Cop Forged Police Reports To Avoid Tickets: Prosecutors | IL PatchPM

Here are the news stories trending across Illinois on Wednesday night:

Former Chicago Cop Lied, Forged Tickets To Avoid Citations: Prosecutor

He used forged police reports to get out of paying four other tickets and also claimed that his BMW had been stolen by a former girlfriend who was responsible for the tickets, according to court documents.>>Read More.

Haley Mansion On Fire In Joliet

Crews were fighting a fire on the third floor of the popular wedding and event venue.>>>Read More.

Will Woodstock Willie See His Shadow?

As the Illinois filming location for the 1993 hit "Groundhog Day" celebrates the movie's 30th anniversary, its own prognosticator will make his prediction.>>Read More.

As Family's Dog Lay Dying, Stranger's Kindness Changed Everything

"That made all the difference, when you’re hit with something like this, you can’t even think," she told Patch. "You’re just so stuck in that experience and the emotion of it. You can’t think clear. Someone coming in and being able to help you in a compassionate way, in a way that they can understand that this is hard, this is painful. … I would have laid there, I wouldn’t have been able to do anything for a while. Having someone come in, give you that kindness to help move you, matters.">>>Read More.

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