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Report: Officers heard fatal shot Responding police detail scene in initial report on Gliniewicz’s death By CAITLIN SWIECA cswieca@shawmedia.com
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Prairie Ridge High School teacher Bryan Peckhart helps students Jacob Ommen (second from right) and Johnathan Joseph (right) during an activity Tuesday in his Introduction to Business class at Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake.
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By EMILY K. COLEMAN ecoleman@shawmedia.com CRYSTAL LAKE – Prairie Ridge High School teacher Bryan Peckhart always finds it interesting to see the products dreamed up by his students. His Introduction to Business class spent this week talking about things that bug them and how they can add value to things already out in the world, a lead up to a two- to three-week unit that works like a mini business incubator. But Peckhart might get to head the real deal next year. Community High School Dis-
Those interested in participating or helping out with the business incubator program at Prairie Ridge High School can contact teacher Bryan Peckhart at bpeckhart@d155.org. trict 155’s Prairie Ridge High School hopes to become the first school in McHenry County with a business incubator. The students will be mentored by real-life business owners and entrepreneurs as they go from
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Peckhart instructs students Tuesday during his Introduction to Business class. Next year, he could instruct a business incubator class, which would match groups of students with business owners and entrepreneurs to offer a unique learning experience for students.
FOX LAKE – Officers responding to the scene of the death of Fox Lake Police Lt. Joseph Gliniewicz heard the final shot that killed the officer, according to the initial police report from the incident, which was obtained Thursday by the Northwest Herald. The report provides new details about the morning of Sept. 1, when investigators said Gliniewicz committed a “cleverly staged” suicide and made it look like a homicide out of fear of getting caught stealing from Fox Lake Police Explorer Post 300, Lt. Joseph the youth group he led. Gliniewicz The report said the officers, who were dispatched to 128 Honing Road at 7:56 a.m., were on the scene and walking on a gravel road when they heard a single gunshot. The officers linked up after hearing the shot and entered the woods, where they saw a path they said appeared to be created from foot traffic just south of the tree line and north of the swamp. The officers found Gliniewicz’s body face down to the north of the foot path, and when they rolled it over they saw blood coming from his nose and blood on his neck just above his collar. They noticed that Gliniewicz’s phone was on his vest with what appeared to be damage from a gunshot, and that his hand was empty in a position that led them to believe he possibly was holding a gun. His gun was not in its holster and was not immediately found, according to the report. Investigators said Gliniewicz first shot himself in the torso, with the bullet piercing his cellphone and getting lodged in his bulletproof vest, before shooting the fatal bullet under his vest at a 40-degree angle. With the death investigation by the Lake County Major Crimes Task Force concluded, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office has taken over the subsequent investigation into Gliniewicz’s theft.
Illinois Lottery ticket sales plunging after large payout delay The Associated Press CHICAGO – Illinois Lottery ticket sales dropped to the lowest point yet this year in October, the same month lottery officials announced they were delaying payouts greater than $600 because of the state budget impasse, according to data obtained Thursday
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clined about $21 million – with October sales at roughly $215 million compared to September’s about $236 Have you bought fewer lottery tickets million. The high was about $260 milbecause the state isn’t paying big winners? lion in March, according to data obVote online at NWHerald.com. tained in a freedom of information request. The figures confirm what ticket vendors at gas stations, conveby The Associated Press. Sales for most tickets, including nience marts and grocery stores have instant games and Powerball, de- said anecdotally for weeks about peo-
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ple’s frustration with Illinois’ budget problems. Lottery officials announced in mid-October that anyone winning greater than $600 wouldn’t get the money right away because the account used to pay those winnings was dwindling. That followed news in late August that payouts greater than $25,000 were on hold because there
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wasn’t the authority to cut checks that big. The state has entered its fifth month without a budget plan as firstyear Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrats who control the Legislature remain deadlocked. Rauner wants pro-business and anti-union
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