North Avenue Beach Again
- A father "had to fight" to get his 2-year-old child away from a man who tried to abduct the toddler this morning on North Avenue beach, and police said a person was in custody in the attack.
The incident happened shortly before 11 a.m. in the 1600 block of North Lake Shore Drive at North Avenue Beach, said Police News Affairs... - After wrestling the child away from the man, the father stopped a nearby bicycle officer and gave a description of the would-be abductor.
The man was identified by officers moments later as he attempted to leave the beach...
Seeing as how the increased police presence is centered on North Avenue, this was bad timing on the pervert's part. Frankly, we're surprised the beach was left open, what with all the heat and humidity. It's dangerous to be out near the cool lake waters in those types of conditions. And now it attracts kidnappers apparently.
The quick reaction and even quicker arrest is a credit to CPD as a whole - good job officers.
The quick reaction and even quicker arrest is a credit to CPD as a whole - good job officers.
Labels: good news
posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
63 Comments:
Pretty brazen for this moron to try and abduct a little kid on a crowded beach in daylight. Thankfully everyone responded and arrested the offender. Watch your kids!
This is every parents worst nightmare, having to fight for the life of their child in the face of an kidnapper or attacker.
Thank god the father was able to stop it, thank god there was a cop nearby who could give chase and take this miserable fucker down.
The offender has been convicted of CSA with a victim under the age of nine, so I say damn good job.
This is not a modern phenomenon. I was the subject of an attempted abduction when I was a kid. We are talking early 60s. I got away, and he got away from my father, who was large, an ex-professional boxer and Calabrian....
I favor summary justice for child molesters.
Good to see LS in front of all the cameras. GEU "is" the new Summer Mobile.
Leo, it's a good thing you have a place to work out, else it would be hell to haul all that shiny stuff around on your shirt.
btw: You sounded like you were reciting a bad movie script and your hat needs replacing immediately(unless you're a CTA bus driver).
all the more reason for Concealed Carry, now! not later, NOW!
It's not the heat, it's the stupidity.
Funny how the story didn't mention the fact that some media scum got ahold of the dad's cell number and started harassing him for an interview.
Leo looked good on TV with all his medals.
Thank you officers. Thank you. And may the pervert get an uncomfortable object shoved in an uncomfortable place multiple times.
"...this was bad timing on the pervert's part".
LMFAO!!!
He should have been shot dead by the father on the spot.
Oh, wait. Guns are bad. They would have taken a life of a person who would have taken a child's life after a sexual torture session.
Liberalism is a mental disease.
Kidnapping???
Did the kidnapper of "distinctive appearance" have an "exit strategy" with thousands of beachgoers and lots of police all around at midday?
Motive? What was the kidnapper thinking? Ransom demand? Sexual assault of a 2-year old male infant? Cannibalism?
Fast response by police to a mental. Barring admissions as to criminal intent, he will probably be charged with battery to which his public defender will successfully plead insanity.
Leo looked good on TV with all his medals.
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Sad but true part is that he put himself in for most of those awards. Professional paper jumper and self promoter. Becareful kids, because uncle Leo would do anything to move up.
Was the burglary at Louis Vuitton a mob wilding again? Press isn't saying anything worthwhile.
Anonymous said...
Leo looked good on TV with all his medals.
7/03/2011 02:07:00 AM
I'm retired and never met this guy, but one look and I said here's a paper-jumping egomaniac, full of himself, clouted, Napoleonic complex, insecure bully who wears that shirt as a shield to tell everyone, "Look at me! I'm a big deal!"
I'm guessing he did some police work at some point but he looks like the kind of guy sits at home with his General Order on Department Awards and plots out his strategy on how he can obtain each of the next ribbons on the list and who he can get to add him to their list whenever someone IS being submitted.
How close did I get???
Just like animals in the wild, the predator human preys on the weak, old, sick and young. This animal walked off with its prey and the parent came to the rescue of his young cub.
Then, because the local government of communists has disarmed him, he had to run and find a police officer. Luckily, even though the communist government has failed to keep the staff levels of the police up and beaten those sill working down, an officer was nearby and able to take down the wild animal.
Welcome to the rules of the jungle, given to you by failed liberal policies that have replaced the rule of law and the United States Constitution that is supposed to protect your God given rights from these dictators.
Keep voting for these democrats, suckers.
The offender has been convicted of CSA with a victim under the age of nine, so I say damn good job.
7/03/2011 12:08:00 AM
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I would think a castration would be in order
The father shoud have had a Charter Arms .44spl Bulldog and put a Glaser Safety Slug in oinks dome.
Good Lord, does he have re-enforced shirts custom made so he can have all those pins and bars on it ? Please, save the glitter for parades and get a new hat. That one has the old 50 missions look to it.
