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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1995
Page
9
Jerry Brooks, 24, was charged with two counts of deceptive practice after allegedly attempting to cash a $500 check from a closed account at the First National Bank of Chicago Heights on Governors Highway and another $500 check at a Western Avenue branch.
Henry Bentley Jr. 24 of Ford Heights was arrested on criminal assault and home invasion charges after entering an apartment on Wentworth Avenue at 3 10 am while a woman slept. He allegedly covered her with a blanket, forced undress, and attacked causing knife wounds. The 9 month old slept unharmed as the 4 year old son witnessed the intrusion. Bond set at 300 000 in Sixth District Circuit Court in Marham.
Police logged several vandalism cases Wednesday in Park Forest. Two homes on Dunlap at the 20 block were hit with paint balls and two vehicles on Michael Street suffered the same damage. A Western Avenue resident reported a suspicious person with a gun in Court D, later identified as a paint gun by police.
Will County sheriffs police investigated a theft at a Swan Lane mobile home park in Crete Township. A woman reported two oil paintings worth 4000 dollars each were taken after a man answered her classified ad and grabbed the works while she briefly stepped out. He is described as a white male about 20, 5'11", 170 pounds with brown hair and a thin mustache.
Stolen Tuesday from a Crete Township home in the 2000 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue were a television a compact disc player and discs a cassette tapes a video cassette recorder and a sterling silver candleholder with items valued over 2000. There was no sign of forced entry per Will County sheriffs police.
A string of thefts occurred last week including about 800 dollars in stereo equipment from a vehicle behind a residence on Ex change Road and a camcorder set valued at 1,500 dollars stolen from Service Merchandise parking lot on Torrence Avenue. A Fairfield Inn room lost 750 dollars in traveler's checks. A 69 year old Flossmoor resident injured while eating lunch at That Oriental Place on Torrence Avenue. A Lansing man remained in critical condition after a morning incident in Chicago Heights.
A photograph shows Tom Elyen campaign chairman Ron McLeod Harold Back Fred Mohl and Larry Evert with United Way leaders. Harold Back donated 5000 to the Park Forest Richton Park campaign promising a 59 250 goal match if reached.
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