Sunday, November 11, 2012
Arrests made by the Romeoville Police Department and other law enforcement agencies.
Gerald W. Jefferson, 28, 1666 Peter, Romeoville, arrested by the Plainfield Police Department and booked into the Will County jail on Nov. 9 on a felony charge of false report of offense. Edgar Antonio Barraza, 28, 221 Montrose, Romeoville, arrested by the Will County Sheriff's Office and booked into the Will County jail on Nov. 9 on charges of driving on a revoked/suspended license and failure to reduce speed. Delano R. Hrdlicka, 55, 330 Macon Ave., Romeoville, arrested by the Romeoville Police Department and booked into the Will County jail on Nov. 10 on a charge of domestic battery. Armando Padilla, 28, 1523 E. Cass, Joliet, arrested by the Romeoville Police Department and booked into the Will County jail on Nov. 10 on a charge of …
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Being smart about passwords and having a good anti-virus/spyware/malware program are key, they say.
Lewis University in Romeoville provided the following story: The issue of what to do about keeping information safe while online is still a major problem, especially for college students. The average mean cost of identity theft is $631, the average time to resolve it is 33 hours, and nearly 4 percent of Americans experience it (according to www.westflorida.bbb.org). Dr. Faisal Abdullah, the chair of the Lewis University Department of Management Information Systems, said, “Every semester I have students who tell me, ‘I have a virus on my computer. What do I do?’” Abdullah recommendations for securing online information include: 1) Have a strong password. Think about your favorite song. Select a random phrase as your password. Use upper …
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Romeoville man admits to using fake identification to get job at local store, police say.
What started out a minor accident in the parking lot of the Home Depot warehouse led to identity theft charges for a Romeoville man last week. Yaw Frimpung, 35, 49 Fresia, was arrested Friday and charged with felony identity theft, fraud and reckless driving, according to police. Assistant Chief Steven Lucchesi said a woman reported being struck by a coworker’s car as she walked through the parking after ending a shift around 2 a.m. Thursday at Menard’s. Although the woman was not seriously injured, she reported the incident the next afternoon, Lucchesi said. After viewing surveillance video of the incident and interviewing the driver, police began to suspect something was amiss after checking his license. “A subsequent investigation …
41.629774
-88.114104
145 Pinnacle Dr, Romeoville, IL
/articles/accident-leads-to-id-theft-arrest
/locations/3475953
