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Column: President Trump’s Grinches remain giddy over their hero
As we enter this joyous holiday season, Grinches are moving among us. Mainly they are cranky Trumpites who are not happy. With me.
They may or may not be pear-shaped or green, as Dr. Seuss described the original Grinch in 1957. They may or may not live in Whoville. They may or may not want to steal Christmas.
I don’t know since they expressed their displeasure in e-mails since I wondered last month: “Are you better off than you were four years ago?”
That question was one of the reasons an Illinois favorite son, Republican Ronald Reagan, was elected president 45 years ago. Sitting inside the moral kiosk, it was a fair question.
Those snarky and sarcastic responses should have been expected. I ignored the warning from Mr. Vernon in Lake Forester John Hughes’ classic 1985 film “The Breakfast Club”: “Don’t mess with the bull … you’ll get the horns.”
I questioned if those red-white-and-blue supporters of President Donald Trump continue to feel they are better off a year after their hero was elected to his second four-year term. It was a feat not accomplished since Democrat Grover Cleveland, a former New York governor, became the first president to serve nonconsecutive terms.
Despite continuing plunges in the president’s polling numbers, his supporters retain the optimism of Cindy-Lou Who. They say they are better off.
Others seemed honest in their appraisals of the president’s first year since the 2024 election. Most went after the messenger.
Like a reader named Fred: “It never ceases to amaze me the hatred that we get from the Left for our Nation’s President. Love him or hate him, President Trump is delivering on his campaign promises he made to ALL Americans.”
He believes the U.S. southern border is secure, the cost of the federal government and the national debt is being reduced, the stock market is running at record high levels, Americans will receive a tax cut, wages are up. Fred may be wrong on a number of issues, fact-checking may find.
“The average rate of inflation is less than the 3% rate Trump inherited from Biden and the Dems, who gave us the worst inflation in 42 years,” another said. “He stopped the ridiculous and dangerous gender-affirming care, and Trump is protecting women by keeping men out of women’s sports.”
A reader pointed out, “Trump is leading NATO and the world towards global peace with eight peace agreements to his credit — unmatched by any Democrat in our nation’s history!” Once again, a simple fact-check would negate that statement, but why quibble?
“Are we better off — you bet we are,” one wrote succinctly.
As for the president’s on-again/off-again tariffs on U.S. trading partners, “the impact on inflation was insignificant, in addition most companies have absorbed the cost of the tariffs.”
Christmas shoppers may have a different take on that.
“Economically, we’re headed in the right direction,” one concluded. “And most of us who work hard and don’t rely on government handouts are better off.”
Some take Trump’s pronouncements with a grain of salt, like his proposing invading Greenland or making Canada our 51st state. “You mention Canada and Greenland, really? None of us took him seriously about that … so move on.”
Hmm.
“He likes to throw crazy ideas out there to give the impression of being powerful,” reader Tom said. “That obviously was just stupid.”
Then there was this opinion: “Trump’s a knucklehead (as we all know) for saying those dumb things about Greenland & Canada.”
There’s one juncture many can agree on.
“My answer is YES I am, and more so we WILL be better off with him,” wrote one. “Are you really implying we’d be better off with Kamala?”
Guess we’ll never know.
One reader listed the main issues he agrees with President Trump: “Reduction in the size of government; reducing the bureaucracy; shutting down the borders and getting illegal criminals out; reducing the drugs coming in; reducing crime; stop the handouts and overspending and reduce our debt; have fair tariffs; reduce the excessive wokeness; having a strong, confident president to stand up to world leaders.”
Like Russian President Vladimir Putin?
One Trumpian backer has a few misgivings about the president: “I wish he wasn’t so divisive and egotistical. It’s adding uncertainty and not helping bring calm.”
Others feel the president is being picked on, like this person: “Democrats just hate Trump SO much I’m doubtful he could do anything where’d they’d publicly agree and the media doesn’t help.”
Blame the media!
Then there was the reader who declared: “We need strong, common-sense leadership.”
That’s something we can all agree on.
Charles Selle is a former News-Sun reporter, political editor and editor.
