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Friday, February 22, 2013

Thomas Hacker Victims and Acquaintances Speak Out

Former colleagues, scouts and youth baseball league players recount the missed cues of the Boy Scouts' most prolific serial pedophile.

Among the many red flags that stood out about convicted child sex predator Thomas Hacker were the shorts he wore coaching games and running the concession stand at Westside Baseball in the early 1980s. Connect with Patch: Oak Lawn / Beverly-Mt. Greenwood / Evergreen Park He liked to wear them pulled high over his waist so that they barely covered his thighs, recalled Bill Olsen, who was 12 years old when he played for Hacker on the Westside's all-star team, circa 1980. “I found him odd, just the way he presented himself,” Olsen said. “Just hearing the name gives me chills. Even talking about it right now I get a little angry.” Hacker was convicted in 1989 on multiple counts of aggravated sexual assault against three Boy Scouts, ages 11 and…

Thomas Hacker Student

7:20 pm on Saturday, March 30, 2013

Thomas Hacker had a hot temper and physically abused students when he taught at School 57 in Indianapolis. He threw a girl across the classroom during class because she didn't hear his instructions on the new seat assignments. He beat boys in the hallway outside his classroom and this was called discipline. The teaching staff and administrators sent problem students to him for discipline. …   more ›

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Yellow-Vested Bandit Robs Burbank Bank

A TCF Bank branch in Burbank was robbed on Jan. 26

The FBI is searching for a man who is suspected of holding up a Burbank bank Saturday morning.  A man wearing what appears to be a yellow safety vest walked into the TCF Bank branch at 7910 S. Cicero Ave. inside of Jewel-Osco and robbed it, according to the FBI. Get Breaking News Alerts: Oak Lawn/Beverly-Mt. Greenwood/Evergreen Park The man did not show a gun and the incident is described by officials as a non takeover-style bank robbery. The suspected robber was a black male between 5-foot-7 and 5-foot-9. He has on a gray hoodie and has a thin mustache.  No one was injured and the suspect was seen fleeing the scene on foot, the Chicago Tribune reports. If you have any information about the crime you are asked to contact the Chicago branch…

Mary

8:04 pm on Sunday, January 27, 2013

Look at this picture . If you blow it up you can see who it is. And he just walks out like nothing   more ›

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