Police Beat Report Highlights Thefts and Arrests
A gold wristwatch Discman Playstation and cash were stolen Wednesday from a residence in the 3800 block of 216th Place after a bedroom window entry. Claretha Staples 29 was charged with retail theft at Lincoln Mall. Multiple vehicles stolen in the area and several domestic battery and drug offenses noted. A front door entry, a lawn mower theft, and car burglaries reported with arrests including Elbert Hutton and others. A motorcycle crash near Hazel Crest left a man in critical condition. Police documented truancy arrests and various traffic violations across Will County area.
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216Th Place
Claretha Staples
Wildwood
Kankakee
Lincoln Mall
Cicero Avenue
Southwick Drive
Robert E. Newcomb
E. Forest
Park Forest
211Th Street
Lillian M. Acevedo
Poplar Lane
Country Club Hills
Jermaine Mimms
170Th St
Hazel Crest
Tina Todd
S. Morgan St
Chicago
Briar Lane
Dana Barnes
Oakwood Court
Lincoln Street
Anthony Avenue
Kedzie Avenue
Elbert Hutton
176Th Place
183Rd Street
Shooters Place Inc
Chicago Road
Wallace
34Th Street
Sally
Crime spree and arrests reported in Country Club Hills area
A string of thefts occurred in the Country Club Hills area including a car taken March 22 and recovered in Chicago, tools stolen from the US Post Office lobby as workers were present, and a home burglary with a door kicked in. Police also report students fighting near Hillcrest High School and arrests for an aggravated sexual assault warrant and false police report filings by local youths. An earlier reported DUI charge for Kurt Land was corrected.
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W. 183Rd St
Pulaski Road
Birch Street
Hillcrest High School
South Pulaski Avenue
Country Club Hills
Cook County
Willow Street
Gary
Ind
Purses Stolen From Hospital Locker In Olympia Fields
A purse containing three gold rings a tennis bracelet two credit cards and a checkbook was stolen from an employee locker at a hospital in the 20200 block of Crawford Avenue. Willie Hughes and Walter Bennett Jr were charged with multiple offenses on March 27 and Carolyn Madden was charged with theft after a misdelivered package.
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Crawford Avenue
Willie J. Hughes
Parnell
Chicago Heights
Walter Bennett Jr
Adams St
Hughes
Bennett
Lincoln Highway
Chicago Heights Charged With Possession Near Donovan Drive
Chicago Heights was charged with possession of a controlled substance at about 6 20 p m Monday near 15th Street and Donovan Drive. Roach had two bags of alleged cocaine. A car was stolen near 17th Street and Wilson Avenue around 5 30 p m Monday. Eleven bags of suspected cocaine were found behind a yard on West Hickory Street about 8 p m Monday weighing a little over two grams.
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Chicago Heights
15Th Street
Donovan Drive
Roach
17Th Street
Wilson Avenue
West Hickory Street
Ford Heights Four seek independent prosecutor probe
The Ford Heights Four seek a special prosecutor to examine alleged police and prosecutor actions in their wrongful convictions. Kenneth Adams Verneal Jimerson Willie Raines and Dennis Williams urge an impartial inquiry, citing obstr uction of justice perjury and conspiracy by about 10 police officers and five prosecutors.
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Ford Heights
Kenneth Adams
Verneal Jimerson
Willie Raines
Dennis Williams
Cook County Criminal Court
Thomas Fitzgerald
Williams
Jimerson
Northwestern University
Carol Schmal
Larry Lionberg
Homewood
Ous
Adams
Flint Taylor
Taylor
Dick Devine
Four Heights Four
Cook County
Devine
No. 2
Bob Benjamin
Gino DiVito
Illinois
DiVito
Benjamin
Cook County Sheriff's Police
Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
Cook County Board
Sally Daly
Michael Sheahan
Sheahan
Daly
Second man charged in murder of former Glenwood resident
A second man was charged Thursday in the Jan. 19 slaying of Lester Mosbacher, a former Glenwood resident shot at Colonial Currency Exchange in Chicago. Antoine Jackson, 20, faces first degree murder and armed robbery charges after being identified while in custody for another crime. He and Michael Smith, plus a third unnamed man, are accused of killing Mosbacher during an apparent robbery. less than $50 was stolen. Smith is held on a $1 million bond. Mosbacher, 52, lived in Orland Park and was a prominent figure in the south suburban Jewish community. Police continue to seek the third suspect.
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Lester Mosbacher
Glenwood
Chicago
West Pullman
Antoine Jackson
Maryland Avenue
Calumet
Cook County
Dennis Walsh
Jackson
Mosbacher
Walsh
Michael Smith
S. Lowe Ave
Smith
Orland Park
Colonial Currency Exchange
S. Halsted St
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Matteson
Dolores J. Parkinson
Monterey Court
University Park
Valentino D. Sangster
Poplar
Sangster
Western Avenue
Will County
East Corning Road
Tuckaway Golf Course
S. Stoney Island Ave
Olympia Fields Osteopathic Regional Medical Center
Terry Lee Johnson
Orchard Ridge Ave
Ashland Avenue
Johnson
Sandro D. Espinoza
Andover Drive
Richton Park
31St Street
Shijuana Stone
25Th Street
Steger
Efren Vallejo
Schilling
Halsted Street
Donna Marie Bell
Abbott Lane
Walgreens Drug Store
Aida Court
South Halsted Avenue
Terrance T. Roach
Barbara Lane
West 177Th Street
West 189Th Street
West 176Th Ace
the Star
Kurt J. Land
Williams, Steger
The
Olympia Fields
Carolyn M. Madden
Indianwood
Starnewspapers.com
Cellular One
Motorola
R JO
Rare & Waser
Terigan
Jaci
Nemerville
Kchaumbur
Alpha Communications
Cellularone
Nokia
Army Gee
DIS
Niewelinere
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