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https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/president-donald-trump-grinches/
Lincoln-Way West Turning Point USA affiliate approved by Student Council
Students at Lincoln-Way West High School in New Lenox who applied to form a Club America, the high school affiliate of Turning Point USA, had their application approved Tuesday by the Student Council.
The club’s application generated some controversy when supporters, including Will County Republican Party Chair Christina Clausen, accused the school of treating the students unfairly and subjecting them to overly stringent requirements.
Lincoln-Way High School District 210 has said the process for club formation was the same for Club America as it is for every other club, requiring student signatures and a staff sponsor.
Turning Point USA became a political lightning rod across the country after its founder, conservative activist Charlie Kirk, was assassinated in September. Teachers across Illinois were subjected to intense backlash for personal social media statements made following Kirk’s death, including one in Oak Forest.
elewis@chicagotribune.com
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/lincoln-way-west-turning-point-usa-2/
Estrasburgo suspende al delantero Emmanuel Emegha por un partido
Por JEROME PUGMIRE
PARÍS (AP) — Estrasburgo suspendió al delantero y capitán Emmanuel Emegha por un partido por no respetar “los valores, expectativas y reglas” del club de la liga francesa.
Los blanquiazules anunciaron la decisión en un comunicado sin dar más detalles, pero dijo que el jugará neerlandés regresará para el siguiente partido.
“Esta decisión se tomó tras el reciente incumplimiento del jugador de los valores, expectativas y reglas del club”, rezó el comunicado. “Emmanuel sigue siendo un miembro importante de nuestro equipo, quien siempre ha dado todo por el club en el campo. Será reincorporado al equipo después de este partido”.
Estrasburgo visitará el sábado a Tolosa en la Ligue 1 y luego viajará a Escocia para enfrentar a Aberdeen en la Conference League el 11 de diciembre.
El diario deportivo francés L’Equipe informó que la decisión se tomó después de los recientes comentarios de Emegha a los medios.
En una entrevista posterior al partido el mes pasado, después de anotar dos veces en la victoria 2-0 contra Lille, insinuó que Estrasburgo no pudo vencer a Mónaco y Paris Saint-Germain esta temporada porque él no jugó en esos partidos.
En otra entrevista con un medio holandés, Emegha supuestamente dijo que pensaba que Estrasburgo estaba en Alemania cuando fichó con el club hace dos años.
Emegha, de 22 años, impresionó la temporada pasada con 14 goles en la liga. Estrasburgo finalizó séptimo.
El atacante suma cuatro goles en la liga en siete partidos hasta ahora esta temporada, y tres tantos en competición europea.
Estrasburgo accedió a la Conference League después de vencer al equipo danés Bröndby en un playoff, con Emegha como autor de un doblete en el partido de vuelta.
En septiembre, el entrenador Liam Rosenior arremetió contra los aficionados del club que mostraron una pancarta criticando a Emegha y pidiéndole que devolviera el brazalete de capitán debido a su traspaso la próxima temporada al Chelsea de la Liga Premier.
Estrasburgo ha sido propiedad del grupo que controla a Chelsea, BlueCo, desde 2023.
Una pancarta en la multitud durante un partido en casa contra Le Havre decía: “Emegha, peón de BlueCo. Después de cambiar de camiseta, devuelve tu brazalete”. Emegha había publicado un video en Instagram de él volando a Londres y firmando con Chelsea, lo que supuestamente molestó a los aficionados de Estrasburgo.
El vínculo entre los dos clubes ha sido explotado, sobre todo cuando Chelsea vendió al lateral izquierdo inglés Ben Chilwell a Estrasburgo en un acuerdo de dos años.
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Deportes AP: https://apnews.com/hub/deportes
James Boasberg Snubs Senate Hearing On ‘Rogue Judges’
James Boasberg Snubs Senate Hearing On ‘Rogue Judges’
Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA,
Two of the federal judges facing impeachment threats refused to attend a Wednesday Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on “rogue judges.”
James Boasberg and Deborah Boardman, district judges in Washington and Maryland, respectively, told the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts that they would not appear over concerns about the separation of powers and judicial ethics.
