felon Ron wont be there to see! Man Laura your pretty quick to point the finger! Why dont you just come out and use my name, if you know who I am?

[lake forester]

This town needs to get a life. who realy cares if dons will re-open, this town needs to move on.after reading the other comments i am suprised to to hear the sympathy for don ruffolo, i sure he's happy to be out of it after seeing what his son and family did to his store.

[Six teens indicted]

Six teens indicted on mob action charges

February 1, 2007
BY ART PETERSON
[e-mail]

Six teenagers from the Lake Forest area have been indicted by the Lake County Grand Jury on charges of mob action, three of them also for aggravated battery, for the brutal beating of a 22-year-old man.

The man, also a Lake Forest resident, was punched and kicked so severely that an eye socket was broken, amongst other injuries. His medical costs thus far total $10,500, and additional surgeries are needed, according to law enforcement officials.

It is the second time in two years that the six have been charged in a beating. For a 2005 incident, the Lake County state’s attorney’s office pursued charges into trial, but a judge in Circuit Court directed out the verdict before jury deliberations. That incident had occurred at a party, and witness testimony had been questioned.

The group includes five young men from Lake Forest and one from Lake Bluff, Robert E. Orlowski, 18, who lives in the 300 block of West Prospect Av. The Lake Forest residents are Stern K. Altholz, 18, of the 200 block of East Illinois St.; Michael Kurzydlo, 18, of the 500 block of Stablewood Ln.; Dean Debiase, 18, of the 400 block of Stable Ln.; Clark Montross, 19, of the 400 block of Thorne St.; and Jonathan S. Kirsch, 19, of the 1400 block of Lake Rd.

All six are charged with mob action, a Class Four felony which carries, upon conviction, a sentence of up to four years in prison, but is also probationable. Debiase, Montross and Kirsch are also charged with aggravated battery producing great bodily harm, a Class Three Felony which carries, upon conviction, a sentence of up to five years in prison, but is also probationable.

The six were indicted by the Grand Jury Jan. 31 and their arraignment is set for Feb. 15 before Judge Fred Foreman. Attorney James Bertucci of Lake Forest stepped up in Foreman’s court Thursday, representing Altholz, Montross and Kirsch, seeking to have their arraignments changed to a date when he will be available.

The group had attacked the victim because they mistakenly believed that he had called the police to report a teenage party, said Michael Mermel, chief of the felony trial division in the state’s attorney’s office.

The six went to a house in the 300 block of Basswood Rd., shortly after midnight last Dec. 29. Several witnesses saw them punch and kick the victim, Mermel said.

The three charged with aggravated battery were specifically identified, Mermel said, although the others may have also been involved.

[Off Westmoreland]

lake forester wrote:

This town needs to get a life. who realy cares if dons will re-open, this town needs to move on.after reading the other comments i am suprised to to hear the sympathy for don ruffolo, i sure he's happy to be out of it after seeing what his son and family did to his store.

This is such an old story!

[Off Westmoreland]

Six teens indicted wrote:

Six teens indicted on mob action charges
February 1, 2007
BY ART PETERSON
[e-mail]
Six teenagers from the Lake Forest area have been indicted by the Lake County Grand Jury on charges of mob action, three of them also for aggravated battery, for the brutal beating of a 22-year-old man.
The man, also a Lake Forest resident, was punched and kicked so severely that an eye socket was broken, amongst other injuries. His medical costs thus far total $10,500, and additional surgeries are needed, according to law enforcement officials.
It is the second time in two years that the six have been charged in a beating. For a 2005 incident, the Lake County state’s attorney’s office pursued charges into trial, but a judge in Circuit Court directed out the verdict before jury deliberations. That incident had occurred at a party, and witness testimony had been questioned.
The group includes five young men from Lake Forest and one from Lake Bluff, Robert E. Orlowski, 18, who lives in the 300 block of West Prospect Av. The Lake Forest residents are Stern K. Altholz, 18, of the 200 block of East Illinois St.; Michael Kurzydlo, 18, of the 500 block of Stablewood Ln.; Dean Debiase, 18, of the 400 block of Stable Ln.; Clark Montross, 19, of the 400 block of Thorne St.; and Jonathan S. Kirsch, 19, of the 1400 block of Lake Rd.
All six are charged with mob action, a Class Four felony which carries, upon conviction, a sentence of up to four years in prison, but is also probationable. Debiase, Montross and Kirsch are also charged with aggravated battery producing great bodily harm, a Class Three Felony which carries, upon conviction, a sentence of up to five years in prison, but is also probationable.
The six were indicted by the Grand Jury Jan. 31 and their arraignment is set for Feb. 15 before Judge Fred Foreman. Attorney James Bertucci of Lake Forest stepped up in Foreman’s court Thursday, representing Altholz, Montross and Kirsch, seeking to have their arraignments changed to a date when he will be available.
The group had attacked the victim because they mistakenly believed that he had called the police to report a teenage party, said Michael Mermel, chief of the felony trial division in the state’s attorney’s office.
The six went to a house in the 300 block of Basswood Rd., shortly after midnight last Dec. 29. Several witnesses saw them punch and kick the victim, Mermel said.
The three charged with aggravated battery were specifically identified, Mermel said, although the others may have also been involved.

This is an even older (by about a year) and unrelated story!

[LF Mom]

Is this Clarke Montross the golfer from Lake forest highschool?

[erin]

f you lauren