Schaumburg Police Department

Schaumburg police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 10:50 AM Monday to a report of crash with injuries at Irving Park Road and Mitchell Boulevard Schaumburg, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that a female was unconscious in one of the vehicles.

Schaumburg firefighters reported the victim was extricated by 11:02 a.m. and immediately transported to the hospital.

At least two additional people were injured in the crash and transported to local hospitals.

The crash victims was dead on arrival at the hospital.

The intersection is closed, and westbound Irving Park Road traffic is being detoured at Roselle Road.

LIVE TRAFFIC MAP at Mitchell Boulevard and Irving Park Road, Schaumburg …

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Former Schaumburg police narcotics officer Matthew Hudak, 37, pleaded guilty Tuesday, April 29, 2014 to operating a drug ring with two fellow cops and received what could amount to a 12-year prison sentence.

Hudak is one of three former Schaumburg officers accused of running a drug ring by re-selling cocaine and marijuana they stole from drug dealers and police seizures.

Hudak pleaded guilty to delivery of a controlled substance, official misconduct, burglary and offense of armed violence. He told the judge he was sorry for his actions and for casting a “dark shadow” on the police enforcement community.

Hudak faces up to 30 years in prison.

Co-defendant Terrance O’Brien pleaded guilty in March 2014, and is expected to receive a 12-year prison sentence.

All three officers Matthew Hudak, John Cichy and Terrance O’Brien were told they were on assignment for a tactical operation or sting operation, possibly at a strip mall. When they arrived at their “assignment” or sting operation, the three Schaumburg Special Investigations Bureau police officers quickly learned that they were the subjects of the tactical operation and were arrested by Federal DEA authorities. Hudak, Cichy and O’Brien were arrested on multiple drug-related and/or felony charges Wednesday, January 16, 2013 — late Wednesday/early Thursday morning and were booked at DuPage County jail.

Schaumburg Police immediately reported that the Village of Schaumburg had launched an internal investigation into the actions of the police officers, and that the three Schaumburg Police officers were been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of a criminal investigation being carried out by the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office.

Hudak, and co-defendants John Cichy and Terrance O’Brien all resigned from the Schaumburg Police Department immediately after the arrests.

SUSPECTS/DUPAGE COUNTY INMATES: Schaumburg Police Detective Photos …

Matthew Hudak (DuPage County Sheriff’s Office law enforcement photo).

CHARGES:
manu/deliver controlled substance – cocaine – 100 but less than 400 grams
armed violence – commits felony with category I weapon
armed violence – commits felony with category I weapon
calculated criminal drug conspiracy
crim drug conspiracy-manu/deliver controlled substance – cocaine – 100 but less than 400 grams
official misconduct- perform forbidden act
theft-unauthorized control with intent to deprive-$10,000<$100,000-in school/worship/govt
burglary

John Cichy (DuPage County Sheriff’s Office law enforcement photo).

Terrance O’Brien (DuPage County Sheriff’s Office law enforcement photo).

CHARGES:
manu/deliver controlled substance – cocaine – 100 but less than 400 grams
armed violence – commits felony with category I weapon
armed violence – commits felony with category I weapon
manu/deliver controlled substance – cocaine – 100 but less than 400 grams
official misconduct- perform forbidden act
theft of stolen property – $10,000 < $100,000 from school or place of worship
burglary

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Schaumburg police responded about 9:01 PM Friday to a strong armed robbery at Lundt Avenue and Leonard Drive Schaumburg, IL. Police received a report that a victim was robbed by two men. the victim reported that a wallet, cash and a cell phone were taken.

The crime is reported to have occurred

Suspect #1: Male/black, age 23, 5’9″, partially shaved curly hair, goatee, white T-shirt with gray sleeves, baggy blue jeans

Suspect #2: Male/Hispanic, 23, 6’0″ light blue hooded sweathshirt, and baggy blue jeans

The suspects possibly fled in a black Chrysler 300 last seen northbound on Leonhard Drive.

The crime is reported to have occurred at about 9:00 p.m.

http://maps.google.com/?q=Lundt+Avenue+and+Leonhard+Drive+Schaumburg,+IL&t=h&z=17&layer=t

Schaumburg and firefighter/paramedics responded about 1:45 PM Sunday to IL-53/I-290 Schaumburg, IL to an unknown medical call that turned out to be a psychiatric emergency. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that a man was trying to harm himself by getting hit by a car on IL 53/I-290 south of Higgins Road.

Illinois State police, Schaumburg police, Schaumburg firefighter/paramedics, and Elk Grove firefighter/paramedics responded to the call for help.

Schaumburg police had the man in custody by 1:50 p.m.

