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UpdatedMon, Feb 22, 2021 at 4:45 pm CT Replies(6) Darien City Council candidate John Laratta maintains a residence in an eight-story condominium complex in a Tampa suburb along the Gulf of Mexico, according to government records. (Google Maps) This is the view from the condominium complex where Darien City Council candidate John Laratta maintains a residence in Redington Beach, Fla., according to government records. (Google Maps) DARIEN, IL Earlier this month, Darien City Council candidate John Laratta wrote in a Patch candidate questionnaire that he had retired to Florida. Candidates for municipal office must live in the cities they seek to represent. Laratta s statement prompted Patch to give a closer look at whether he lives in Darien or Florida. ....
UpdatedTue, Jan 19, 2021 at 12:54 pm CT Replies(83) John Laratta, who is facing Ward 5 incumbent Mary Sullivan in the April 6 election, is under criminal investigation in connection with a 2019 shooting, police records indicate. (Shutterstock) DARIEN, IL Darien police are continuing to investigate a 2019 shooting in which a Darien City Council candidate is a suspect, records show. Darien Patch filed a public records request for the police report and the complaint. The police department did not release the report, saying doing so would interfere with an ongoing criminal investigation. Subscribe According to a Darien police news release at the time, officers responded to a call of possible shots fired in the 8000 block of Barrymore Drive late the night of Dec. 29, 2019. ....