Seeing gang members openly dealing drugs in front of abandoned homes and being mugged six times just feet from her front doorstep were finally enough to drag Salomeja Januska from her Marquette Park home of almost 60 years.In Chicago honest citizens are disarmed but criminals have a field day.
But it wasn't enough to keep her from visiting the old neighborhood for a hot cepelinai, a loaf of fresh Baltic Bakery rye, and a trip down memory lane.
On Tuesday, the Lithuanian grandmother of three paid a price.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
94-year-old visiting old home mugged
The Chicago Sun-Times reports: