Police Beat Recaps From Area Stations
Police department spokesmen report on file incidents across the region. Officials list events from arrest reports and public safety briefs, noting dates locations and charges where applicable.
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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1999
Page
10
Police department spokesmen report on file incidents across the region. Officials list events from arrest reports and public safety briefs, noting dates locations and charges where applicable.
The report lists vandalism break ins from Sykuta School on 4301 W 180th St and a punctured gas tank on South Oakwood Ave. It notes a 16 year old charged with theft and weapons offenses in the Sycamore Ave area, plus thefts from properties on Pulaski Ave West 180th St Clarence Dr and West 176th Pl. It records a battery case involving Charmaine Reed and Shirley Hendrix, and thefts from a home and a bar. Police investigated burglaries at Danny G's Bar and other local sites after alarms were triggered.
Hazel Crest police logged several burglary and criminal damage incidents including CDs and a CD player stolen from an unlocked car in the 3100 block of Shagbark between 1 and 1 30 a.m. Friday, a pager stolen from a car in the 3300 block of Tulip between 2 and 4 a.m. Friday, and a purse plus cell phone stolen from the 17600 block of Kedzie Avenue between 7 30 and 7 45 a.m. Saturday. Multiple domestic battery cases followed with several arrests for choking, weapon use, and DUI.
Richton Park resident John Bohn, 35, was charged with disorderly conduct Aug. 16 after shouting obscenities at a woman in the 22200 block of Kostner. Police also reported three bicycle thefts on Aug. 15 from Appleby, Euclid, and Riverside blocks. Joe Simpson, 23, arrested on warrants from Richton Park and Chicago Heights, charged with retail theft and criminal trespass Aug. 16 after attempting to take merchandise from a grocery in the 22200 block of Governors Highway. A bicycle was stolen Aug. 16 from a residence on Shabbona, and an amplifier and CD changer were stolen Aug. 18 from a vehicle on Sycamore.
Police logged a string of weekend crimes including a window break at the Izaak Walton fields concession stand, theft of 12 cases of pop and five cases of candy, two bicycles stolen from Howe and a bike from Lexington. Graffiti appeared on Halsted Street sites and two Homewood men faced cannabis charges after a hill smoking incident near Willow School. A 19 year old, David E Johnson, faced multiple traffic and alcohol offenses after a Spruce Street stop. Additional car windows were broken on Hawthorne and Cedar blocks and James Wooden faces theft charges from August 18.
Dixmoor's former park district treasurer Parnell Jackson, 40, pleaded guilty to theft and conspiracy in a scheme that drained at least 634,800 in park funds. He received four years probation and 160 hours of alternative work, avoiding prison. The case ties to broader fraud that dissolved the district and drew civil suits against 19 former officials, consultants, and builders.
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