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BB Gun Used By Palatine Teens In Failed Hold-Up: Prosecutors

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS , IL — Two Palatine teens face robbery charges after they allegedly brandished a BB gun during an attempted robbery in Arlington Heights over the weekend. Alexy Godoy, 19, and Exequiel Sosa-Barrientos, 18, were each charged with aggravated robbery stemming from the incident Sunday. Godoy is being held in Cook County Jail on $50,000 bail, while Sosa-Barrientos is in custody on $25,000 bail. According to prosecutors, a resident at the Stonebridge of Arlington Heights apartments saw the teens riding a bicycle together as he was driving up to the complex, the Daily Herald reports . Godoy allegedly followed the resident when he exited his car and walked up the stairs to his building behind him, the report stated. Godoy then allegedly pulled out what the resident thought was a gun, the report added. (Get Patch real- time email alerts for the latest Palatine news . And iPhone users: Check out Patch's new app.) The resident was able to get into his apartment, howe...

2 men shot, killed at apartment complex on Northwest Side

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SAN ANTONIO - Two men are dead following a shooting at an apartment complex early Friday morning , San Antonio police said. The shooting was reported just before 3:30 a.m. at the LaRisa Apartments in the 800 block of Babcock Road, just south of Hillcrest on the city's Northwest Side . According to police there had been a disturbance at the home earlier in the night. One of the men involved left but then returned before getting into a dispute with a man inside the home. Police said they believe the two men shot and killed each other. RELATED:  Feds arrest 2 possibly linked to investigation of shooting death of 4-year-old boy RELATED: One man cuts another man in self-defense, police say There were other people inside the home at the time of the shooting but they all left the scene. Officials said the early dispute likely had to do with a woman and baby but that they are not sure if that was the reason for shooting. This is a developing story. Stay with KSAT 12 both online and on-...

Candle causes fire at Shelby Township apartment building

SHELBY TOWNSHIP , Mich. - A man left a candle burning when he fell asleep causing a fire Monday morning at the Pebble Creek Apartments in Shelby Township , the fire chief said.  About 12 units were impacted by the fire at the building on Pebble Creek near West Utica and Ryan roads.  "When we got here it was basically a wall of fire," said Shelby Township Fire Chief Jim Swinkowski . "There was a gentleman who had a candle burning, the candle fell of the table and started the blanket and a portion of the couch. He woke up to the smoke detector. And with smoke in there he got his son up. His son tried to drag the couch out of the apartment but was overcome. Once he opened the door wall and put all the fresh oxygen in there the fire really started going." Swinkowski said the man pulled his son out of the building and called 911. He said the fire spread up the outside of the building and onto the roof.  "When our crews got here just a couple minutes later, they j...