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MAY 14, 2014
Vol. 6 No. 24
Teen arrested for Bolingbrook armed robbery
Downers Grove
May be connected to Woodridge robberies By Jonathan Samples staff reporter
jsamples@buglenewspapers.com @strikechords
By jonathan samples| staff reporter Downers Grove commissioners were able to breathe a sigh of relief Tuesday after voting 4-2 to amend the village’s municipal ordinance to make hen ownership more permissive. The vote came during the May 6 village council meeting and brought an end to nearly a year-and-a-half of public meetings and hearings on the issue. “What we’ve been debating all
these many months is making it more permissible for people to raise chickens in Downers Grove,” Mayor Martin Tully said at the meeting. “This is a part of the trend towards more urban farming, sustainable food sources and it’s something that’s happening everywhere. I, more than anything, want to bring this issue to a close.”
>> See ‘HENS’ page 17
A Woodridge man was arrested last week after police say he robbed two women at gunpoint outside a Bolingbrook Olive Garden at 6 p.m. May 7. John A. Smith, 18, is facing felony robbery charges in connection with the Bolingbrook robbery, and police investigating the incident to determine if Smith is connected with three similar robberies that took place in Woodridge between April 24 and April 28. Bolingbrook Police Lt. Mike Rompa said two women, ages 41 and 66, were sitting their car in the parking lot of the Olive Garden, 215 S. Weber Road, when they were approached by a man wearing a scarf over his face and brandishing a handgun. Police said Smith demanded the victim’s purses and phones before leaving the area >> see robbery | page 6