Saturday, February 2, 2013
The defense claimed the sexual encounter in the parking lot of the Highland Park Denny's on June 16, 2011, was consensual. Nsoni Mpulamasaka of Waukegan was found guilty Friday, Feb. 1.
Update: Sunday, Feb. 3 Nsoni Mpulamasaka, a 27-year-old Waukegan man charged with sexually assaulting an Evanston woman in the parking lot of the Highland Park Denny's in 2011, was found guilty Friday, according to the Lake County News-Sun. Sentencing is March 15. Mpulamasaka faces six to 30 years in prison. Original post The trial of Nsoni Mpulamasaka, the 27-year-old Waukegan man charged with sexually assaulting a learning disabled woman from Evanston in the parking lot of a Highland Park Denny's in June 2011, began earlier this week. The defense is challenging the now 41-year-old woman's claim that she was raped. Defense attorney Jed Stone is arguing the encounter in the woman's vehicle was consensual after she and Mpulamasaka spent the…
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
The following arrest information was supplied by the Highland Park police department. It does not indicate a conviction.
Theft Police are investigating a delayed report of a theft. It was reported an unknown subject siphoned approximately 10 gallons of gas from a parked vehicle and damaged two garden hoses sometime between April 27 at 3 p.m. and April 30 at 5:30 a.m. in the 1100 block of Half Day Road, Highland Park. Want Highland Park City Council news in your inbox? Subscribe to Patch's newsletter. Police are investigating a delayed report of a theft. It was reported a book from a stamp collection missing in the 1100 block of Half Day Road, Highland Park. Police are investigating a report of a theft. It was reported three brown Amazon boxes containing CDs, DVDs and a CD case holder were taken after being delivered to a residence in the 700 block of …
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Two 16-year-olds and a 15-year-old are charged with beating and sexually assaulting a Highland Park High School student.
Three teenagers pleaded not guilty last week to beating, raping and robbing an 18-year-old Highland Park High School student last New Year's Eve in Chicago, the Highland Park News reports. Fifteen-year-old Terrance Ford, 16-year-old Aanwar Barbour and 16-year-old Charles Cuning have been charged as adults with aggravated criminal sexual assault, kidnapping and robbery. They're each ordered held on $750,000 bond, according to the Highland Park News. The victim had headed into the city on Dec. 31 to see DJ Rusko perform at Congress Theater, but wasn't let in because she had no ID. She got separated from her friends and, according to the Highland Park News, she was seen talking to a group of men outside the venue shortly before she was …
Thursday, March 22, 2012
A 16 year old joins two teenaged boys who are charged for attacking a Highland Park High School senior in Chicago on New Year's Eve.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
A 16 year old joins two teenaged boys who are charged for attacking a Highland Park High School senior in Chicago on New Year's Eve.
Update March 22: A 16 year old has been charged in the attack on a Highland Park High School senior on New Year's Eve in Chicago, according to Highland Park News. Charles Chuning is the third person arrested after an 18-year-old Highland Park woman was attacked and sexually assaulted on New Year's Eve near the Congress Theater in Logan Square. According to Highland Park News, Chuning did not sexually assault or rob the victim as his co-defendants are accused of having done. Prosecutors say he helped carry the victim to the location where she was sexually assaulted. Chuning is being held on $750,000 bail, the Highland Park News reports. Read more here. Earlier: Two teenaged boys have been charged as adults with robbing and sexually …
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Students, mothers met outside Congress Theater on Monday night.
A crowd that included students and mothers gathered by Logan Square's Congress Theater on Monday night to show support for the Highland Park High School student who was raped and beaten near the venue on New Year's Eve, both the Highland Park News and the Chicago Tribune report. Police are still investigating the attack, which officers believe may have included as many as eight men, according to the Huffington Post. “We are using all of our resources right now — everything we have — to get these criminals,” Chicago Police Cmdr. Linda Flores told the Highland Park News. “What they did was vicious.” Meanwhile, the 18-year-old victim is home in Highland Park, recovering. Her father spoke to the Chicago Sun-Times last week. "The only thing I …
Thursday, January 5, 2012
18-year-old recovering at home; police suspect up to eight involved in attack.
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Graham Spanier, who was fired Wednesday along with coach Joe Paterno, had an honorary plaque removed at Highland Park High School.
One day after he was removed as president of Penn State, Graham Spanier has lost another distinction: his place as a distinguished graduate of Highland Park High School. "Our distinguished alumni need to be role models," said District 113 Superintendent George Fornero in a statement. "In an attempt to protect our students, the plaque has been removed." Spanier, 63, and Penn State football coach Joe Paterno were both removed from their university positions Wednesday in an attempt by the university to control the damage done by the arrest of former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky Saturday. Sandusky has been charged with sexually abusing eight boys over the course of 15 years, according to the New York Times. Neither Spanier nor Paterno were …
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Man allegedly assaulted Evanston woman outside of Denny's last Thursday.
A 25-year-old Waukegan man was arrested last Thursday and charged with sexually assaulting an Evanston woman in the parking lot of Denny's in Highland Park. The 39-year-old woman told police she was assaulted in her vehicle while she was parked in front of the restaurant at about 2:30 a.m. on June 16, according to a news release issued by the Highland Park Police Department. After the attack, the woman drove herself to Evanston Hospital, where she was treated for injuries she sustained during the assault. The report states that investigators identified the alleged offender and obtained a warrant for his arrest. The suspect, Nsoni Mpulamasaka, of the 1300 block of South White Oak Drive, was taken into custody last Thursday at 4:40 p.m. …
Friday, March 11, 2011
A roundup of the region's major developments for Friday, March 10.
Here's what's going on in Patch sites around you: Glenview Man Pleads Not Guilty to Criminal Sexual Abuse of Minor. 500 People Attend Youth Job Center Fair. Skokie Native Makes Forbes Rich List Jennifer Hudson, Maroon 5 Heading to Ravinia.
David Greenberg
7:03 pm on Sunday, January 8, 2012
This is probably the most sensible thing I've heard yet. Kudos to the parents for having the talk. more ›