Arrest warrant for ex-death row inmate over theft charge
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An arrest warrant was issued Monday for an exonerated Death Row inmate when he didn't show up to court after being accused of stealing deodorant.
Anthony Porter was charged in September with theft for allegedly stealing deodorant from a South Side Walgreens, authorities said.
Porter failed to appear in court Monday, and a judge issued a warrant for his arrest when he didn't show up, said Cook County State's Attorney's office spokesman Andy Conklin.
Porter was convicted and sentenced to Death Row for a 1982 double murder on the South Side. He was released from prison in 1999, after serving 16 years on Death Row.
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A Merrillville police officer shot a man Monday afternoon when the two got into a fight in the parking lot of the Merrillville Planned Parenthood office.
A Merrillville police officer shot a man Monday afternoon when the two got into a fight in the parking lot of the Merrillville Planned Parenthood office.
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Gov. Pat Quinn said Illinois lawmakers have a chance to make history on two fronts this month by approving a plan to fix the state's decades-old pension crisis and legalizing same-sex marriage.
Gov. Pat Quinn said Illinois lawmakers have a chance to make history on two fronts this month by approving a plan to fix the state's decades-old pension crisis and legalizing same-sex marriage.