Their refusal was delivered through a Nov. 12 letter sent by U.S. Judge Robert Conrad, the director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, to Sen. Ted Cruz, who chairs the subcommittee.
Conrad claimed that allowing the judges to testify could violate ethics rules and “encroach upon the separation of powers,” according to the Daily Caller.
He cited judicial rule Canon 3A(6), which forbids judges from testifying about matters they have decided or that may be pending before them.
“The commentary to this provision explains that the ‘admonition against public comment about the merits of a pending or impending matter continues until the appellate process is complete,’” Conrad added.
Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Judge Robert Conrad cited part of the code of conduct stating a judge “should not make public comment on the merits of a matter pending or impending in any court.”
— Katelynn Richardson (@katesrichardson) December 2, 2025
Cruz scheduled the hearing to examine possible impeachment proceedings against federal judges accused of overstepping their authority.
Boasberg is one of those judges, Republicans argue. He is facing impeachment threats from Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas,
Gill filed the articles of impeachment accusing Boasberg of abusing his “judicial authority” for approving Biden-era search warrants targeting Republican lawmakers and other conservative organizations part of the Jan. 6 investigation.
“Judge Boasberg was an accomplice in the egregious Arctic Frost scandal where he equipped the Biden DOJ to spy on Republican senators,” Gill wrote in a statement.
“His lack of integrity makes him clearly unfit for the gavel.”
Boardman is also facing impeachment efforts, this time from Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, over her lenient eight-year sentence for the convicted would-be assassin of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Boardman cited the attacker’s declared transgender identity to justify sparing him from a harsher penalty.
“Boardman unequivocally based this weak sentence on the attempted assassin’s ‘gender identity,’ as the attempted assassin expressed that he views himself as a woman,” Roy wrote in a separate statement. “Instead of doing what the Judiciary calls for and sentencing this man to the base 30-year sentence recommended by the Department of Justice, Judge Boardman purposefully allowed this man off easy.”
Tyler Durden
Wed, 12/03/2025 – 11:25
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/james-boasberg-snubs-senate-hearing-rogue-judges
Presidente boliviano anticipa eliminación del subsidio al pan, algunos panaderos aumentan el precio
Por PAOLA FLORES
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Decenas de bolivianos hacían fila el miércoles afuera de la panadería de Nora Vargas, quien ha decidido mantener el precio del pan luego de que el presidente Rodrigo Paz anunciara que analiza quitar un subsidio a la harina implementado durante los precedentes gobiernos de izquierda y salpicado por denuncias de corrupción.
Mientras el poderoso gremio de los panaderos impuso unilateralmente un aumento de 7 a 12 centavos de dólar la hogaza de pan, Vargas se niega a sumarse a la suba.
“¿Cómo voy a vender caro? Yo no tengo ese corazón… También tengo mi familia, mis hermanos tienen sus hijitos… yo con un poquito que gano me conformo”, dijo a The Associated Press la mujer de 64 años mientras atendía su negocio en un barrio del noroeste de La Paz.
El precio del pan, el alimento básico de los bolivianos y llamado popularmente “de batalla”, se ha convertido en un símbolo de la peor crisis económica de las últimas cuatro décadas.
El gobierno de Luis Arce (2020-2025) subvencionada en un 80% la harina y otros insumos para la elaboración de pan a fin de mantener su precio congelado y que no repercuta en la inflación, que entre enero y octubre alcanzó el 19,2%. Este año el presupuesto para el subsidio fue de 107 millones de dólares. Bolivia importa harina, principalmente de Argentina, porque su producción no es autosuficiente.
La subvención a la harina se centralizaba en la estatal Empresa de Apoyo a la Producción de Alimentos (EMAPA), investigada por presunta corrupción.
La justicia estableció un daño económico por casi un millón de dólares que involucra a Rubén Ríos, dirigente del gremio de los panaderos. Ríos detenido por supuuesto incumplimiento de deberes, enriquecimiento ilícito, conducta antieconómica y contratos lesivos al Estado por venta ilegal de harina subvencionada.
