https://freerepublic.com/tag/panici/ en-us Mon, 21 Sep 2026 22:27:09 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4396388/posts A veteran Chicago police dispatcher was pinned inside her wrecked car, with nine broken ribs and two fractured vertebrae, when a man climbed into the back seat and stole her driver’s license and credit cards, prosecutors say. The man’s girlfriend then got into the front seat and began patting the injured victim’s waistline, apparently looking for more valuables. Victoria Mesarina, a dispatcher with the city’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications for 26 years, was driving home in uniform when another vehicle slammed into the driver’s side of her car in the 3300 block of West Douglas Boulevard around 2:30... CWB Chicago https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4396388/posts#comment Mon, 21 Sep 2026 22:27:09 GMT