Taking Metra This Weekend? No Food or Drinks

Metra riders are prohibited from bringing coffee and face other restrictions on what they can carry on trains during the NATO summit. Breast milk, however, is okay.

Metra has stepped up security throughout its rail system for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit at McCormick Place, including the Union Pacific/Northwest Line from May 19 to May 21. Riders will face security screenings and restrictions on what they can carry on to trains while global leaders are in town for the NATO summit, Metra announced. Earlier: Dold, Schakowsky spar over women’s healthcare issues. You may want to have a snack before boarding; riders will be prohibited from carrying food or beverages on the train. However, breast milk can be carried on a train but is subject to inspection and should be declared if you’re being screened. Riders may also see increased police presence and perhaps even a bomb-sniffing dog or two…

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Des Plaines Police Being Sued by Wife of Man Shot To Death

The incident occurred shortly after 3 p.m. on May 13.

The wife of the Des Plaines man shot and killed by police in a strip mall on May 13 filed a complaint against the two officers involved in the incident with federal court on May 14. The complaint states that without just cause or just provocation, the defendants, either one or both officers, shot Salgado. The court document also states that the use of deadly force was excessive, unreasonable, unprovoked and unwarranted, and the officers’ actions were in violation of Salgado’s Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. The complaint states Tracie Salgado is seeking “fair and reasonable compensatory damages and punitive damages plus attorney’s fees and costs.” Earlier: Despite concerns about traffic, code variances, Planning Commission approves plans…

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Tuesday Blotter: Man Spit in Officer’s Face

The following arrest information was supplied by the Des Plaines Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

The Des Plaines Police Department provided the following reports. Battery, Domestic Battery Frank O’Bryan Delgado, 23, of Aurora, was charged with two counts of battery after an altercation with family members at Rivers Casino, 3000 S. River Road, at 3:25 a.m. on May 13, police stated. As police walked him to the squad car, according to the report, Delgado spit in one of the officer’s face. Prior to police arriving on the scene, after Delgado was handcuffed he bit a security guard’s shoulder, police stated. Delgado was given a court date of June 25 at Skokie courthouse. Earlier: More details emerge in shooting by police that resulted in fatality. Criminal Damage to Vehicle A vehicle parked in the 1300 block of E. Webford Avenue was …

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Medical Examiner: Des Man Died from Upper Body Gunshot Wound

After autopsy was completed, medical examiner releases manner and cause of death.

Carlos Salgado, 44, of Des Plaines, was killed by a gunshot wound in the upper torso, and his death was a homicide, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office stated on Monday afternoon, after completing an autopsy. Des Plaines police shot Salgado outside a strip mall in the 1900 block of E. Touhy Avenue at approximately 3:12 p.m. on May 13, police stated on Monday. The report did not give details about what happened leading up to the shooting. Salgado was listed as an offender, but a specific crime was not given in the report. Police stated officers involved were injured, treated at Lutheran General Hospital and released; the report did not specify how many officers were treated. Earlier: Vote in the poll, should gay marriage be legal? The…

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Trees, Legos Stolen and a License Plate Left Behind

A look at unusual crimes in our Patch region

Local police departments provided the following reports. In all incidents where an arrest occurred, a charge is merely an accusation and not evidence of guilt. Wait! This may be a clue! A Northfield resident called police to report that a vehicle struck a stop sign at a high rate of speed about 4 a.m. As the witness was on the phone, the vehicle drove away but left behind a license plate. Bad apple Police stopped a driver in Skokie for having expired license plates. Police said they discovered that the driver had a cored out apple used to smoke marijuana. One bummed sandwich thief A retail employee in Northfield said she brought her wallet in a plastic bag to work with her so she could have it nearby. Her lunch that day was in an identical…

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