“Subvención es igual a corrupción y eso no va más con este gobierno”, dijo el martes el ministro de Desarrollo Productivo, Rural y Agua, Óscar Mario Justiniano. “El gobierno trabaja en un plan para que los bolivianos tengan el mejor precio del pan”, acotó.
Paz anticipó el fin de semana que trabaja en un proyecto para eliminar el subsidio y a la vez fijar un precio justo del pan en el marco de un programa económico que busca poner fin a la política de subvenciones estatales de los gobiernos del izquierdista Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) que estuvo en el poder en los casi últimos 20 años.
Vargas aseguró que al mantener bajo el precio ha tenido que aumentar la producción, ya que cada día se concentran más compradores afuera de su negocio. Su decisión no le ha caído bien al gremio: la mujer denunció que ha sido intimidada y las autoridades municipales de La Paz le han asignado dos guardias para vigilar su casa.
La crisis económica en Bolivia comenzó hace dos años debido a una caída en las ventas al exterior de gas natural, el principal producto de exportación, lo que a su vez provocó una falta de dólares que el país necesita para importar combustibles que compra a precio internacional y vende subsidiados en el mercado interno.
La escasez de combustible y el alza en el costo de vida provocaron en las últimas elecciones la catastrófica derrota del MAS que había gobernado el país desde 2006, primero con Evo Morales y luego con Arce.
Paz llegó al poder con la promesa de eliminar gradualmente los subsidios, entregar bonos compensatorios a estudiantes y ancianos y distribuir de forma equitativa los ingresos entre el Estado central y las regiones.
“Sube el pan, sube todo, pedimos al gobierno que su proyecto no sea de golpe y sea gradual y sea pronto. No vamos a poder aguantar mucho”, dijo Emilio Chura, un taxista de 67 años que hizo fila por más de una hora en la panadería de Vargas.
WTI Holds Gains As Cushing ‘Tank Bottoms’ Loom; US Crude Production At Record High
WTI Holds Gains As Cushing ‘Tank Bottoms’ Loom; US Crude Production At Record High
Oil prices are higher this morning after API’s report showed crude inventories fell last week, while negotiations to end Russia’s war on Ukraine failed to reach an agreement.
Prices have stuck in a narrow range in recent weeks as geopolitical concerns have countered rising supply as OPEC+ returned 2.6-million barrels of production cuts to market amid increasing production outside of the cartel.
But a lack of progress in U.S.-led negotiations to reach a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia and the Trump Administration’s military build up off Venezuela continue to command a risk premium for the commodity.
“Traders weighed prospects for an end to the war in Ukraine while watching for Trump’s next moves on Venezuela. Ahead of today’s EIA report, the API said US crude stockpiles rose by 2.5 million barrels last week. Overall, Brent and WTI remain confined to tight ranges as ample global supply continues to offset geopolitical risk,” Saxo Bank noted.
Will the official data confirm API’s
API
Crude -2.48mm
Cushing -89k
Gasoline +3.1mm
Distillates +2.88mm
DOE
Crude +574k
Cushing -457k
Gasoline +4.518mm – biggest build since May
Distillates +2.059mm
The official report was delayed but once it hit, it showed a small crude build (as opposed to API’s reported draw). Products saw big builds (Gasoline largest weekly add since May) and Cushing stocks fell for the 4th straight week…
Source: Bloomberg
Cushing’s ongoing draws leave stocks near ‘tank bottoms’ once again…
Source: Bloomberg
US Crude production hovers near record highs despite the rapid decline in rig counts…
Source: Bloomberg
WTI is holding gains after the delayed data…
Source: Bloomberg
Geopolitical tensions are keeping the market jittery and adding a risk premium to prices, partly countering concerns about a surplus. That includes US rhetoric against Venezuela, with President Donald Trump suggesting the Pentagon will soon start targeting drug cartels with strikes on land.
“The Brent crude price remained roughly unchanged in the low $60s over the last week as Russia-Ukraine peace talks continue,” Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analysts including Yulia Grigsby said.
“Oil markets and prediction markets do not appear to price a large probability of a near-term peace agreement and removal of the sanctions on Russia oil.”