I wonder when the judges and state legislators will realize a fact that is well proven in statistics and research; child molesters are incurable and should be locked up for life. They will be repeat offenders as soon as they are let out of confinement.
What a savage animal. And already a registered sex offender. Come on down to Chicago, folks! Our liberal judges and prosecutors have made sure that everyone's rights are protected from the evil police.
It's working out great, isn't it? We should pay the police less and hire fewer of them. We don't need them because cameras can stop the crime. Would a camera have made the arrest or just given a blurry image of the abduction?
Liberalism is a mental disease.
Too bad the father didn't have a gun. This prick needs to die.
Leo looked good on TV with all his medals.
7/03/2011 02:07:00 AM
Thank you for your post, Leo.
Nobody cares about how many medals one has. Most coppers don't have all their awards on their shirts anyways. Hey, you got more medals than me, that's great. But I don't go, WOW, look at him!
Leo looked good on TV with all his medals.
7/03/2011 02:07:00 AM
He's Lt. John S.'s role model.
Beach Bacteria. There's not enough PineSol, Lysol, or Clorox to rid those spores. City spent the money on Miracle Grow for the plant boxes and flower gardens.
Why was this scumbag out of jail in the firts place? I hope the judge will sentence this guy to about 20 yrs to keep our kids safe for a ling time. On a crowded beach their was no mention of other people trying to help this father and kick this guys ass first , then call the police?
Good job by the CPD.
Did you notice that Tyrone Hill was wearing his "Break the Chain of Domestic Violence" T-shirt with the purple ribbon?
Speaking of ribbons, what's the story on that commander on TV wearing a score of ribbons like some dictator in a banana republic? Is he a police hero?
Awesome job CPD and the boy's father. Truly heroic what CPD does day in and day out to little or no recognition! Bravo.
Would have been better if some of the yuppies on the beach would have helped out and delivered a pumpkin head deluxe on the jagoff.
"Leo, it's a good thing you have a place to work out, else it would be hell to haul all that shiny stuff around on your shirt.
btw: You sounded like you were reciting a bad movie script and your hat needs replacing immediately(unless you're a CTA bus driver)."
7/03/2011 12:33:00 AM
Leo...."look at me!....I am....somebody!"
He's a convicted/registered sex offender who loves kids. He should get the death penalty. Just wishful thinking. Would never happen because we're in Chicago, Crook County,IL
Leo, your medals look great. Normal people only where them while in full dress blues but then we don't feel the need to show off.
Quit with the initials (LS) is Leo Schmitz. Be done with it.
Sadly, we all know some liberal judge will likely give this douchebag a light sentence along with some taxpayer funded bullshit counseling. He'll be back on the streets in a year or two. Too bad a few of the other fathers on the beach didn't come together and kick the living shit out this waste of oxygen. When I was a kid, that's the way things would've been handled. By the time the coppers arrived, there wouldn't have much left of the would be kidnapper / molester. God, I long for the old days.
LS was a merit sgt. in my class.....1998....then a merit lt.......now a merit commander....WTF?????
I am glad it ended the way it did! Thank god the child will be okay! However, a two year old at the beach should not be more than an arms distance from their parents. Anything could have happened! A football being thrown at the beach could have hit the kid in the head, teenagers running into the water could have knocked the kid down, etc......
Leave Leo alone or I'll kick your ass!
i bet the cook county asa talk it down to a simple battery
Schmitz is as phony as a $3 bill. Aside from breathing, check what the ribbons are for. Most can't even be awarded to a lowly P.O. He nominates himself and he always was a paper jumper. The rack of bogus awards compensate for his inferiority complex.
What did Schmitz ever do that could be called heroic? Clout all the way.
That offender was trying to protect that two year old from excessive heat!
To bad the guy did not KILL that pos child molester,would save us money! I don't want any study as to why he did it the only cure is DEATH for child molesters!
So when did they put Frazier Thomas back on the air -- I thought he was dead!
(Would you look at all those shiny things on those men's shirts.)
But seriously...the city nabs a registered sex offender trying to kidnap a kid...and according to the timeline on BreakingNews.com eight hours after the apprehension they claim to be waiting to hear if charges were going to be filed!!
What's up with that -- did they have to check the political clout list to make sure he wasn't 'connected"?
Was the perv at North Ave beach an employee for the Taste of Chicago that the park district now runs?
When I first heard this story I though they nabbed this guy working for the park district at the Taste the other night -- that was taking inappropriate photos of a 13 year old and was then busted on drugs too..
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=8224813
WTF guys? Know what I'm sayin'?
Anonymous said...
Leo, your medals look great. Normal people only where them while in full dress blues but then we don't feel the need to show off.
