Chicagoist Weekend Blotter
By Prescott Carlson in News on Nov 21, 2010 9:30PM
- "Is that you, Pat?"
- Two brothers have been arrested and accused of felony theft and money laundering after they allegedly bought a truck full of $100,000 worth of what they thought were stolen goods. Police also confiscated over $4.5 million in cash from their homes.
- Police say a custody dispute may be the basis for a Westmont man's shooting spree that left 4 dead, including himself and a 6-year-old girl.
- A second man has been sentenced to 120 years in prison for the brutal murders of the parents of former CLTV and radio host Garrard McClendon.
- A new report from a prison watchdog group says that the current treatment of inmates at the downstate Tamms Correctional Center "need not be this harsh."