Grigsby also noted that overall levels of Russian oil exports have remained robust, even after US penalties on Lukoil and Rosneft, as sales rapidly pivoted to non-sanctioned producers.
On the bright side, the broadly weaker trend on crude oil prices has dragged gas (pump) prices down to their lowest since May 2021…
Source: Bloomberg
While it’s not exactly ‘drill, baby, drill’, it’s certainly what Trump wanted (the question is, will the lower price push shale producers to cut production… and round and round we go).
Tyler Durden
Wed, 12/03/2025 – 11:18
Column: Photographer Sandro Miller’s new book celebrates 50 years of faces
Moose was worried.
Bill “Moose” Skowron was one of the greatest baseball players of his time. A Chicago native and 16-inch softball legend, he played for years on the New York Yankees (28 home runs in 1961) and was best pals with Mickey Mantle. He came to the White Sox for a while to play and had been retired and working in community relations for that team when I met him in 2000.
That year, he and I were on our way to photographer Sandro Miller’s studio on the Near West Side. Moose was uneasy because, almost inconceivably, he had never sat for a formal portrait before preparing to do so for a story I was writing.
“What kind of person takes the picture?” Moose asked. “Am I dressed OK?”
He told me that his wife, Virginia, had urged him to wear a conservative outfit of white shirt, dark tie, sport coat and slacks. The meeting and the photo session started awkwardly, but eventually Miller won Moose over, and the ballplayer allowed the photographer’s assistants to apply makeup, get him to change into a black turtleneck sweater and to pose in various ways (including biting down on a baseball) that made for many striking images.
“Good guy, Sandro,” said Moose on the way back to his suburban home. “Hope he’s good at taking pictures.”
This memory came rushing back when I opened a remarkable new book, “On Earth as It Is Not in Heaven” (Skira Press), 276 pages filled with 229 photos and some words from a small gathering of the voices of photography experts David Campany, Phillip Prodger, Anne Morin and Alan Cohen, former Chicago journalist and prize winning poet Patricia Smith and some guy named John Malkovich.
Sandro Miller’s photos explode across the pages, like some visual fireworks display, holding the eyes and intriguing the mind and, often, grabbing the heart.
The book answers Skowron’s old question with a resounding, profound “Yes.”
Yes, Sandro Miller is good at taking pictures, extraordinarily good.
He has taken thousands of them over the last half century, ever since growing up in Elgin, remembering being a 5-year-old, the eldest to three children, and learning that his father had been killed in an auto accident. He writes of that and of his first experience with cameras and the amazing journey that followed, a trip that he still sees as his salvation. He writes that the book “is my tribute to humankind from birth to death. These portraits were not made for me, and they were not made for my sitter, the portraits were created for you, the viewer.”
He has shot for hundreds of national advertising campaigns for clients such as American Express, BMW, Pepsi, Nikon, Microsoft, Nike and the U.S. Army. He has had solo shows here and in Germany and Italy, and his editorial work has been featured in The New Yorker, GQ, Esquire, Time, Forbes, ESPN Magazine and the Tribune.
Boxer Muhammad Ali has long been one of Sandro Miller’s favorite subjects, here from his new book “On Earth as It Is Not in Heaven,” published this month. (Sandro Miller).
“On Earth as It Is Not in Heaven” is his 16th book. Previously, he traveled to Cuba and produced “Imagine Cuba, 1999-2007,” published in 2009. There were many Cuban boxers in the book, some famous in pugilistic circles. There are also wrestlers, volleyball players, and swimmers. But Miller was obviously also grabbed by the less acclaimed or physically chiseled folks, those he calls “the people of Cuba on the streets (who) filled a void in my soul, a void that felt empty with loss” after his father’s death.
He brings dignity and humanity to so-called ordinary people in the book, as he does often and powerfully.
A very different book came in 2012. It was “Sandro: Raw: Steppenwolf,” a massive, 234-page book with many photos and a few words that weighed about 15 pounds. As I wrote then, “If you think you know the members of the Steppenwolf ensemble from their stage, TV and film work … seeing them through Miller’s lens will etch them in your mind in new and vibrant ways.”
