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Editors note: The following is a roundup of area arrests for serious crimes. Unless otherwise stated, all of the people listed have been arrested but not yet charged. They are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Unless otherwise stated, the following are taken directly from police reports.
Battery
Joe Nugent stands behind the bar at the Fieldhouse on Heritage Grill and Pub in Bourbonnais.
the Fieldhouse on May 15 of that year. Weve built up something thats successful. This is not a fire sale, he said. This will allow me to focus more time on my family and on the real estate company. Former Chicago Bulls center Bill Cartwright was in the Bradley-Kankakee area Tuesday, and if you didnt see him, you werent looking very hard. At 7-feet, 1-inch, the former 16-year National Basketball Association player is not easy to miss. While Cartwright had a very successful career by anyones standard, the 56-year-old did not stop moving when he unlaced his Nike shoes for the last time after the 1994-95 season with the Seattle SuperSonics. While eating lunch in downtown Kankakees One Sixty Four North restaurant, Cartwright explained he not only operates an employment background investigation business in suburban Des Plaines, but he also owns a French restaurant, Froggs French Cafe in the northern Illinois community of Highwood and an Audi car dealership in Waukesha, Wis. I guess you could say Im an entrepreneur, he said. I might be the only black man you will meet with a French restaurant. Shifting from French to Italian food, did you see what Pizza Hut is up to? The company announced plans to start offering pizza by the slice for the first time, and two test locations were selected this week. The Bourbonnais carry-out location in the Jewel grocery shopping center is not one of them. One test location is in York, Neb., and the second is in Pawtucket, R.I. A slice will cost between $2 and $3 and will take three to four minutes to heat up. Theyll be made with new recipes more in line with the thinner pies sold in the nations northeast region, the company noted. Pizza by the slice is not new to the Kankakee region, thats for sure. Johnnys Pizza on South Schuyler Avenue in downtown Kankakee has been selling pizza by slice for lunch for years. Back to Pizza Hut. The test restaurants demonstrate how established restaurants are scrambling to reinvent themselves to keep pace with the changing face of fast or at least faster food. Were seeing the trends for quick and ready products, said Carrie Walsh, Pizza Huts chief marketing officer in an Associated Press story. Changing Pizza Huts way of
Kevin J. Sheehan, 46, of Bourbonnais, was arrested by Bourbonnais police for beating a family member at 9:02 p.m. Sunday. Sheehan was charged with domestic battery and taken to Jerome Combs Detention Center. Robert Gibson, 31, of Milford, was arrested by Iroquois County sheriffs police on Wednesday for domestic battery. Gibson was taken to Iroquois County Jail. Clinton C. Camp, 45, of Columbia, Mo., was arrested by Bourbonnais police at the River Valley Metro Mass Transit District bus station, 1137 E. 5000N Road, at 4:18 p.m. Saturday for battery. Camp hit a woman on a bus. He was taken to Jerome Combs Detention Center.
DUI
Megan M. McCoin, 36, of Bourbonnais, was arrested by Bourbonnais police in the 1600 block of North Convent Street at 10:27 p.m. Saturday for driving under the influence. McCoins vehicle was found in a ditch. Her blood alcohol level was .196. She posted bond and was released.
Theft
A catalytic converter was reported stolen to Kankakee police from a vehicle parked in the 500 block of South Third Avenue at 7:37 p.m. Monday. No suspect information has been reported.
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Garden of Prayer Youth Center Director Michael Maloney answers reporters questions Thursday after accepting a $2,500 donation for the Kankakee center from AT&T. The money was part of the AT&T Investing in Illinois Awards program that contributes funds to organizations and programs that improve lives in their communities by advancing education, economic growth, new technologies and essential community services. State Rep. Kate Cloonen, D-Kankakee, and John Quinn, AT&T Illinois External Affairs Director, were on hand for the presentation.
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