Oak Park Fire Department rescue snake from CTA Green Line station Back in 2006, Samuel L. Jackson starred in an action thriller called "Snakes on a Plane." In real life 19 years later, some ...

On April 12, 2015, Shelter, 43, of Riverdale, and several acquaintances burglarized the cargo train while it was parked overnight in a railyard in Chicago's Avalon Park neighborhood.

The snake, named Lucius after the character from the Harry Potter series, slithered into a control box panel on the train, the fire department said. Oak Park firefighters opened the box, rescued ...

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