Editing Crestwood, Illinois (section)

==Water contamination==
{{Main|Water contamination in Crestwood, Illinois}}
In April 2009, the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' in an investigative article titled "Poison in the Well", reported that the water from a well used to supply residents with drinking water had been contaminated with chemicals (including two linked to the known carcinogen [[perchloroethylene]]) from [[dry cleaning]] solvents. Village of Crestwood officials, including Mayor Robert Stranczek, and the former mayor [[Chester Stranczek]], were accused of secretly and illegally using the well and lying to regulatory authorities in order to cover that up. The ensuing investigation has generated three class-action lawsuits, two wrongful death lawsuits, and several federal raids.<ref name="Annie Sweeney 2013, p. 1">Michael Hawthorne and Annie Sweeney, "Guilty Plea in Tainted Water Case," The Chicago Tribune, Friday, April 12, 2013, section 1, p. 1</ref>  Tricia Krause, a mother of a son who had leukemia for six years and a daughter who had a brain tumor alerted the USEPA of the wrongdoings of the Village of Crestwood officials.{{Citation needed|reason=no reference|date=March 2013}}

In April 2013, certified water operator Frank Scaccia pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement. Crestwood's police chief and former water supervisor, Theresa Neubauer, was also found guilty of making false statements to regulators.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tarm|first=Michael|title=Theresa Neubauer Guilty: Ex-Crestwood Official Convicted Of Lying About Tainted Water|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/29/theresa-neubauer-guilty_n_3179391.html|work=Huffingtonpost.com|publisher=Huffington Post|access-date=May 24, 2013|date=April 29, 2013}}</ref> Former Mayor Chester Stranczek was declared not fit to stand trial due to dementia.<ref name="Annie Sweeney 2013, p. 1"/>