for the new charges against him bail was set at $5 million . in a w g n exclusive interview last december the former police officer had been convicted previously four times for exposing himself and trying to conductabduct young girls and he tried to abduct a young boy last week . jewitt said that he could potentially strike again . the potential is always there is something i have to realize in be in defense mode . today he appeared in a t-shirt and shorts and was in motionless as the details were outlined in court he will be back monday to face charges of violating parole if he were able to post the 5 $9 bond for these new charges he would not be able to have any contact with young children . 3 suspects including a former police officer being held without bail for the murder of a chicago woman in river forest. police said a chervon alexander was gunned down in a car next to her boyfriend the former officer monday night in a parking lot near dominican university investigat
top story seen around the country storm has passed the damage is done and now lights back on sean lewis live in downers grove when there is an evacuation underway at a senior citizen residence still without power tonight correct, we are at oaktree towers a 164 you get six story senior citizen high rise no power in a building not just a nuisance it is dangerous and potentially deadly which is why voluntary evacuation offered to residents so far nine residents have said yes to being moved to a cooling center in lyle until power is restored other residents making the most of its sitting outside talking com ed warning much of northern illinois ted knight those without power right now could be without power for days. mother nature doing her thing the storm fast and furious packing winds up to 80 mi. per hour from the northern suburbs ripped off the power box from the house and these wires started dancing to the south side with wind up proving a tree and crashed into the
adages three entered 58,000 homes and businesses are still without power across the chicago area 75,000 outages are reported in the western region 29,000 in the south and 53,000 in the city of chicago. monica schneider is live at kill some park with a reportgilson park with a live repot some people did get lucky here they got some power but many did not looking and downtown wilmettte says it all that looks like a ghost town at the moment in this northern suburb it will continue to look this way until commonwealth edison can get electricity restored sadly nothing can restore this 265 year-old bicentennial ash tree one of the oldest such trees in the entire state of illinois in was a proud local landmark here is a picture of what it used to look like courtesy of the village president the village has done a lot to treat it and save it over the last few years they kept alive through by the infestations and all kinds of things but mother nature ultimately took the tree down . we
envisions the chicago children s museum staying put but expanding scrapping the earlier controversial plan to relocate it to grant park. this was all rolled out at a joint board meeting of the chicago pier and exposition authority the owner and operator of the pier and navy pier inconnu nonprofit organization that will govern manage the facility . also plans for a updated landscaping and increased green space and restaurants shops and perhaps a boutique hotel will be in the mx . we will sit down and explore with feasibility the development prospects . in order for this all to move forward we need a development partner but when we implement all of this stuff navy pier will be just unbelievable an unbelievably spectacular place for chicago this price tag is about a hundred $55 million this does not take into account private investment and new report shows that beaches and the chicago area of some of the dirtiest water in the country. julian crews has a live report this is certa
gunman who shot a 22 year-old cta passenger . the 22 year- old man fortunate to be alive recovering from his wounds at stroger hospital the victim was shot in the thigh and abdomen and the attempted armed robbery happened just before 1:00 in the morning at the south pulaski blueline stop the victim was coming down the stairs when the stickup man pulled a gun investigators say that the motive for this crime was robbery but the gunman appears to have been unsuccessful fleeing the scene quickly after firing the two shots earlier this month if the cta announced plans to double the number of train station security cameras the transit agency has been installing high resolution of ankle security cameras to improve safety at cta train stops the writer that we spoke to said they noticed improvement but they are still a bit on easy about riding the trains at night . it s scary because if i m by myself and there s nobody around sometimes it would be nice if we had better lighting at lea