It came about as another form of salvation when Miller was diagnosed with stage 4 throat and neck cancer. He told me, “I knew I was in for an arduous eight-month journey. I knew that the treatments would make it impossible for me to work with clients. I knew that I needed something to help me heal.”
So, he dove into his files and found thousands of photos he had taken for Steppenwolf over the previous 14 years, since he was first hired to shoot actors’ portraits for use in posters, playbills and advertisements.
“In dusting off the old negatives, I remembered what amazing things took place in the studio after we did what we needed to do,” he said. “Over the years, I have gotten to know many of them well, and there is a level of trust we have cultivated.”
His most intense photographer-subject relationship has been and remains John Malkovich. The two have collaborated on such books as “Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich: Homage to Photographic Masters,” “Malkovich Sessions,” and “Malkovich: Then Came John.” In these, Malkovich is photographed dressed as such famous stars as Bette Davis and Orson Welles, and also recreates famous photos. He’s got a few shots in this new book, in which he writes that Miller “is a fantastic colleague and friend, a great storyteller and a wonderfully gifted seeker and finder of truths.”
“On Earth as It Is Not in Heaven” is being formally published this week, with a book signing event at his studio for friends and family, including his wife, filmmaker Claudie-Aline Miller and two adult children, Nathan and Natalia.
As far as I know, he will continue taking pictures, and that’s good. “Moose” Skowron died in 2012, but it’s my understanding that he kept in his living room a framed photo of himself that Miller had sent him after their 2000 photo shoot. And now, having spent time with Miller’s work again, I realized how much of my life and career has been spent in the company of photographers. I have known famous ones — Art Shay, Victor Skrebneski, Steve Schapiro, Jack Lane and more. And there have been all the years in the company of the Tribune’s Charles Osgood and many other great newspaper photographers.
And yet, I remain blissfully ignorant of their art. Matters such as lighting and composition are foreign to me. But the results so often amaze me, as they do in this new book, that what they do seems like magic.
rkogan@chicagotribune.com
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/photographer-sandro-miller/
Presidenta mexicana Claudia Sheinbaum viajará a Washington para asistir al sorteo del Mundial 2026
Por FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — La presidenta mexicana, Claudia Sheinbaum, anunció el miércoles que viajará a Washington para presenciar el 5 de diciembre el sorteo de la Copa Mundial 2026 junto a su par estadounidense, Donald Trump, ocasión en la que se verán por primera vez cara a cara.
Tras varios días de espera, Sheinbaum despejó las dudas sobre su participación en el sorteo y dijo durante su conferencia matutina que además de Trump, estará presente en el mismo junto al primer ministro de Canadá, Mark Carney.
El torneo se disputará desde el 11 de junio al 19 de julio de 2026 en 16 ciudades de México, Estados Unidos y Canadá. El estadio Azteca de la Ciudad de México albergará el partido inaugural.
“Es un evento muy corto, pero es un buen momento para estar los dos presidentes y el primer ministro de Canadá juntos, dando esta imagen de que América del Norte y nuestro compromiso comercial sigue adelante”, añadió.
Esta será la primera vez que la mandataria tendrá un encuentro cara a cara con Trump. Los dos gobernantes tenían previsto reunirse durante la cumbre del G-7 que se realizó en junio en Canadá, pero a último momento la reunión bilateral se canceló debido a que Trump debió viajar de manera anticipada a Washington para atender las tensiones entre Israel e Irán.
Al ser consultada sobre si aprovecharía la visita a Washington para tener un encuentro privado con el presidente estadounidense, Sheinbaum indicó que “todavía no está definido” y agregó que “si fuera el caso sería una reunión muy breve”.
Trump y Carney confirmaron que acudirán al sorteo que se efectuará en el Kennedy Center para las Artes Escénicas de Washington y donde se definirán los 12 grupos del Mundial que por primera vez tendrá 48 equipos.
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Deportes AP: https://apnews.com/hub/deportes
Southland crime: Battery in Frankfort, shoplifting in Orland Park, and more
The following items were taken from police and court reports and news releases. An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt.
