UPDATES WITH ADDITIONS MARKED ***
WEDNESDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS*
7 a.m. — (LIBERTYVILLE) Lake County hosts an open house on proposed changes and revision to Lake County ordinances. Also 4 p.m. Lake County Division of Transportation, 600 Winchester Rd., Libertyville. Contact: (847) 377-7400.
*** 8:45 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel joins Chicago Police Department Supt. Eddie Johnson at a graduation ceremony for the latest group of police recruits, and promotion ceremony for department members who have successfully completed the training programs for sergeant and detective. Arie Crown Theater, 2301 S. Lake Shore Dr. Contact: Police News Affairs, (312) 745-6110; or Mayor’s Press Office, (312) 744-3334 or press@cityofchicago.org. (NOTE: There will be no media availability following.)
9 a.m. — (CHICAGO) R&D Innovation Summit. Also March 16. Standard Club, 320 S. Plymouth Ct. Contact: Afolabi Opedare, aopedare@theiegroup.com or (415) 655-1673.
10:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Metra Board of Directors meets. Metra General Offices, Board Room, 547 W. Jackson Blvd. Contact: (312) 322-6900.
11 a.m. — (GREAT LAKES) Naval Station Great Lakes will host a STEM workshop for local educators and sailors, who will use the training in local schools. Naval Station Great Lakes, 530 Farragut Ave B., Great Lakes. Contact: (847) 688-2430 ext. 359 or pao.navstaglakes@navy.mil.
11:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Cook County State’s Attorney Kimberly Foxx speaks to the City Club of Chicago. Maggiano’s, 111 W. Grand Ave. Contact: info@cityclub-chicago.com or (312) 565-6500.
Noon — (CHICAGO) Jesse Brown VA Medical Center hosts Women Veterans Art Exhibit in honor of Women’s History Month. 820 S. Damen Ave. Contact: Lela Vance-Glover, Lela.Vance-Glover2@va.gov or (312) 569-6402.
3:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) University of Illinois at Chicago’s African-American Cultural Center hosts a winter closing reception for “On Beauty and Heritage: A fabric art exhibition” and “‘Cintio Vitier’ Cuban Youth Arts Project: A visual arts exhibition.” UIC African-American Cultural Center Gallery, Addams Hall, Room 207 and Room 200, 830 S. Halsted St. Contact: Carlos Sadovi, (312) 355-2491 or csadovi@uic.edu.
4:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) University of Illinois at Chicago Gender and Sexuality Center hosts an opening reception for /SANCTUARY/, a spring art exhibit focusing on the definition of the word in the current political climate. Behavioral Sciences Building, Room 183 FlexSpace, 1007 W. Harrison St. Contact: Carlos Sadovi, (312) 355-2491 or csadovi@uic.edu.
5:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Goodman Theatre’s Scenemakers Board hosts “A Date with Destiny” fundraiser, which includes a pre-show reception at Catch 35 followed by a performance of “Destiny of Desire.” Catch 35, 35 W. Wacker Dr., followed by the performance at the Goodman (7:30 p.m.) at 170 N. Dearborn St. Contact: (312) 443-3800.
*** 5:45 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Gov. Bruce Rauner attends the Hispanic American Construction Industry Association’s 38th Annual Awards Banquet. Hilton Chicago, International Ballroom, 720 S. Michigan Ave. Contact: Allie.Bovis@illinois.gov or Eleni.Demertzis@illinois.gov. (Note: No additional media availability.)
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Ald. Michele Smith hosts a Community Safety Forum. Latin School of Chicago, 59 W. North Ave. Contact: (773) 348-950 or yourvoice@ward43.org.
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Opening reception for American Bar Association Law Practice Division’s ABA TECHSHOW Conference and EXPO, to educate lawyers on current technology that would be useful in their practice. Through March 18. Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave. Contact: abanews@americanbar.org or (202) 662-1090.
6:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Chicago Public Schools teachers and coaches will host and participate in the “Louder Than A Bomb” poetry slam. Chicago Teachers Union Foundation, 1901 W. Carroll Ave. Contact: (312) 329-9100 or info@ctuf.org.
6:30 pm. — (CHICAGO) Ald. Ameya Pawar, 47th Ward Clergy Coalition and Lincoln Square Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce lead Rally for Peace & Unity to combat anti-Semitism and bigotry, with speakers including Cook County Commission Bridget Gainer. Giddings Plaza, 4733 N. Lincoln Ave. Contact: (773) 868-4747 or info@chicago47.org.
7 p.m. — (EVANSTON) Kick-off meeting for the Evanston Community Habitat Project. Morton Civic Center, 4th Floor Parasol Room, 2100 Ridge Ave., Evanston. Contact: Patrick Deignan, (847) 448-8234 or pdeignan@cityofevanston.org.
7 p.m. — (HUNTLEY) Huntley Police Department hosts the Citizen Police Academy. Huntley Police Department, 10911 Main St., Huntley. Contact: Deputy Chief Michael Klunk, (847) 515-5344.
7:30 p.m. — (PARK RIDGE) Park Ridge Cultural Arts Council hosts “Bar for the Arts” fundraiser including a light buffet, beer, wine, raffles and an auction. Holt’s, 43 S. Prospect, Park Ridge. Contact: Adrienne Dimopoulos, (312) 961-9066 or AdrienneDimopoulos@gmail.com.
WEDNESDAY’S COURT DOCKET*
9:30 a.m. call — (BRIDGEVIEW) Dorian D. Williams, charged with reckless homicide with a motor vehicle, aggravated fleeing, aggravated DUI causing death, leaving the scene of an accident and possession of cannabis; Charged in September 2013 crash that killed a pedestrian and injured another. Status. Bridgeview Courthouse, 10220 S. 76th Ave., Bridgeview. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9 a.m. call — (MAYWOOD) Lakesha Baker, charged with Michael Scott, each charged with first-degree murder; A couple accused of beating her 1-year-old child to death and then concocting a false story about his disappearance. Status. Maywood Courthouse, 1500 Maybrook Dr., Maywood. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (MAYWOOD) Johnathan Condrey, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of stabbing his girlfriend, 37-year-old Mackie Cheshire, to death then dumping her body at a Bensenville golf course. Status. Maywood Courthouse, 1500 Maybrook Dr., Maywood. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423. (Note: Also spelled in court records at Jonathan Condrey.)
9 a.m. call — (MAYWOOD) Michael Scott, charged with Lakesha Baker, each charged with first-degree murder; A couple accused of beating her 1-year-old child to death and then concocting a false story about his disappearance. Status. Maywood Courthouse, 1500 Maybrook Dr., Maywood. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Dennis Anderson, charged with reckless homicide; Accused in a 7-20-2014 crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway that killed an off-duty Chicago Police officer. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Armani Bearden, Shatara Lehmann, Shawndre Lehmann and Alexander Robinson, all charged with first-degree murder; Accused of beating a 64-year-old man to death in December 2015 and throwing his body in a Dumpster, which was never recovered. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Dayvon Bennett and Michael Wade, each charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man and wounding two others on 5-29-2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Thomas Bishop, charged with murder; Accused in a fatal shooting and robbery witnessed by police on 10-23-2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Eric Black, charged murder and attempted murder; Accused of fatally shooting one man and wounded another at an Austin house party on 7-17-16. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Steven Blanchard, Lamont Jackson and Louis Smith, each charged with murder; Accused in the fatal beating and shooting of a man in Chatham on 12-21-2013. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Nicholas Bradbury, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting pastor’s son Abimbola Sheleru outside Bombay Hall in the West Ridge neighborhood on 11-20-16. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Olajuwon Claiborne, charged with home invasion, aggravated battery and robbing; Accused of robbing a 94-year-old woman who is a U.S. Navy veteran at her Garfield Ridge home in December 2016. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Ashauntiara Cody, Deandre Davenport, Carlisle Lopez and Victor Wilson, each charged with first-degree murder; Each accused with robbing and stabbing a Calumet City man to death in February 2013. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Ivan Cotto, charged with criminal sexual assault; A security guard at a Logan Park neighborhood school accused of having sex with a 13-year-old student in the school’s auditorium. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Tavaris Dean and Keonte Hill, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man at a West Englewood gas station on 10-13-16. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Omar Dixon, charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man on 1-14-2014 during a drug deal. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Williams Gardner, charged with murder; Accused of killing a man and injuring a teenager in a West Side shooting on 5-25-2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423. (Note: Also spelled “William” in court records.)
