WEDNESDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS*
9 a.m. — (CHICAGO) City Council committees meet at City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle.
–9 a.m. Committees, Rules and Ethics in Room 201A. Contact: (312) 744-3300.
–11 a.m. License and Consumer Protection in Room 201A. Contact: (312) 744-3180.
–Noon Pedestrian and Traffic Safety in Room 201A. Contact: (312) 744-6813.
9 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Metra Board of Directors meets. Metra General Offcies, Board Room, 547 W. Jackson Blvd. Contact: (312) 322-6776.
10 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Chicago Urban League hosts a citywide job fair, “The Color of Success.” Until 2 p.m. UIC Forum, 725 W. Roosevelt Rd. Contact: (773) 624-8800.
10 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Navy Pier will celebrate the Summer Solstice with live musical performances and the debut of a new temporary public art installation. Until 10 p.m. 600 E. Grand Ave. Contact: Payal Patel, (847) 533-6742 or ppatel@navypier.com. (Note: Media parking is available along the North Dock near Giordano’s, or the west side of Polk Bros Park.)
10 a.m. — (LINCOLNSHIRE) Police officers from multiple law enforcement agencies will hand out McDonald’s voucher cards at the Lincolnshire Police Department’s youth summer camp. Adlai E. Stevenson High School, 1 Stevenson Dr., Lincolnshire. Contact: Deputy Chief Michael Szos, (847) 459-2560 or pdpio@vbg.org.
11 a.m. — (CHICAGO) 37th annual Taste of Chicago preview will feature 13 food vendors and food trucks, live painting by a street art and graffiti alley artist and a March of the Puppets procession. Until 2 p.m. Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington St. Contact: Mary May, (312) 744-0576 or mary.may@cityofchicago.org.
Noon — (CHICAGO) Summer Solstice Celebration at Navy Pier features live music, and debut of new temporary public art installation and more. Polk Bros. Park, 600 E. Grand Ave. Contact: Payal Patel, ppatel@navypier.com or (312) 595-5073.
4 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Chicago KICS Community Academy will host a celebratory sendoff for the first-ever youth soccer teams from Chicago to travel to compete in Cuba. Dunbar Park, 300 E. 31st St. Contact: Tina Feldstein, (312) 401-2688 or tina@kicscup.com.
5 p.m. — (NAPERVILLE) Naperville police and Junior Woman’s Club host “Open Bike Night” for children between 3 and 10. Safety Town, 1320 Aurora Ave., Naperville. Contact: Cmdr. Louis Cammiso, (630) 420-4137 or cammisol@napervile.il.us.
5:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) 26th annual Chicago Bike Week presents Bike Commuter Challenge Happy Hour Pit Stop. Revolution Tap Room, 3340 N. Kedzie Blvd. Contact: Clare McDermott, (312) 216-0466 or clare@activetrans.org.
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Ruchir Sharma of Morgan Stanley Investment Management speaks on “Growth Markets: The Next Champions of the Global Economy” with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Conference Center, 1st floor, 130 E. Randolph St. Contact: (312) 726-3860.
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Ald. Chris Taliaferro hosts participatory budgeting assembly. Rutherford-Sayre Park, 6871 W. Belden Ave. Contact: ward29@cityofchicago.org.
7 p.m. — (ROSEMONT) British singer-songwriter James Arthur will perform as part of “Eric and Kathy’s Concert for the Kids” benefitting Lurie Children’s Hospital. MB Financial Park, 5501 Park Pl., Rosemont. Contact: Alex Jakubiak, (847) 924-6110 or alexj@carolfoxassociates.com.
WEDNESDAY’S COURT DOCKET*
9 a.m. call — (MARKHAM) Robin Erwin, charged with first-degree murder; A woman accused of fatally stabbing her son during fight over ice cream in September 2013 in Sauk Village. Status. Markham Courthouse, 16501 S. Kedzie Pkwy., Markham. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9 a.m. call — (MAYWOOD) Joseph Kestian, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of strangling his elderly mother in October 2010 in a drunken fury. Status. Maywood Courthouse, Room 103, 1500 Maybrook Dr., Maywood. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Eliseo Acosta, pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting 18-year-old Ricardo C. Mendez-Bucio in a gang dispute in Brighton Park on 4-13-15. 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 A. Anderson, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a 14-year-old boy in Austin on 8-24-14. 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) Matthew Cobbs, Eddie Simmons and Ahmad Walker, all charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man in Old Town on 11-16-2014. 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) Omar Dishman, charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder; Accused of fatally shooting one man and wounding another in Back of the Yards on 4-26-16. 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) Shane Eli, pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting 19-year-old Alex Malone in a gang dispute in West Garfield Park on 4-15-15. 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) Robert Goodman, charged with Demetrius Spencer, each charged with first-degree murder; Two South Side men accused of fatally shooting a man on Nov. 30, 2011. 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) Mark Harbin, charged with first-degree murder; Accused in a shooting that killed an East Garfield Park man in front of his father on 11-30-13. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Samuel Higgins and Clarence Sams, both charged with murder and robbery; Accused in the beating death and robbery of an 88-year-old man waiting for the bus on 9-25-2014. 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) Jason Hooks, charged with aggravated sexual assault; Accused of sexually assaulting a 31-year-old woman in the South Loop in Nov. 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) Charles Johnson, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fleeing to Iowa after fatally shooting a man in a South Shore apartment on 11-7-2014. 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) Shaqeil Quenshaun Kimber, charged with murder and aggravated battery; Accused of fatally stabbing one woman and wounding another in Park Manor on 5-20-16. 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) Travion Lockett, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting Daysha Wright on 3-9-16 in West Town. 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) Deonte Logan, charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting two nephews of an Illinois state senator on 7-5-15 because the brothers did not intervene when he was beaten up at a July 4th party. 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) Julio A. Lopez, charged with leaving the scene of an accident; Accused of running over and killing a woman, then leaving the scene on 11-17-2013. 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) Giovanni Martinez, charged with Claudius Jackson both charged with murder; accused of a fatal shooting 11-20-2012 in the Albany Park neighborhood. 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) Lavonte Moore, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a teen on the West Side on 5-20-2011. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Jacob Morales, charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting 26-year-old Andre Donner Jr. in Englewood on 10-13-15. 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) Adnan Nafasat, charged with criminal sexual assault, unlawful restraint and kidnapping; An Uber driver accused of sexually assaulting a customer in his car. 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 Parkman, charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting someone on 5-28-2013 as part of an ongoing feud stemming from a 2012 murder over a gold necklace. 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) Breanna Patterson, charged with first-degree murder and home invasion; Woman charged after she and her armed boyfriend broke into a West Englewood home, and he was shot dead by Chicago Police. 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) Jermaine Powell, charge with Joshua Grayer, both charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man in the Austin neighborhood on 10-24-2014. 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) Elvin L. Prince, Jr., charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a teenage boy in the Ashburn neighborhood on 5-19-2014. 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) 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) Sean Shelton, charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man in a West Pullman drive-by shooting on 7-1-2013. Arraignment. 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) Paul M. Szydlowski, charged with reckless homicide; Accused of killing his passenger in a motorcycle crash in West Rogers Park on 7-20-15. 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) Daniel Travis, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally stabbing a man during an argument on 3-19-2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
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