Burbank
RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY: A 9 mm pistol was reported stolen Nov. 15 from a home in the 11000 block of Austin Avenue.
Evergreen Park
AGGRAVATED FLEEING: Sergio D. Castellanos-Santos, 24, 9000 block of Cicero Avenue, Oak Lawn, was charged with aggravated fleeing/eluding Nov. 11 after leading officers on a half-mile chase at speeds topping 50 mphs over the posted speed limit, police said. Castellanos-Santos, stopped at 99th Street and Central Park, was also accused of drunken driving, aggravated speeding, driving on a suspended license/DUI and failing to provide proof of insurance, police said.
Ford Heights
GUN POSSESSION: Jamin Hubbard, 20, 1300 block of Seeley Avenue, Ford Heights, was scheduled to appear in Cook County court at Markham Dec. 1, charged with aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a controlled substance, sheriff’s police said. Hubbard was arrested after deputies recovered a 9 mm handgun with 17 live rounds of ammunition and a 9 mm handgun with an inserted extended 31 round magazine loaded with 29 total live rounds, along with two baby bottles containing suspected black market promethazine during a Nov. 16 stop in the 1300 block of Seeley Avenue, sheriff’s police said.
Frankfort
AGGRAVATED BATTERY: Matthew E. Crawford, 36, 17800 block of Highland Avenue, New Lenox, is scheduled to appear in Will County court Dec. 11, charged with aggravated battery/police officer, resisting arrest, obstruction and trespassing, according to court records online. Crawford was arrested Nov. 19 after pushing the officer into a partition wall in a coffee shop in the 20800 block of La Grange Road, police said.
GUN POSSESSION: Mack T. Dickerson, 53, 3600 block of 137th Street, Robbins, is scheduled to appear in Will County court Dec. 18, charged with being a felon possessing a weapon, aggravated unlawfully possessing a weapon and driving on a revoked license, according to court records online. Dickerson was arrested Nov. 26 after officers recovered a loaded .380-caliber handgun during a stop at La Grange and Sangmeister roads, police said.
Homewood
THEFT: Deon Craig, 52, 400 block of 16th Place, Chicago Heights, was arrested Oct. 28 in the 3100 block of 183rd Street and accused of theft after taking an item valued at $3,000 from a motor vehicle in that block, police said.
Lockport
GUN POSSESSION: Shawn A. Jackson, 41, 100 block of Greenbriar Avenue, Chicago Heights, is scheduled to appear in Will County court Dec. 12, charged with aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon and illegally possessing a controlled substance, according to court records online. Officers arrested Jackson after recovering a loaded 9 mm pistol and small amount of suspected ecstasy during a stop at 9th and Washington streets, police said.
Mokena
AGGRAVATED FLEEING: Johnathan H. Brown II, 39, 22100 Woodbine Road, Richton Park, is scheduled to appear in Will County court Dec. 10, charged with aggravated fleeing, unlicensed driving/never issued, driving on the wrong side of the road and failing to provide proof of insurance, according to court records online. Brown was arrested Oct. 22 at his home following a pursuit that began in the 19200 block of La Grange Road and ended at La Porte Road and Lakeview Way after speeds topped 55 mph in a 35-mph zone, police said.
New Lenox
THEFT CHARGED: Larry J. Rodney, 26, 22400 block of Cobblestone Trail, Frankfort, was arrested Nov. 23 on a warrant charging him with theft and illegal possession of a credit/debit card, according to Will County court and jail records online. Rodney took credit cards Feb. 1 from the victim’s wallet and unlawfully used them to charge $471.69, police said.
STORE BATTERY: Kentray E. Louis, 23, 22600 block of Lakeshore Drive, Richton Park, is scheduled to appear in Will County court Dec. 22, charged with battery, according to court records online. Louis punched a customer in the face Nov. 3 while working at a department store in the 500 block of East Lincoln Highway, police said.
