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Plainfield Teens Earn Accolades at State Journalism Competition

published Sunday, May 19th, 2013 at 9:04 am by

Submitted by Plainfield School District 202:

Four students from Plainfield East and South high schools and Plainfield High School – Central Campus earned top honors at the 2013 Illinois High School Association’s state journalism competition.

The event was held April 26 at Eastern Illinois University. The students were among 10 District 202 students to qualify for the completion. 

  • PEHS senior Nic Kosirog-Jones won first place in the “Advertising” category. This is the first time that PEHS has earned a “first” at the state journalism competition, and the first time any District 202 student has earned a first place at State since 2006.

  • PEHS junior Taylor Joniak took fifth in the “Graphics” category

  • PSHS senior Megan Deppe earned third place in the “Feature Writing” category

  • PHSCC junior Trevor Bush also earned third place in the “Editorial Cartooning” category.

These students also qualified for State but did not place: 

  • PEHS junior Annette Akuba in “Review Writing”

  • PSHS seniors Chris Higgins in “Newswriting” and “Editorial Writing”, and Rachel Hinton in “Review Writing”

  • PHSCC seniors Leah Breier in “Advertising” and Cass Mootrey in “Theme Development”; and juniors Megan Schuller in “Copy Writing” and Trevor Bush in “Theme Development.”

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Will County DUI Arrests: May 18

published Saturday, May 18th, 2013 at 10:46 pm by

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May 4 Brian Vettori, 43, 1782 Red Bud Rd., was arrested at 5:06 a.m. and charged with DUI, following a traffic stop at Boughton Road and Lindsey Lane, police said. 

May 3 Vanessa Pillow, 35, 202 Pinecrest Rd., was arrested at 1:28 a.m. and charged with speeding and two counts of DUI following a traffic stop at Janes Avenue and Falconridge Way, police said. 

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May 2 Omar Guzman, 22, 6480 Woodward Ave., Downers Grove, was arrested at 2:13 a.m. and charged with speeding, a traffic sign violation and two counts of DUI following a traffic stop at Ashbury Road and Hadleigh Drive, police said. 

April 27 Nicole Spagnola, 22, 90 Country Club Dr., Countryside, was arrested at 12:54 a.m. and charged with speeding and DUI following a traffic stop at King Arthur Way and Falconbridge Way, police said.  

April 26 Eliegey Frasier, 51, 1440 Auburn Ave., Naperville, was arrested at 1:22 a.m. and charged with improper lane usage, no insurance, DUI and resisting a peace officer following a traffic stop at Boughton Road and Naperville Road, police said. 

April 26 Todd Jenke, 27, 10 Beaver Creek Ct., was arresetd at 11:06 p.m. and charged with DUI following a traffic stop, police said.

Joliet 

May 16 Willie C. Alexander, 32, 556 Ward, ?Joliet , arrested by the Frankfort Police Department and booked into the ?Will County jail  on May 16 on charges of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, driving under the influence of alcohol, operating an uninsured motor vehicle, speeding, improper traffic lane usage and changing lanes without signal.

May 13 Carol T. Simpson, 55, 263 Nicholson, Joliet, arrested by the Will County Sheriff’s Office and booked into the ?Will County jail  on May 13 on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, blood alcohol content over .08 and speeding.

May 11 Roy C. Garcia, 31, 614 Virginia, Joliet, arrested by the Will County Sheriff’s Office and booked into the Will County jail on May 11 on charges of aggravated driving under the influence, driving under the influence, driving on a revoked/suspended license, display play attachment and improper turn signal.

May 11 Enrique Olmos-Salomon, 64, 414 Krakar Ave., Joliet, arrested by the Will County Sheriff’s Office and booked into the Will County jail on May 11 on charges of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, driving without a license, operating an uninsured motor vehicle and improper traffic lane usage.

May 11 Andrew J. Palomarez, 21, 330 Ruby St., Joliet, arrested by the Joliet Police Department and booked into the Will County jail on May 11 on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, driving without a license, driving the wrong way on a divided highway, improper traffic lane usage and no seat belt.

May 10 Linda R. Sanchez, 24, 4723 Baccarrat Court, Joliet, arrested by the Romeoville Police Department and booked into the Will County jail on May 10 on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, blood alcohol content over .08, driving without a license and failure to reduce speed.

Plainfield

May 10 Ernesto Gonzalez, 39, of the 14000 block of Capital Drive in Plainfield was arrested by Plainfield police booked into the Will County jail after police said he crashed into the railroad crossing on Route 126 while driving drunk. Sgt. Mike Fisher said Gonzalez’ vehicle smashed into the railroad gate mechanism around 1 a.m. Friday. “He demolished the whole arm assembly and pole,” Fisher said, adding Canadian National had to send out a repair crew the following day. Gonzalez is charged with aggravated DUI, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, failure to carry/display license or permit, illegal transportation of alcohol and operating an uninsured vehicle, according to jail records.

May 3 Jason Pham, 31, of the 22000 block of Marritton Road, Frankfort, was arrested by Plainfield police at 2:43 a.m. at Lockport Street and Wallin Drive and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, operating an uninsured vehicle and violating a traffic signal, police said.

