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Things have really been popping on the investigative front the past few days.
Here are our top stories:
Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley will answer questions from lawyers about police torture, according to Flint Taylor, a lawyer who is suing the city over torture allegations, Chuck Goudie of WLS-TV reports.
Meanwhile, Lisa Black of the Chicago Tribune reported that the death of a former Lake County jail inmate paralyzed after an altercation with a corrections officer was ruled a homicide Tuesday by the Cook County medical examiner’s office,. The decision prompted the state’s attorney’s office to call for a special prosecutor.Image may be NSFW.
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Also on police misconduct, Jessica D’Onofrio and Ben Bradley of ABC7 write that a new audio recording gives some insight into a confrontation between North Chicago police and a man who died after he was in custody. Darrin Hanna’s family says the recording helps prove police caused his death.
The station also reported that federal charges have been filed in two separate sex cases, one in Chicago, the other in Indiana. One of those cases could have hundreds of victims. According to Goudie,
“In Chicago, a 24-year-old man is under arrest, accused of running a sex slavery business.
And, in southern Indiana, a 39-year-old man is accused of what prosecutors call “sextortion,” luring teenagers to perform exotic dances in front of their computer webcams and then threatening to distribute the video if they didn’t do even more.”
Mike Riopell of the Daily Herald writes that at a time when suburban school districts are pushing back hard against taking over the state’s share of teacher retirement costs, many are paying thousands of dollars — sometimes hundreds of thousands — in penalties for giving big raises to administrators and teachers and driving up pensions.
Caterpillar CEO Douglas Oberhelman need not worry about his pension.
That’s because the maker of construction and mining equipment paid him $16.9 million in 2011, according to the company’s proxy filed with the SEC, Kate MacArthur of Crain’s Chicago Business reported.
On the other hand, Tisa Crawford of Aurora is being sued for theft and computer fraud after allegedly creating fictional retirees and collecting bogus pension payments made to their accounts, according to Frank Aberholden of the Aurora Beacon-News.
And speaking of fictional places, Simpsons creator Matt Groening finally revealed that the real Springfield that is the basis for the long running cartoon is in … Oregon.
Sorry, Illinois.
My wife grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts, and we share our home state.
So I was disappointed, too.
Enjoy your Thursday, people.
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