The man was reported to have been lying down in traffic, but apparently had not been hit by a vehicle on the expressway.

Elk Grove firefighter/paramedics were assigned to the psychiatric emergency on IL-53/I-290.

Schaumburg police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 6:52 AM Tuesday toa commercial building fire at Taurus Tool & Engineering, 525 Estes Avenue Schaumburg, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that a machine was on fire inside a building. Schaumburg firefighter/paramedics in Ambulance 53 reported smoke showing immediately as they were responding to the scene.

Warehouse catches fire in Schaumburg: http://t.co/QVdkk3XJiM pic.twitter.com/Sh6QQxWsbt

— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) June 3, 2014

The fire response was upgraded to a working fire response (Code 4) and all Schaumburg fire crews responded to the fire, while firefighters from neighboring communities — Arlington Heights, Elk Grove, Hanover Park and Rolling Meadows provide fire station coverage for the rest of Schaumburg.

The fire broke through the roof by about 7:00 a.m. with heavy smoke blowing out the front of the building and the rear of the building.

A box alarm was called by about 7:10 a.m. bringing additional fire crews from neighboring communities to the scene.

Heavy smoke was also reported visible from O’Hare International Airport’s control tower.

The firefighters were making good progress on the fire by about 7:20 a.m.

At about 7:30 a.m. firefighters were still working to prevent spread of the fire to neighboring buildings. Parts of the main building were also at risk of collapse by about 7:25 a.m.

LIVE TRAFFIC MAP of area of extra alarm fire near Estes Avenue and Mitchell Boulevard …

Schaumburg police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 2:43 PM Saturday to a hit-and-run car vs bicycle crash Wise Road and Cranbrook Drive Schaumburg, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that a bicyclist was down near the intersection. The call was initially reported as a man that fell off his bike. Police later learned that the man was involved in a hit-and-run crash.

The bicyclist — a 52-year-old man with a serious head injury — was transported to Alexian Brothers Medical Center by Schaumburg firefighter/paramedic crew on Ambulance 53.

LIVE TRAFFIC MAP of neighborhood of hit-and-run crash near Wise Road and Cranbrook Drive …

Schaumburg police urge anyone who may have witnessed the crash, or has information about the car or its driver to call Schaumburg police at 847-348-7055 or email investigations@ci.schaumburg.il.us.

Schaumburg police first released information about the hit-and-run crash at 7:12 p.m. Saturday …

WANTED by Schaumburg #police for Hit and Run w/ Injury. White 2-door sports car. Happened today, Wise/Cranbrook at 243pm. Car fled w/b Wise

— Villageof Schaumburg (@SchaumburgIL) June 29, 2014

White 2-dr sport car w/ damage to right front fender, door, or hood. Unk driver description. Call Schaumburg #police tips at 847-348-7055.

— Villageof Schaumburg (@SchaumburgIL) June 29, 2014

IMPORTANT ALERT …

Cardinal Note: As of June 5, 2013 — up to and including the date of this article — police incidents related to the above police agency are not reported in real time or within a prompt time period. Police protecting their realm of investigation and police activity, have chosen to use secret military-grade encrypted radios to withhold their police communications, which were previously open to the public and news media via monitoring of public safety scanning radios — with no known negative results locally.

The delayed knowledge or entirely blacked out knowledge resulting from encrypted police communications may protect certain police operations and investigations, but it also puts the public at risk in situations such as when armed and dangerous offenders are at large and when other similar situations occur, such as when desperate offenders of property crimes are eluding police. In other cases, the delayed or blacked out information inhibits or prohibits the possibility of the public providing early witness accounts before a criminal trail goes cold. Citizens are much more likely to recognize or recall suspicious or criminal activity if they are aware of the criminal incident within minutes or hours of its occurrence. The most serious incident involving dire results would be a trail that is allowed to go cold in the case of child abduction.

The lack of real time information from public police dispatch also weakens an effective neighborhood watch program mostly working to prevent property loss, but also working to prevent possible violent crimes.

Police have alternate ways to transmit tactical, operational or investigative information, while still keeping their main public dispatch channels open for the best balance of public safety and police safety.

Schaumburg Police Department (SPD) Patrol and Tactical officers charged 25 year old Daniel S. Mason with Unlawful Delivery of Cannabis (Class 3 Felony), and charged 19 year old Christopher M. Rossiter with Unlawful Possession of Cannabis (Class 4 Felony) and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (Class A Misdemeanor).

