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NORTHLAKE, IL — A 46-year-old man formerly from Northlake had an armed robbery with a firearm conviction affirmed by the Appellate Court . According to a release from DuPage County State 's Attorney's Office, Luis Moreta was found guilty of armed robbery with a firearm in December 2014, and in March 2015, he was sentenced as a habitual criminal to a term of natural life in prison. According to the release, Moreta stole $3,700 from a man he met on Craigslist in 2011. On Dec. 2, 2011, the victim drove to meet Moreta in the parking lot an Addison apartment complex to purchase a motorcycle Moreta had advertised on Craigslist. After meeting one of Moreta’s accomplices, the victim and two friends of his were escorted to the back of the parking lot where Moreta and another man, both with their faces covered and wearing hooded sweatshirts , jumped out of a van and held guns to the heads of the victims. Moreta and his accomplices then robbed the victim of the $3,700 he had brought to ...

On the morning that Alfonso Maldonado Silva was set to argue his first case before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, Ca., he was too nervous to even drink a glass of juice for breakfast. So he decided to head to court early to review the case one last time. He said a short prayer asking for wisdom, then he showered, dressed in a neatly pressed gray suit , and on an overcast morning last April, headed out the door with his evidence binder in hand. He had been up since 5 a.m. Maldonado, a third- year law student at Western State College of Law in Orange County, had left nothing to chance. This would be his first time arguing a case in court before any judge. So he had arrived the night before to stay in a Pasadena hotel to avoid the clogged commute from his Corona apartment during rush-hour. The only thing on the 28-year-old’s mind was the law. Much was riding on this case. Maldonado and his fellow law student , Cristel Martinez Medina , were representing an undocumente...

General Manager Steven O'Neill and Executive Chef Alex Eaton of The Manship Wood Fired Kitchen (1200 N. State St., Suite 100) are preparing to launch a new Mediterranean " fast fine dining " restaurant called Aplos at Highland Village in early 2018. "Aplos is the Greek word for simple, and we plan to offer good, simple Mediterranean food ," O'Neill told the Jackson Free Press . "We're going to have salad, pizza, wraps and more, and all the meat will be slow-cooked on a rotisserie every day where people walking in can see it cooking. The menu will be Greek, Lebanese and Italian-influenced, much like The Manship, with a casual style and price point that'll make it great for weeknight dinners." The restaurant will be located in Highland Village's center court next door to Deep South Pops . Aplos will have 2,000 square feet of space with seating for 50 inside and additional seating on an outdoor patio. The restaurant will offer to-go ser...

The parents of a 9-year-old Santa Maria boy who was the focus of an Amber Alert search this week were engaged in bitter divorce proceedings and had a court hearing scheduled for Thursday. Konstantin Morozov, 48, and his ex-wife, Natalia Morozova, were both shot to death this week — Morozova was allegedly killed by her former spouse Monday night in Santa Maria, and Morozov was shot and killed in an officer-involved shooting in Los Angeles on Tuesday night. Santa Barbara County Superior Court documents identify the couple as the parents of 9-year-old Daniel Morozov, the subject of the Amber Alert that was issued early Tuesday , hours after police were summoned to the Arbolinda Apartments on North College Drive in Santa Maria, where Natalia Morozova was found dead. Santa Maria police have not confirmed Morozova was the woman fatally shot Monday night , but her identification has been shared widely on social media, and a memorial service was held for her Tuesday. Authorities issued...

The archives belonging to Luis Gómez Sanz, a lawyer born in 1913 in the western city of Salamanca, were discovered on July 20 by José María Uría Fernández with the socially progressive Anastasio de Gracia Foundation (Agfitel). “I was out walking when I came across a container filled with papers,” he says. “The caretaker of the building told me they were from an apartment that was being refurbished. There were other papers, but they had already been taken by junk men.” When Uría Fernández began to sift through the material, he could hardly believe his eyes. “There are around 20,000 documents and 74 books,” he says, adding that they are to be handed over to researchers. About 20,000 historic documents and 74 books were found in the trash Among the literature is a 1749 edition of Dialogues from Spanish humanist and philosopher Juan Luis Vives . Gómez Sanz was both a state attorney and prosecutor as well as secretary to the board of directors for Spain’s national heritage during the pri...

proposed Easton Crosssing subdivision on Sport Hill Road ." width="800" height="518" /> An artist’s rending of the proposed Easton Crosssing subdivision on Sport Hill Road . Saddle Ridge Developers , LLC brought its attorney, architect, builders, engineers and an environmental scientist and sat opposite a team of town commissioners who fired off questions, while about 65 Easton residents watched , listened, and were eager to shoot off their opinions, albeit at a later hearing. The Planning and Zoning Commission and Conservation Commission held a special meeting at Helen Keller Middle School cafeteria Sept . 16 so a team of professionals could answer questions regarding the third revised development plan and application for the Saddle Ridge project , Easton Crossing . The proposed Easton Crossing would consist of 48 new houses built on one- to two-acre lots with 20 of the new houses containing a one- bedroom attached affordable apartment . In 2011, the...

The more than three dozen people who live in tents under the Lake Shore Drive bridges at Wilson and Lawrence avenues know better than anyone that the structures need repair. Concrete from the Depression-era bridges is crumbling onto the sidewalks and streets below, posing a deadly hazard to tent-dwellers, as well as motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians. So it may seem strange that a homeless advocacy group might sue the city to stop bridge repairs before they start in mid-September. But attorneys for the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless want to stop the city's plans to put bike paths on the wide sidewalks under the bridges, which the coalition said would permanently drive the homeless out. "If they put the bike paths in, we ain't going to have room for our tents," said Thomas Gordon, 58, who lives under the Lawrence bridge. The sidewalks can currently accommodate both tents and pedestrians — bike paths would cut the space. The dilemma highlights two local tren...