Alsip Nursery Linked to Puppy Mill in Humane Society Report

Frankfort's Alsip Home and Nursery President Kris Shepard denies using Heritage Puppies, a known puppy mill, as a breeder and says Alsip only uses the company for its broker services.

Alsip Nursery Linked to Puppy Mill in Humane Society Report

Frankfort's Alsip Home and Nursery President Kris Shepard denies using Heritage Puppies, a known puppy mill, as a breeder and says Alsip only uses the company for its broker services.

A dozen Chicago-area pet stores—including Alsip Home and Nursery in Frankfort —have been listed in a puppy mill investigation conducted by the Humane Society of the United States. The Humane Society said Tuesday that undercover investigators visited 12 stores over a three-day period in October, and found many are linked to inhumane commercial breeders known as puppy mills. During the visits, employees at the stores denied selling animals from puppy mills, but documents showed otherwise, according to the Humane Society. Investigators also discovered that eight of the 12 stores were in violation of Illinois' pet shop disclosure law, which requires stores to post visible information about the animals and their breeders, the Humane Society …

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Student's Arrest Tied to Friend's Overdose Death at Lewis: Cops

Romeoville police say Lewis University student Jamie Olson took steps to conceal her involvement in the suspected heroin death of her friend.

A 20-year-old Frankfort woman died of a drug overdose while at a Lewis University dorm this weekend, and the friend with whom she was staying has been arrested for trying to conceal her role in the death, Romeoville police said Monday. Anna Marinier was found dead at Fitzpatrick Hall at about 11:10 a.m. Sunday, Romeoville Assistant Police Chief Steve Lucchesi said. Although toxicology tests are still pending, it's suspected she overdosed on heroin, he said. Her friend, Jamie Olson, 21, of 9125 Letterkenny, Tinley Park, was arrested Sunday night on a felony charge of obstruction of justice and booked into the Will County jail. Citing the "ongoing investigation," Lucchesi declined to disclose what Olson did in terms of obstructing the case …

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Justice1969

8:46 am on Sunday, April 7, 2013

Well said, Anonymous. Good luck beating your demons.   more ›

Police Wait on Toxicology Report in Woman's Death at Sybaris

The investigation will center around the coroner's ruling in the Oswego woman's manner of death, police chief says.

Frankfort police officers are continuing their investigation as they wait for toxicology reports from the Will County Coroner's Office in the case of the Oswego woman found dead at the Frankfort Sybaris on Friday, said Chief John Burica. The focus of the investigation into how Suzette A. O'Donnell, 53, died now hinges on the coroner's ruling over the manner of death. "(The investigation) will become more intense, focusing on what (the coroner's office) finds," Burica said Monday. "We, at this point, don't have anything to indicate it was anything suspicious."  Police responded to an emergency call from O'Donnell's husband at around 9 a.m. Friday at the romantic getaway hotel, 7500 W. Lincoln Hwy., according to police reports. Her husband …

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Denise Du Vernay

4:29 pm on Monday, August 1, 2011

How sad, and so young! My thoughts are with the family.   more ›