On July 12, 2014 at approximately 1:40 p.m., Woodfield Mall security officers reported coming in contact with Mason and Rossiter while they were sitting in a vehicle parked on Woodfield Mall property. The security officers detected an odor of burnt cannabis coming from the vehicle and called SPD to the scene. Mason allegedly fled on foot prior to the arrival of police, but was taken into custody by SPD a short time later. Subsequent investigation revealed Mason and Rossiter met at the Woodfield Mall parking lot where Mason allegedly sold approximately one-half pound of cannabis to Rossiter in exchange for $1000 cash. Recovered from the scene were approximately 250 grams of suspected cannabis, approximately 74 grams of a substance suspected to be THC wax, approximately $1000 United States Currency, and various items of drug paraphernalia.

Mason and Rossiter were both processed and turned over to the Cook County 4th District Circuit Court in Maywood for bond hearings.

Schaumburg police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 12:53 PM Monday to a fatal motorcycle crash with a car at Roselle Rd and Hartford Dr Schaumburg, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that a motorcyclist was involved in a crash with a car. The motorcyclist was reported to have severe injuries.

Schaumburg police and firefighter/paramedics found the motorcycle driver deceased off the road at the northeast corner of the intersection. Both the motorcycle and the Ford Taurus sedan that was involved in the crash with the motorcycle came to a rest on the northeast corner.

Schaumburg #police are investigating fatal traffic accident occurred 1253p. Roselle Rd/Hartford Dr closed to traffic pic.twitter.com/Jx6FMwk9pJ

— Villageof Schaumburg (@SchaumburgIL) July 28, 2014

The motorcycle driver killed was identified as Wayne Grothe, age 23, of Hoffman Estates, and a graduate of Conant High School in 2009. He also worked at a Harley-Davidson dealership.

A female driver, age 77, driving the sedan that crashed with the motorcycle was transported to Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village with minor injuries.

A pedestrian standard signal was also damaged in the crash.

The Schaumburg Police Department Special Operations Division Traffic Unit and the Major Case Assistance Team (MCAT) Serious Traffic Accident Reconstruction Team are investigating the cause of the crash. The exact cause of the crash and any other factors that may have contributed are still under investigation. No citations have been issued. The investigation was on-going as of Tuesday morning.

Roselle Road was closed for an on scene accident investigation and data collection operation between Weathersfield Way and Wise Road for several hours Monday afternoon.

Schaumburg police urge any citizens who may have witnessed the accident to call the Schaumburg Police Department Traffic Unit at 847-882-3534

LIVE TRAFFIC MAP of neighborhood of Roselle Road and Hartford Drive …

The Schaumburg Police Department today announced its late-night plans for the 2014 Labor Day “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” Impaired Driving Crackdown focusing on the deadliest time of day for motor vehicle fatalities. The intensified enforcement effort against the overwhelming number of late-night impaired drivers and seat belt law violators emphasizes the disproportionate number of traffic deaths occurring during late-night hours. According to data from the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the midnight to 3 a.m. timeframe is the deadliest time on Illinois roads. The data also shows this time of day has the highest percentage of alcohol involvement and the lowest occupant restraint use. This crackdown will run from August 15th through September 1st.

“The numbers do not lie. To help prevent fatalities on Illinois roadways, we are stepping up our late-night enforcement efforts, making sure impaired drivers are off the road and motorists are buckled up,” said Community Relations Sgt. John Nebl. “If you drive impaired or unbuckled at night, we will find you and arrest you or give you a ticket.”

The Schaumburg Police Department recommends designating a sober driver and not letting friends and family drive impaired as just two of several simple steps to avoid a tragic crash or an arrest for impaired driving. Other important tips include:

• Plan ahead. Designate a sober driver before going out and give that person your keys.

• If you are impaired, call a taxi, use mass transit or call a sober friend or family member to get you home safely.

• Promptly report impaired drivers you see on the roadways to law enforcement.

• Wear your seat belt and make sure all passengers are safely buckled up. It is your best defense against an impaired driver.

The law enforcement crackdown is funded by federal traffic safety funds through IDOT’s Division of Transportation Safety and it runs concurrently with a media campaign that will remind motorists, “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.”

Schaumburg police responded about 6:45 PM Sunday to a report of shots fired in the block of 1700 West Wise Road Schaumburg, IL. Police received a report of aggravated discharge of a firearm.

The offender was described as a male/Hispanic, age 33, wearing a blue hat with orange lettering, gray shirt and jeans. He was last seen fleeing westbound on Wise Road in silver or gray pickup truck.

The crime is reported to have occurred at about 6:45 p.m.

