Deerfield Insider

According to the Deerfield police blotter, three thefts occurred recently involving three different people.  First, a man named Frank Pirrucello is scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 20 for theft and criminal trespass of a motor vehicle he was charged with and arrested at his home two Friday’s ago.  According to Deerfield police, Pirrucello stole an unlocked car parked in a driveway of a residence near the Poets Corner neighborhood, and used the car owners credit card at the Amoco on Waukegan Rd.  Police reviewed the videotape from the service station and were able to match it with Pirrucello.  He was released on a $50,000 recognizance bond.

The second theft is one that annoys me.  Lindsay Strean, an employee at the local Jamba Juice, was charged with misdemeanor theft on Sept. 19.  Strean stole $600 out of the safe and claimed she needed it to pay her rent.  She is set to appear in court Oct. 19.

Last but not least, don’t leave your car unlocked and out in the open.  It doesn’t matter where you live in, who your neighbors are.  Someone will come along, realize the car is unlocked, and proceed to steal everything you own inside it.  Two Nintendo Gameboys with 12 games were stolen, a pair of Kenneth Cole sunglasses worth $200, a wallet with food gift cards and cash, a digital camera and a $100 digital assistant were all taken from an unlocked car in a driveway on Carriage Way.

Lock your doors!

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Last Saturday, the Stained Glass Coffeehouse opened up, with folk songs by Magpie and 25 people of all ages in attendance.  The coffeehouse is located at the Congregational Church in Deerfield, 225 Wilmot Road.   This seems like a pretty neat idea for a church to establish, allowing people to come and congregate at the church, but also having fun in a different kind of setting.  There is soft lighting, small tables, coffee and lattes, musicians, etc.  Everything you could desire from a coffeehouse, except the abundance of people surrounding you typing away on laptops.  The church has a concert lineup scheduled all the way through May 2007, with musicians such as Mike Jerling, Casey and Andrew Calhoun, Chuck Brodsky and Kat Eggleston.  You can go to the Stained Glass Coffeehouse nearly on some Saturdays from 7 to 9:30 p.m.  and is open to anyone with a desire to attend.

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It’s a shame that something can get so much hype, so many people excited and yet all be ruined because of nasty weather.  This is what happened to this years Mudfest.  Everyone was looking forward to the busy weekend, and then mother nature had to come and ruin the party.  The temperature was cold, it was rainy.  It was no fun.  The superintendent of recreation said that the turnout was fewer than half of the usual turnout.  12 teams of 10 teens participated in the volleyball game and pie eating contest, but when it came time for tug-o-war, it was too cold for many.  It was a pretty miserable day, in which I sat at home all day long.  Hopefully next years Mudfest will be bright, sunny and warm.

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