Oak Lawn
GUN POSSESSION: Steven J. Lisak, 33, 10500 block of Keating Avenue, Oak Lawn, was arrested Sept. 26 and accused of unlawful possession of a weapon after posting photos of a .22-caliber rifle, .38-caliber handgun, .22-caliber handgun and 9 mm pistol for sale on a social media platform, police said.
GUN POSSESSION: Julian D. Casares, 18, Chicago, was arrested Nov. 16 and subsequently charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon after officers recovered a 9 mm pistol with an attached laser during a crash investigation in the 4600 block of 105th Place and determined he lacked a gun permit, police said.
Orland Park
RETAIL THEFT: Gerardo G. Alcala-Gutierrez, 32, Chicago, was arrested Oct. 27 at Orland Park Place and charged with felony retail theft, retail theft/previous conviction, resisting arrest and possessing stolen property after officers recovered golf shoes from a sporting goods store, a costume from a Halloween oriented store and jackets from a department store from him, police said.
EMPLOYEE THEFT: Camryn M. Humble, 19, 3600 block of Antholl Street, Flossmoor, was arrested Oct. 31 and subsequently charged with felony theft after using her position as a jewelry store employee at Orland Square to steal a ring and set of earrings jointly selling for $17,225, police said.
FELONY SHOPLIFTING: Empress Stewart, 21, Cicero, was arrested Oct. 31 and subsequently charged with felony retail theft after taking clothing selling for $814 from a department store at Orland Square, police said. Stewart, who threatened to stab an intervening employee, was also accused of assault and served with arrest warrants for aggravated battery to a police officer and burglary, police said.
Palos Heights
DUI CRASH: Jenny Moro, 50, 8200 block of 76th Avenue, Bridgeview, was arrested Nov. 21 and subsequently charged with hi-and-run and drunken driving following a two-vehicle crash investigation in the 11900 block of Harlem Avenue, police said.
Will County
SEX OFFENDER: Sheriff’s deputies arrested James A. Denny, 58, 24100 block of Governors Highway, Monee, Nov. 26 on a warrant charging him with failing to register as a sex offender, according to court records online. Denny, classified as a sexual predator, was convicted in Cook County of aggravated criminal sexual abuse to a young teen when the victim was 16 and he was 38, according to the state’s sex offender registry online.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/southland-crime-battery-frankfort-shoplifting-orland-park/
Naperville Police Arrests for Nov. 25-27
The following items were taken from Naperville police reports and press releases. An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt:
A 33-year-old man from Aurora was arrested on a charge of manufacture, distribute advertise or possess with intent a lookalike substance at 8:53 p.m. Nov. 25 in the 1200 block of East Indian Trail in Aurora.
A 35-year-old man from Chicago was arrested on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident involving damage to an attended vehicle at 9:55 p.m. Nov. 25 at Bailey and Modaff roads.
A 19-year-old man from Elmwood Park was arrested on charges of speeding 35 mph or more over the posted limit, reckless driving, improper lane usage, disobeying a traffic control signal and driving without insurance at 1:43 a.m. Nov. 26 at Tudor Drive and North Aurora Road.
A 23-year-old man from Naperville was arrested on a warrant at 10:12 p.m. Nov. 26 at Boughton and Plainfield Naperville roads.
A 29-year-old man from Aurora was arrested on charges of speeding 35 mph or more over the posted limit, driving under the influence of alcohol and not having a registration plate on the vehicle’s front or rear at 10:59 p.m. Nov. 26 at West Ogden and West Jefferson avenues.
A 27-year-old man from Romeoville was arrested on charges of leaving the scene of an accident involving damage to an attended vehicle, driving under the influence of alcohol, driving on a registration suspended for non-insurance and driving without insurance at 12:18 a.m. Nov. 27 in the 0 to 100 block of East Jefferson Avenue.
A 22-year-old man from Aurora was arrested on charges of speeding and driving under the influence of alcohol at 1:09 a.m. Nov. 27 in the 0 to 100 block of East Jefferson Avenue.
A 32-year-old man from Chicago was arrested on charges of improper lighting and driving under the influence of alcohol at 2:37 a.m. Nov. 27 at North Washington Street an North Avenue.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/naperville-police-arrests-blotters-dui-november/