LIVE TRAFFIC MAP of neighborhood of shots fire on Wise Road in Schaumburg …

Schaumburg police responded about 12:55 AM Sunday to a report of criminal damage to property — mailbox smashing — in the area of Weathersfield Way and Roselle Road Schaumburg, IL. Police received reports that a passenger with a pipe in a white car was damaging mailboxes in the Kingsport subdivision and approximately in the area of Weathersfield Way between Roselle Road and Plum Grove Road, and also northwest of the Kingsport subdivision on Walnut Lane between Schaumburg Road and Bode Road.

Schaumburg Police Arrest Two Teens Accused of Damaging 75 Mailboxes, in northwest Schaumburg http://t.co/kRjh29ZcgX pic.twitter.com/UbT1eTiZaA

— Cardinal News (@EarlyReport) September 9, 2014

Schaumburg police officers were able to quickly locate a vehicle matching the description, and the driver and a passenger — both teens — were taken into custody for investigation.

Early Monday morning the two teens were arrested after Schaumburg police say they smashed as many as 75 mailboxes on the city’s northwest side — 53 mailboxes in Beat 5 and 22 mailboxes in Beat 1.

Eric A. Beck, 19, of Pleasant Drive in Hoffman Estates was charged with multiple counts of misdemeanor criminal damage to property. A 17-year-old Hoffman Estates juvenile was also charged with misdemeanor criminal damage to property.

Beck posted $1,500 bond and was released. He is scheduled to return to Rolling Meadows court October 15, 2014.

Schaumburg police remind members of the public that this arrest and complaint contains only charges and is not proof of the defendant’s guilt. A defendant is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the government’s burden to prove his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

LIVE TRAFFIC MAP of neighborhood of criminal damage to property near Weathersfield Way and Roselle Road in Schaumburg.

Schaumburg police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 10:25 PM Thursday to a report of a battery victim injured near GameWorks 601 North Martingale Road Schaumburg, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that they were to ordered to stage until police secured the scene.

No details available regarding the circumstances causing the injuries.

LIVE TRAFFIC MAP of neighborhood of Gameworks at Street of Woodfield …

Schaumburg police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 8:44 AM Tuesday to Higgins Road and Martingale Road Schaumburg, IL. First firefighter/paramedics on the scene reported four vehicles in the left lane of eastbound Higgins Road at Martingale Road.

Six patients were reported injured and transported to Alexian Brothers Medical Center. Two infants involved in the crash needed to be checked by paramedics. After the first ambulance responded, four additional ambulances were requested to the scene.

Elk Grove Village firefighter/paramedics responded with a rescue ambulance to assist Schaumburg firefighter/paramedics.

Apparently none of the injuries were life-threatening, and none required paramedic Advanced Life Support.

LIVE TRAFFIC MAP of crash scene area at Higgins Road and Martingale Road …

Schaumburg police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 10:13 PM Wednesday to 42.050482,-88.041341 (Golf Rd and West Schaumburg, IL). Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that a male teen was hit by a car and was injured.

Paramedics on Ambulance 52 and Engine 54 responded to the vehicle-pedestrian incident.

West Drive connects Woodfield Mall’s Perimeter Drive to Golf Road on the northwest side of the mall property.

LIVE TRAFFIC MAP of area of vehicle-pedestrian incident at Golf Road and West Drive …

Schaumburg police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 4:35 AM Tuesday to a report of a man with a gunshot wound 31 Waterbury Lane Schaumburg, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that a young adult/male victim was shot in the hand.

Police were searching outside the townhouse/apartment with lights provided by the fire department. No known threat was mentioned in the neighborhood.

LIVE TRAFFIC MAP of neighborhood of reported gunshot wound on Waterbury Lane near Schaumburg Road and Roselle Road …

Schaumburg police received a report about 5:30 PM Saturday of a stolen pickup truck near Streets of Woodfield, 601 North Martingale Road Schaumburg, IL. Police received a report that an unknown offender or offenders stole a white 2004 Ford F-250 pickup truck loaded with firewood “in the cab.”

The offender fled with the vehicle southbound from the scene.

The crime is reported to have occurred at 5:30 p.m.

LIVE TRAFFIC MAP of area of a stolen pickup truck at or near Streets of Woodfield …

IMPORTANT ALERT …

Lack of real time information from police dispatch also delays public awareness or eliminates public awareness of general hazards and traffic or other situations in every day living in an otherwise economically thriving community.

Beginning this week Schaumburg police will start carrying a drug that firefighter/paramedics have been carrying for decades. The extra seconds afforded because police officers often arrive a few minutes before the rescue ambulance arrives is considered to be life saving.

Schaumburg police have joined a proven DuPage County program which provides police officers with the drug Naloxone or Narcan — a heroin antidote.

