Another armed robbery in Campustown Monday night
At 8:15 p.m. (!) near Sixth and Green (!). This is the sixth robbery reported near Campustown since mid-December. Here’s the text from a UIUC Division of Public Safety Crime Alert #40, available at http://illinois.edu/lb/article/2668/33471):
“The Champaign Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that occurred on December 28, 2009 at approximately 8:15 pm at the corner of Sixth Street and Stoughton Avenue, Champaign.
“The victim was walking on the sidewalk after using an ATM at the corner of Sixth Street and Green Street, Champaign. An individual approached the victim and demanded the money withdrawn from the ATM. The offender was holding a long blunt object covered with a cloth. The offender took the victim’s property and told the victim to leave the area. The victim departed the area without further incident.
“The offender was described as thin male in his twenties, 5’ 0” tall, wearing a hat, sweater and gloves. The offender also had his face covered with a dark cloth item.
“The victim was not injured in the incident.“
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Tony C.
Hmm. This thin 5’0” fellow may find someone not as agreeable next time and get a deserved beating.
I just hope that the perpetrator will be caught. People would do anything just to have money in this very difficult financial crisis. Consumers are best served by finding products or service suiting their individual needs best, and to find the best prices – that drives competition and industry. The same is true with picking credit cards – and obviously, first comes interest rate. There’s no point in signing up for a credit card that has a ridiculously high rate. Pick reward programs that work for you – if you travel often, frequent flyer miles or hotel stay points. There’s no reason to get sent running for payday loans because of a credit card.
Townie
Not all that happens is C-U gets reported but it might be prudent to pay closer attention to what happens as a constant in communities close by, for example:
By TONY REID | tony.reid@lee.net | Posted: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 10:35 am
DECATUR—A Decatur man allegedly beaten by a group of teenagers in the street died from his wounds last weekend, according to the Macon County Coroner’s Office.
Jerry Newingham, 61, had been on life support at Decatur Memorial Hospital after he was beaten savagely in a 10 p.m. attack Aug. 24 in the 500 block of West Sawyer Street.
Macon County Coroner Michael Day said Newingham had been pronounced dead at 4:59 p.m. Saturday.
Five boys, none older than 16, have already been arrested and are facing charges of attempted murder before Newingham’s death.
Deputy Police Chief Todd Walker said Friday that Newingham’s assault was related to another vicious attack later the same night.
Walker said that three teenage boys who had watched their five friends beat Newingham had later gone with them to Garfield Park. Once there, those three battered and robbed a 46-year-old man while the other five watched. That victim, who has not been named, could be paralyzed for the rest of his life, according to Walker. The three teenagers who attacked him have also been arrested for investigation of attempted murder, aggravated battery and robbery.
Decatur police, who cracked both cases by canvassing neighborhoods and talking with residents, said they have not been able to come up with a motive for the assault that led to Newingham’s death.
Day said an autopsy on Newingham conducted Sunday revealed that his cause of death was a massive brain hemorrhage “consistent with injury during an assault.“
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