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Anastacio Gonzales, charged with murder and armed robbery; Accused of fatally stabbing a restaurant owner inside his Humboldt Park establishment on 4-18-2015. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Joseph Griffin, charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery; A 17-year-old charged as an adult with shooting and robbing a man in a home barbershop on 3-1-2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Kyle Hawkins, charged with failure to report a fatal accident; Driver accused of fatally striking 23-year-old Phillip Levato in a crosswalk on the Near North Side on 11-20-16. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Dominique Hodrick, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting special ed teacher Betty Howard on 5-29-2014 while aiming at another man. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Borgie Humphrey, charged with murder; A man who served 25 years in prison for a double murder, now charged in a cold case murder from 1997. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Denzel Lewis, charged with fatally shooting another teen outside a Grand Boulevard restaurant on 7-18-2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) John Montgomery, charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder; Accused of firing shots at Chicago Police detectives investigating a homicide in West Garfield Park on 3-22-16. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Jose Ortiz, charged with two counts of first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting two 19-year-old men in Austin on 6-7-15. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423. (Note: Also listed as Jose ‘Oritz’ in court records.)
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Geno Paget, charged with murder and robbery; Accused in a fatal shooting during a drug deal-turned-robbery on 5-27-2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Leszek Pawelkowski, charged with one count each of murder and home invasion armed with a firearm; accused in the 10-27-2010 home invasion and beating of Shai Miller, a jewelry supply business owner. Status. Cook County Criminal Court, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Christopher Peacock, charged with reckless homicide; Accused of driving in the single-vehicle rollover crash on Lake Shore Drive on Sept. 3, 2015 that left his passenger, 33-year-old Jillian Tsirtsis, dead. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Alonzo Redditt, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting his sister’s boyfriend in the North Lawndale neighborhood on 12-4-15 after the man beat her. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Michael Roberson, charged with kidnapping and sexual assault; Accused of sexually assaulting a woman who worked at a River North bookstore, then beating her husband when he tried to help her in Aug. 2013. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Jason Robles, charged with murder; A Cook County jail inmate accused of fatally beating another inmate in June 2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Wojciech Sadelski, charged with murder and attempted murder; Accused of beating his mother to death, and attacking and trying to run over his brother on 5-20-2015. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Larry Smith, charged with murder; Accused of killing his roommate on 12-02-2011 because he thought she stole his 32-inch television. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Eugene Spencer, charged with Qawmane Wilson and Loriana Johnson (convicted), charged with murder and various other charges; Accused of arranging the 2012 murder of Yolanda Holmes, an Uptown hair stylist and Wilson’s mother, for insurance money. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Louis Tabor, charged with first-degree murder; Accused in a fatal shooting on 7-22-2011. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California. Contact: State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Lisamarie Villasana, charged with murder; Accused of fatally beating her 5-year-old stepdaughter on 5-7-2015. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Micheail Ward, charged with Kenneth Williams, each charged with first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery with a firearm; Two men accused of shooting Hadiya Pendleton, 15, in a murder that drew national attention in Jan. 2013. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Derrick Wells, charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a 28-year-old woman outside a Morgan Park nightclub on Sept. 3, 2015. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
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