Every Schaumburg squad car will be equipped with a dose of the drug Naloxone. The drug counteracts the depressive effect of heroin which can cause respiratory arrest and cardiac arrest. Naloxone can cause a dramatic reversal from an unconscious and near death state to an alert and combative state. When Narcan is administered intravenously, the onset of action is generally apparent within two minutes. The onset of action is slightly less rapid when it is administered subcutaneously or intramuscularly. The Schaumburg police have a Narcan kit uses nasal administration.

One study has shown that the nasal administration of naloxone resulted in less patients experiencing agitation upon awakening compared to the intravenous or intramuscular routes of administration.

In some situations, police in other communities have administered two doses and then paramedics administer the third dose.

Some of Schaumburg’s police vehicles also carry an AED or Automated External Defibrillator, which is used for cardiac arrest — especially in the case of heart attacks.

Schaumburg police responded about 4:14 PM Thursday to a report of an strong arm robbery at the Alfred Campanelli YMCA, 300 West Wise Road Schaumburg, IL. Police received a report that four suspects robbed a victim of his wallet with a large amount of cash.

The offender was described as a male/black offender, age 29, last seen driving a black 2004 Cadillac CTS eastbound on Wise Road from the scene.

A male/black subject, age 28, was with the offender.

The crime is reported to have occurred on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 04:13 PM.

LIVE TRAFFIC MAP of neighborhood of a strong arm robbery at the YMCA on Wise Road in Schaumburg …

Schaumburg police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 5:58 AM Thursday to a report of a stabbing victim at Savannah Trace Apartments, 1400 Dixie Court Schaumburg, IL. Police on scene requested firefighter/paramedics come to the second floor of an apartment building to treat a stabbing victim.

LIVE TRAFFIC MAP of neighborhood of a stabbing incident at Dixie Court and Svannah Lane …

A 20-year-old Schaumburg man was stabbed. He was transported to a local hospital and released later in the day.

Suspect from Dixie Court, Schaumburg Stabbing Held on $75K Bond http://t.co/Hnb7YAKVkx pic.twitter.com/YYkgcM7Lw3

— Cardinal News (@EarlyReport) November 11, 2014

Jeremy Walsh, 27, of the 1400 block of Dixie Court was charged in the stabbing that occurred at his residence Thursday, according to Schaumburg police.

Walsh was charged with aggravated battery/use of deadly weapon and is still being held at Cook County Jail bond Monday. His bail amount is $75,000. His next court date is December 3, 2014 at Rolling Meadows Cook County Circuit Court.

Fatal Crash with at Least 2 Injured at Mitchell Blvd and Irving Park Rd, Schaumburg

Ex-Schaumburg Police Investigator Matthew Hudak Pleads Guilty to Drug, Burglary, Armed Violence, Official Misconduct Charges

Strong Armed Robbery at Lundt Ave and Leonard Dr Southwest of Wise Rd and Roselle Rd, Schaumburg

Schaumburg Police Rescue Man Reported To Be Trying To Harm Himself on Route 53

Heavy Smoke in Schaumburg: Extra Alarm Fire at Taurus Tool & Engineering On Estes Ave Near Mitchell Blvd, Schaumburg

Schaumburg Police Looking for Hit-and-Run Driver; White Sports Car Hit Bicyclist Wise and Cranbrook

Two Adults Charged with Drug Offenses After They’re Captured With Cannabis, Cash In Woodfield Mall Parking Lot

Motorcyclist Killed in Crash with Car At Roselle Rd and Hartford Dr, Schaumburg

Schaumburg Police Begin IDOT-Funded Late-Night Traffic Safety Enforcement Crackdown

Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm on Wise Rd, Schaumburg — Offender Fled in Gray Pickup Truck

Schaumburg Police Arrest Two Teens Accused of Damaging 75 Mailboxes, in northwest Schaumburg

Battery Victim at Gameworks at Streets of Woodfield on North Martingale Rd, Schaumburg

At Least 4 Injured in Crash at Higgins Rd and Martingale Rd, Schaumburg

Teen Hit By a Car at Golf Rd and West Dr, Schaumburg

Schaumburg Police and Firefighter/Paramedics Respond to Report of a Man with a Gunshot Wound to the Hand on Waterbury Ln

White Ford Pickup Truck Stolen from Streets of Woodfield Area on Martingale Road, Schaumburg

Schaumburg Police to Begin Carrying Nasal Narcan Antidote Kits for Heroin Overdoses

Strong Arm Robbery at YMCA on Wise Rd Near Dickens Way, Schaumburg

Stabbing Victim at Apartment at Dixie Ct and Savannah Ln, Schaumburg

Suspect from Dixie Court, Schaumburg Stabbing Held on $75K Bond