Driver Charged In Fatal Avondale Hit-And-Run
Felix Fajardo, of Portage Park, has been charged with a felony count of leaving the scene of a fatal accident. He was due to appear for a bond hearing Monday afternoon.
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Felix Fajardo, of Portage Park, has been charged with a felony count of leaving the scene of a fatal accident. He was due to appear for a bond hearing Monday afternoon.
A man was critically injured early Sunday in a hit-and-run crash in the Avondale neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
Four people were injured when a car crashed into a pole Sunday morning in the Avondale neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
Seven people, including four children, were injured in a crash Tuesday morning in the Avondale neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
A man robbed a TCF Bank branch Friday afternoon in the Avondale neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
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