Romeoville

May 12 David Abrego, 19, of the 1-100 block of Pine Lane in Hodgkins, Illinois, was arrested by  Romeoville police  and charged with aggravated DUI, driving without a valid license and driving 31-29 mph over the limit, police said.

May 10 Alfredo Casas, 26, of the 900 block of Savannah, Romeoville, was arrested by Will County Sheriff’s police and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, police said.

May 10 Linda Sanchez, 24, of the 4700 block of Baccarrat, Joliet, was arrested by Romeoville police and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and driving without a license, according to jail records.

Shorewood

May 5 Dandre M. Kelly, Crest Hill, was arrested by Shorewood police on a DUI warrant out of Chicago after his vehicle was stopped for expired registration on May 5, 2013. Kelly was unable to post bond and was transported to the Will County Adult Detention Facility.

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Plainfield Academy Administrator Becomes New Student Services Director

published Saturday, May 18th, 2013 at 12:29 pm by

Submitted by Plainfield School District 202:

Plainfield Academy Assistant Principal Tim Albores will take a new position next school year as the Student Services department’s new assistant director.

The District 202 Board of Education approved naming Albores to the post at its regular meeting on May 13, 2013. Albores will replace current assistant director Joe Schimmel, who is resigning after a year in the role.

“We are very excited to be bringing Tim to the district office,” said Mina Griffith, Assistant Superintendent for Student Services.

“He has really proven his leadership abilities in his time at Plainfield Academy and we are confident he is going to do an excellent job serving all 30 of our schools,” she said.

Albores has served the last year as assistant principal at Plainfield Academy, District 202’s alternative school for middle and high school students. 

He started his professional career in District 202 working as a social worker at Heritage Grove Middle School from 2002-2003.

He also served as a social worker from 2003-2006 at the Joliet Alternate High School in Joliet, Illinois, and from 2006-10 at Komarek School in North Riverside, Illinois.

Albores then worked as a student services case manager for two years at Wrightwood Charter School in Chicago and then came back to District 202 last year.

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Killer’s Gal Wanted to Talk But Lawyer Threatened to Walk: New Filing

published Saturday, May 18th, 2013 at 2:09 am by

Ricardo Gutierrez

Ricardo Gutierrez was convicted of gunning down a man who supposedly threatened his girlfriend and her baby.

Court papers field this week claim that same girlfriend wanted to testify at Gutierrez’s trial but her lawyer threatened to walk out on her if she did.

Gutierrez’s attorney, Jeff Tomczak, presented the allegation to Will County Judge Paula Alessio Policandriotes during a Friday morning hearing. Gutierrez was scheduled to be sentenced to prison Friday but that was pushed back by Tomczak’s motion.

Gutierrez, 24, was found guilty in March of murdering Javier Barrios in October 2007. Barrios was 18 when he was killed.

Gutierrez’s girlfriend, 24-year-old Gabriela Escutia, was arrested and charged with Barrios’ murder along with him. She remains in the county jail awaiting her trial.

Escutia actually shot Barrios first, Plainfield police said. She allegedly set up a rendezvous with Barrios in a field on Route 59 near a Meijer service station. Gutierrez reportedly joined her for the meeting.

Barrios, a Romeoville resident, ran away after Escutia shot him, police said. Gutierrez chased after him and shot him in the back, then shot him again while he was lying face-down on the ground, prosecutors said.

Tomczak’s filing said he learned that Escutia told her mother at some point in the last week “that but for her attorneys threatening to withdraw from her case, she would have testified as requested by the defendant.”

The filing mentions the conversation may have been recorded “as a consequence of (Escutia) being incarcerated in Will County jail.”

Tomczak said he will subpoena the recording of the telephone conversation between Escutia and her mother. The attorney representing Escutia, Neil Patel, told Judge Alessio-Policandriotes he wants her taken from jail to court when the matter is further argued next month.

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Medical Marijuana Bill Passed by Illinois Senate; Quinn Last Hurdle

published Friday, May 17th, 2013 at 3:51 pm by

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By a vote of 35-21, the Illinois Senate approved legislation on Friday for doctors in the state to prescribe marijuana as pain relief for severe medical conditions, sending the bill to Gov. Pat Quinn for final signing.

According to the Chicago Tribune, the bill covers 33 specific conditions—including multiple sclerosis, cancer and HIV infection—and includes several controls, with a four-year trial program, dosage limits, fingerprinting, background checks and licensed dispensing centers.

“This bill is filled with walls to keep this limited,” the paper quoted sponsoring Sen. Bill Haine (D-Alton) saying, urging lawmakers to pass the legislation as a compassionate measure for those suffering with extreme pain.

In opposition, Sen. Kyle McCarter (R-Lebanon) said there should be more concern for parents “who will never be relieved from the pain of losing a child due to addiction which in many cases started with [this] very illegal, FDA-unapproved addiction-forming drug,” the paper reports.

The bill passed the House in March. Gov. Quinn has not yet indicated whether or not he intends to sign the bill.

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