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  • Mom Investigated Because Her Daughter Was Walking Her Dog

    08/25/2018 10:47:37 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 45 replies
    National Review ^ | 08/25/2018 | By KATHERINE TIMPF
    A woman from Wilmette, Ill., found herself under investigation because her eight-year-old daughter was spotted walking her dog around the block by herself. According to an article in the Chicago Tribune, the police showed up at Corey Widen’s door after an anonymous caller contacted them to report that the girl had been walking alone. Although no charges were filed, Widen was investigated by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services over concerns that the walk meant that her daughter might be being neglected. “For something like this to happen to me, there’s something really wrong,” Widen said. “The funny...
  • Sinead O'Connor missing in Wilmette

    05/16/2016 9:53:18 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 93 replies
    Wilmette police confirm O'Connor went on a bike ride Sunday at 6 a.m. and did not return. Earlier this month, Arsenio Hall filed a $5 million defamation lawsuit against O'Connor for claiming that the comedian supplied drugs to Prince. The lawsuit calls O'Connor's accusations "despicable, fabricated lies" and adds that "O'Connor is now known perhaps as much for her bizarre, unhinged Internet rants as for her music." O'Connor, whose biggest hit was a 1990 reworking of the Prince song "Nothing Compares 2 U," posted on her Facebook page about a week after Prince's death that he was a "long time...
  • $200K jolt awaits buyer of Rezko home (bank auction Aug.)

    07/22/2009 11:13:55 AM PDT · by STARWISE · 21 replies · 1,157+ views
    Chicago SunTimes ^ | 7-18-09 | Tim Novak
    WILMETTE | Home on auction block carries hefty back-tax burden A property tax bill of more than $200,000. That's the added cost that awaits whoever comes out on top in next month's auction of the foreclosed Wilmette mansion of convicted influence-peddler Tony Rezko. Records show Rezko stopped paying real estate taxes on the 8,400-square-foot mansion more than four years ago. He owes a total of $140,409.86 in back property taxes, plus $69,402.24 in interest. The new owner will have to pay that, says Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas. Rezko stopped paying the taxes around the same time he stopped paying...
  • “Obama’s alleged support of the Second Amendment is utterly cynical and false.” (Meet Hale DeMar)

    06/30/2008 5:53:45 PM PDT · by Libloather · 40 replies · 205+ views
    Extreme Wisdom ^ | 4/13/08 | Bruno Behrend
    “Obama’s alleged support of the Second Amendment is utterly cynical and false.”April 13th, 2008 by Bruno Behrend So says the NRA, and they are 100% correct. The above headline is from one of their recent blast e-mails, and I must say that I endorse their view in this situation. _____ To understand Barack Obama on the Second Amendment, you have to know about the clash of character between the then-Chicago state senator and an ordinary citizen who exercised his right to armed self-defense in violation of a local gun ban. That citizen was a 52-year-old resident of Wilmette, Illinois, who,...
  • Illinois: Lawmakers reject veto, back bill protecting gun owners

    11/16/2004 7:01:09 PM PST · by concentric circles · 36 replies · 1,165+ views
    KWQC-TV, Quad Cities ^ | November 16, 2004 | AP
    SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Illinois lawmakers ignored the governor's objections and voted to give more legal protection to homeowners who use a banned gun to shoot burglars. The House today voted 85-to-30 to override Governor Rod Blagojevich's (blah-GOY'-uh-vitch) veto. The Senate had approved the bill earlier, so it now becomes law. It was passed in response to the case of Hale DeMar, a Wilmette restaurant owner who shot a burglar. Cook County prosecutors declined to press charges for the shooting, but Wilmette officials charged DeMar with breaking the city's ban on handguns. Under the bill, someone who shoots an intruder can't be...
  • Judge dismisses DeMar challenge in gun case

    11/04/2004 10:08:31 AM PST · by TERMINATTOR · 26 replies · 776+ views
    Winnetka Talk ^ | Nov. 4, 2004 | KEN GOZE
    A Cook County judge has dismissed Wilmette resident Hale DeMar's court challenge against the village's handgun ordinance, ruling that he had no legal right to own the handgun he used to wound and drive off a burglar in December. DeMar was cleared of any wrongdoing in the shooting itself, but was cited under Wilmette's 15-year old ordinance banning handgun possession, which can result in a fine and loss of the weapons. Before that case could be heard, DeMar's attorneys filed a counterclaim seeking to have Wilmette's law declared unconstitutional as it was applied to him. They claimed the village's application...
  • Police files put home defender in harsher light

