Briefs: Gunman hits Miner Donuts
A man pointed a handgun at a female clerk and demanded money around 7:10 p.m. March 4 at Miner Donuts, 2120 Miner St., Des Plaines police said. The female owner and her two daughters ran to the back of the shop and heard the robber push keys on the cash register, but the cash drawer did not open, reports said. The man fled without taking any money, reports added. He was described as 20 to 25 years of age, 5 feet 10 to 6 feet tall, 160 to 180 pounds, medium build, blue eyes, blond hair, light complexion and wearing a light blue Nike cap, brown jacket and blue jeans, reports said.
Charity event relocates
The location of Friday's St. Baldrick's Foundation Head Shaving Fundraiser to raise money for childhood cancer research has been changed to the Hyatt Regency Woodfield at 1800 E. Golf Road in Schaumburg. The event will begin at 3 p.m. Miss Illinois 2007 Ashley Hatfield is scheduled to be there to address the crowd and sign autographs from 6 to 7:30 p.m. More than 130 people, including participants from Medieval Times and the Schaumburg and Hoffman Estates fire departments, have volunteered to have their heads shaved. Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson will drop by at 5:30 p.m. to join the crowd of those cheering on the volunteers who are going bald. For more information, visit stbaldricks.org.
Rosemont raises pay
Rosemont officials Wednesday increased by 3 percent, the pay to a cleaning company owned by the mayor's brother for the convention center and village office building. Bomark Cleaning Service Corp., which is run by Mark Stephens, pays its employees an hourly wage and the village then pays Bomark 140 percent of that wage to cover benefits. Bomark handles the services for all village-run properties.
Mt. Prospect cites state
The Mount Prospect village board has passed a resolution calling upon the Illinois General Assembly to stop authorizing new or increased pension benefits and pass sensible reforms to protect funds that provide retirement benefits for municipal police officers and firefighters. Police and fire pension funds statewide are underfunded by about $180,000 per active employee, said Mount Prospect Mayor Irvana Wilks. To help prevent further erosion in the fiscal condition of the funds, the village is calling on the General Assembly to stop any proposed legislation that would create new or increased pension benefits.
More reports of Web scam
An employee at IPA, 1275 Barclay Blvd., Buffalo Grove, reported receiving a fake e-mail threat Tuesday aimed at extorting money, Buffalo Grove police said. In addition, an employee at Therm Flo, 251 Holbrook Drive, Wheeling, received the same message Feb. 28, police said. Similar e-mails have been sent to individuals in Arlington Heights and other communities. Police said people should delete the messages and not respond to them. According to reports, the grammatically inaccurate message states that the sender has been hired to kill the recipient, but the sender will not carry out the assassination if the victim pays them off.