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Wilmette neighbors call cops on mom whose child walked the dog alone

The simple task of walking a dog alone is a right of passage for a kid, but it got one north suburban family in a lot of trouble, even leading to an investigation by the Department of Children and Family Services.

A Wilmette mom was investigated for letting her 8-year-old walk the family dog alone. One of those walks caught the eye of a neighbor, who called the police and set off a legal nightmare for the family.

“I think it’s a crazy waste of resources,” the girl’s mother, Corey Widen, said.

Shortly after the eight-year-old got home, a Wilmette police officer rang the doorbell. When asked to describe her reaction when she first saw the police, Widen said, “for a split second I thought maybe it was fundraising.”

She quickly learned that wasn’t the case.

Widen says the officer was called to her home by a neighbor who saw her daughter walking alone had left without incident.

“Apparently whoever call the police didn’t think the police were a good enough judge of what was OK and not OK. Then they called DCFS. The police did not call DCFS,” Widen said.

An investigation was launched and Widen hired an attorney to clear her name. The matter was resolved in less than two weeks, but Widen said she was left with many questions and felt “mom-shamed.”

“You never know who did this to you and it turns your life upside down,” she said. “I’m a homeschooled mom and I’m always with my kids. You can accuse me of a lot of things, not supervising them, is not one of them. My entire life revolves around them.”

Read more at CBS Chicago.

 

Wilmette man, 46, charged with knowingly transmitting HIV

(WILMETTE) A personal trainer from the northern suburbs of Chicago is charged with knowingly transmitting HIV to three women he dated.

The Chicago Tribune reports 46-year-old Jimmy Amutavi of Wilmette has been charged with three counts of criminal transmission of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

Cook County prosecutors say Amutavi repeatedly had unprotected sex with the women and then denied he had the virus when confronted. They say he began monthslong dating relationships with each of the women while working as their personal trainer between April 2015 and this year.

Cook County Judge Laura M. Sullivan has barred him from contacting any of the victims.

Amutavi’s attorney says his client had been taking retroviral medication that made it almost impossible for him to transmit HIV.

 

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