    09/26/2004 12:37:33 PM PDT · by Mini-14 · 39 replies · 1,373+ views
    Chicago Tribune ^ | September 26, 2004 | Eric Zorn
    Hale DeMar, the Wilmette homeowner who shot and wounded a burglar inside his home last December, was celebrated as a hero by gun-rights groups nationwide. But a look at recently opened police files in the case suggests that DeMar acted more like a vigilante than a hero--that it wasn't necessary for him to shoot the unarmed intruder to defend himself or his children, as he has claimed, and that he all but welcomed the confrontation in his home.
  • County drops homeowner's gun charges

    02/07/2004 7:25:50 AM PST · by joesnuffy · 24 replies · 444+ views
    WorldNetDaily ^ | February 7, 2004 | WND
    WEAPONS OF CHOICE County drops homeowner's gun charges 'We choose to prosecute the real criminal' - but village case remains Posted: February 7, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com County prosecutors took a slap at an Illinois town that bans handguns by dropping charges against a homeowner who protected his family by shooting an intruder. Hale DeMar, 54, faces sanctions from Wilmette, near Chicago, but Cook County says it will not press charges for letting his state firearms registration lapse, the Chicago Tribune reported. "We choose to prosecute the real criminal here, the person who broke into this house...
  • FREEP: Gun Rights Poll on Hale DeMar, Wilmette, IL Self Defense Gun User being prosecuted

    01/25/2004 8:28:05 PM PST · by TheEaglehasLanded · 16 replies · 421+ views
    Illinoisleader.com ^ | January 25, 2004 | the eagle has landed
    In the wake of the self-defense shooting in Wilmette and the prosecution of the individual who defended his home with a weapon but violated the municipality's ordinance banning gun ownership, what do you think about local regulations of gun ownership? I support local control. If a town wants to ban gun ownership, they should do so. If the people don't like it, elect new town officials. I support pre-emption. Federal and state constitutions allow citizens the right to own firearms. Local governments should not restrict gun rights any more than the state constitution does. Neither local control or state pre-emption...
  • Gun owner: I, not cops, got bad guy (Wilmette Illinois man charged for defending his home with gun)

    01/22/2004 10:30:38 AM PST · by Cubs Fan · 49 replies · 378+ views
    Gun owner: I, not cops, got bad guy January 22, 2004 Three days after Christmas, someone broke into the DeMar family home in Wilmette through a dog door, stealing a television, an SUV and the keys to the home. The next night, Hale DeMar was prepared for a return visit. With his children upstairs, DeMar, 54, shot burglar Morio Billings, 31, in the shoulder and calf, police said. Billings was caught at a nearby hospital and charged with felony residential burglary and possession of a stolen car, authorities said. And, in a move that has drawn criticism, DeMar was cited...
  • State Rifle Association Applauds Filing of Legislation in Response to Wilmette Shooting

    01/16/2004 10:29:25 AM PST · by freepatriot32 · 11 replies · 314+ views
    usnewswire.com ^ | 1 15 04 | newswire
    Contact: Richard Pearson of the Illinois State Rifle Association, 815-635-3198; web: http://www.isra.org SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Jan. 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA): "A beacon of common sense," is how the ISRA is characterizing a proposal filed yesterday that shields law-abiding citizens from prosecution under politically motivated gun control laws. SB 2165, sponsored by Sen. Ed Petka (R-Plainfield), provides an affirmative defense to a violation of a municipal ordinance that prohibits, regulates, or restricts the private ownership of firearms if the individual who is charged with the violation used the firearm in...
  • Outrage Over Gun Case May Lead to New Law

    01/16/2004 7:58:13 AM PST · by m1-lightning · 77 replies · 368+ views
    CNS News ^ | 01/16/04 | Susan Jones
    A Chicago-area homeowner who shot a burglar in his home - only to be charged with gun violations - has spurred gun groups and lawmakers into action. The Illinois State Rifle Association is backing legislation that would shield law-abiding citizens from prosecution under "politically motivated gun control laws." SB 2165, sponsored by Sen. Ed Petka (R-Plainfield), is intended to protect individuals who are charged with breaking municipal gun laws - if the individual used the gun in the act of defending himself or someone else. The bill was drafted in response to a controversial shooting in Wilmette, a Chicago suburb,...
  • Home invasion victim charged with firearm violation -- Wilmette, IL

    01/08/2004 1:32:24 PM PST · by Jubal Harshaw · 126 replies · 307+ views
    Chicago Tribune ^ | Lisa Black
    A Wilmette homeowner who shot and wounded an intruder was charged today with violating the north suburb's ordinance banning handgun ownership. If convicted, Hale DeMar, 54, faces a fine of up to $750. "It would be unfortunate and potentially tragic to conclude from this incident that Wilmette families would be safer if they keep a handgun in their homes," Wilmette Police Chief George Carpenter said in a written statement. "The oppose it is true. Wilmette families are in greater danger if they keep a handgun at home."