7/03/2011 11:49:00 AM
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You know, you can say what you want to about Leo, and yes, most of you will, but the truth is he is really a nice guy and at one time was a very good copper. His ego gets it his way, and that is a shame. It is unfortunate that nobody, including his wife, can make him understand that in spite of really being a decent sort, his actions and ego make him look like an idiot.
Schmitz? is that his name? Nickname must be "Put 'em on da Paper" or POPS to get all them for "real" ribbons. Give me a f****n break.
And, oh yeah,get over to Kohut's and get a new hat and quit wearing one of those rollups from the 70's. Spend some of the uniform allowance will ya'.
Ret. 14yrs..........
I wonder if this piece of shit can swim. Maybe he should have been given some underwater lessons.
Ald. Burke say's:
Silly stupid people. That's why when I go to the beach I always bring along six body guards ....
The offender is well know at the beaches... I first saw him years ago doing the "I was just laying here and I swear I didn't know my dick was hanging outside my shorts" routine... There are a bunch of them that ply the beaches...
If someone tried to abduct my child, I would kill that person.
There would be no 'surrender' or "OK, I give up".
I would look into their eyes, watch as the life left them and continue to watch until I was certain it was all gone.
Why was a two year old far enough away from his parents on a crowded beach for anyone to be able to lay hands on him and try to snatch him?
Great that you guys were there to grab the animal but woulda been better if the father woulda choked the mutant scumbag to death in the lake....
Cicero PD
Concealed carry could discourage such peoplez.
Put yard markers at the beach for streets and sand body pick up.
He thought she would fit perfectly on his horizontal 55 gal drum grill.
Soylent green is people.
Feed him to the lions at the zoo- pay per view.
D N A CHECK BEFORE BIRTHS.
Try it again Tanishanana.
Kidnapping???
Did the kidnapper of "distinctive appearance" have an "exit strategy" with thousands of beachgoers and lots of police all around at midday?
Motive? What was the kidnapper thinking? Ransom demand? Sexual assault of a 2-year old male infant? Cannibalism?
Fast response by police to a mental. Barring admissions as to criminal intent, he will probably be charged with battery to which his public defender will successfully plead insanity.
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It is not the job of the police to take action based upon the projected assumption of what may or may not happen in a court room many years from now. It is the job of the police to enforce the laws we have and not to stand aside and discuss possible defenses while a bad guy attempts to take a child.
The following things are clear from the comment you made:
1. You went to college.
2. You ate up all the legalese that has nothing to do with your job and you love citing this crap to prove some in depth knowledge of a job that you really know nothing about.
3. You are a horrible policeman and should be doing something else.
I love the CPD! And that father! God bless every one of you who would have rushed to save this child from certain harm given the same scenario. If I was that dad, I don't think I could ever let go of my kid again for one second- life is that delicate and vulnerable and now he has experienced it first hand.
Leo got the majority of those medals when he worked the 012 district robbery team. His cousin (or aunt) was the liaison for the medical district and city services - specifically dealt with the police issues as the medical district was
A prime target for the mutts. Every time Leo made even the most menial arrest, she ensured she made him a hero and used her juice to get him every award that the city, police and UIC university and medical district had to offer.
It also helps when his father in law is a very very rich real estate broker and developer from the north side who has has the money, the juice and phone call to get Leo whatever he wants. His wife wants the status of being a police Lt but doesn't want the work, understandably she wants to be a mom- that's why Leo and not Ellen is an exempt
For those of you who weren’t there, it was GEU guys who made the arrest and Schmitz was on camera for that reason plus the fact that he was the highest ranking supervisor assigned to the beach. What you didn’t see was clout-hack Lt. MB from news affairs who orchestrated the press conference, and who was being paid OT to be there as she was dressed in her summer best and not to represent the department.
Bash Leo or anyone/anything else all you want, but being quick to judge based on what the media shows you is as wrong as when they sway public opinion to believe that the “victim” was a good boy, or that the beach was closed due to heat, etc. etc. etc.
From my "Bat Out of Hell" album
"Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"
CORRECTION FOR 9:44 AM: "(One) Out of Three Ain't (Good)"
P.S.: It was a good pinch, wacko or not.
The following things are clear from the comment you made:
1. You went to college.
2. You ate up all the legalese that has nothing to do with your job and you love citing this crap to prove some in depth knowledge of a job that you really know nothing about.
3. You are a horrible policeman and should be doing something else.
7/04/2011 09:44:00 AM
He also missed the part that the offender has spent time in the penitentiary for sexually assaulting a child under the age of nine...
I live in the nieghborhood, and bike through that area on a regular basis.
The comparison of the crowd from last year to this is, shall we say, quite striking. It's a huge change in who's there, and not a good one.
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