At the Rolling Meadows Courthouse, Betty Burden, 55, plead guilty to aggravated DUI and admitted she was drunk when she drove students home from school last March. Burden delivered nearly 45 Lions Park Elementary School students to their homes along nearly a seven mile route. Burden failed a field sobriety…
Driver Sheraz Kahn, 24, was stopped at a downtown Hinsdale’s gas station after police officers received a complaint about a dark-colored Honda driving recklessly. Khan was arrested for driving under the influence of cannabis after he failed a field sobriety test and officers allegedly smelled a strong odor of burnt…
Michael Adam Musick, 47, of Buffalo Grove was pulled over by police on January 6 for allegedly speeding 37 mph in a 25 mph zone. After an officer attempted to issue him tickets for speeding as well as driving without a license, Musick allegedly became verbally combative with the officers…
Betty Burden, a former Mt. Prospect school bus driver pleaded guilty to aggravated DUI on Wednesday at the Rolling Meadows courthouse. Burden admitted in court that she was intoxicated when she drove students home from school last spring. Burden had maintained her innocence since her arrest. Police claim she failed…
The Cook County Sheriff’s police are accused of removing the clothes and photographing a DUI crash victim on the side of the road in plain sight of onlookers without justification. Jessica Mejia was killed in a car crash on New Year’s Eve 2009 near Oak Forest. Her ex-boyfriend, Nicholas Sord,…
Eric Barth, 21, has been charged with six counts of aggravated DUI and accused of causing a three-vehicle crash in Kane County. Barth was driving a Chevy pickup truck when he allegedly veered into the opposite lane of traffic and crashed head-on into a GMC Yukon SUV. A Hyundai Sonata…
Brandon Reed, 23, has been charged with misdemeanor DUI after a crash in Chicago that left one female passenger dead and a 4-year-old boy injured. Reed was also ticketed for driving on a revoked license. Reed was traveling on the 1600 block of West Harrison Street in Chicago when his…
Aileen Beernink faces a potential prison sentence after her third arrest for Driving Under the Influence of alcohol. She is also accused of driving with a revoked or suspended license, driving under the influence of drugs and driving without insurance. Beernink was spotted by a patrol officer driving with her…
Elisha Clark, 25, of Grayslake was pronounced dead at the scene after a high speed DUI related crash. Donald Mischke, 54, was fleeing police after allegedly breaking into a Target store and stealing a flat screen television set. Mischke allegedly used his vehicle to ram the front door of the…
Scott Rossow of Palos Hills was convicted on November 29, 2010 of Aggravated DUI in connection with a one-car collision that killed his two passengers in 2006. Rossow was allegedly driving in excess of 100 mph on St Francis Road when he left the roadway and hit a tree in…