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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1999
Page
13
Police beat items sourced from area department spokesmen and official records. Names and alleged incidents are presented as reported. ultimate guilt or innocence remains to be determined in court. The notes cover arrests, investigations, and court actions as recorded by police agencies.
Chicago Heights police reported several incidents including Sheryl Perkins 30 of Wentworth Avenue charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and intoxicated pedestrian behavior near 14th Street and Center Avenue. Other arrests include Rahsaan Brewington 17 for retail theft and Ivan Haisley 18 for disorderly conduct. A 1999 ATV, a boat motor, a cellular phone, and sunglasses were among items stolen in various blocks.
Police reports detail a 1989 Chevrolet stolen in Homewood A and later recovered in a Ridge Road lot, a 1990 Oldsmobile stolen on Pine Road, and a 1996 Chevrolet van entry break in on Ashland Avenue. Additional losses include two bicycles, over $1,800 in store merchandise at Jewel Food Store, and a Kmart theft of cigarettes liquor and cassette players. Police also report seeing Dixon with two large boxes near Kmart.
Police investigate multiple trespass to vehicle incidents last week at Martys Auto Sales and Broadway Body Shop along East End Avenue. A fire extinguisher was stolen from Marks Movers. DUI arrests include Michael P. Hawkins and Tina Gaskey facing additional charges after traffic stops. A chainsaw theft reported on West 29th Street.
Park Forest resident Landon C Barber 19 of 614 Hickok University Park was charged with unlawful possession of cannabis after dropping a plastic bag containing five smaller bags with cannabis material in the 200 block of Main Street. A bicycle theft at Rich East High School and graffiti at Central and Winnebago Parks were also reported.
Police said a television set and a video cassette recorder were taken from a house in the 1700 block of 168th Street between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Thursday after an unlocked door was left open. A rear basement window removal in the 3200 block of Fountainbleau Drive occurred between 8 p.m. Tuesday and 7 a.m. the next day with no glass broken. An audio tape duplicator, speaker, and video cassette recorder were reported missing from the Full Gospel Christian Assembly Church at 3451 West 175th Street.
Steger Joe S Adams, 35, with no address, faced Aug 8 charges of retail theft for trying to steal three Remington razors from Kmart on Chicago Road and offer them for 15 dollars each on the streets. Police say two male juveniles who allegedly exposed themselves near 35th Street and Morgan were told to cease and complied. Ricky R Dixon, 34, of 120 Wilson Park Forest, was charged Thursday with retail theft for attempting to take two video cassettes.
Police surveyed damage after a Friday night crash on Illinois 394 near Glenwood Dyer Road left 20 year old Leslie B. Oesterle of Crown Point Indiana in critical condition. The other driver John W. Aliman of West Lafayette Indiana was treated and released at St. James Hospital in Chicago Heights. No speed or cause was determined and no citations were issued.
Police report a garage in the 2200 block of Vardon Lane in Flossmoor was defaced on August 8 with red permanent marker. The word sussy was scrawled on the door.
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