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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 2000
Page
8
Police department spokesmen report incidents from the week including theft arrest and a traffic collision at Main Street and 5th Avenue. Investigations continue as officers compile details and await further statements from witnesses and complainants.
Hazel Crest Jeremiah Shore, 19, of Oak Forest, charged with failure to reduce speed DUI BAC over .08 and no proof of insurance after a crash in the 3600 block of 183rd Street at 4:05 a.m. Wednesday. Police said. Burglary report notes window pried in 1700 block of Elm Drive between 8:15 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Wednesday with two televisions and stereo missing. Snow blower stolen from garage in 17600 block of Oakwood Drive between 3 and 3:45 p.m. Thursday. Car stolen from 16800 block of Wood Street between Dec 27 and 28. reported Jan 17. Country Club Hills woman, 21, reports purse grabbed at Jewell Food store parking lot on 186rd Street and Kedzie Avenue about 7 p.m. Wednesday. reported next day. Dennis Brock, 46, of Harvey, charged with retail theft for taking an electric drill from Menards at 175th and Halsted without payment. Francisco Reyes, 34, Blue Island, charged with retail theft at SuperKmart on 175th and Halsted for items stolen.
A 15 year old Country Club Hills boy was charged with criminal trespass after being seen on Hillcrest High School property, despite prior orders to stay away. Police noted the incident occurred near 17401 8 Pulaski Road during a Tuesday call.
Kevin R. Qunell, 36, of 107 W. 29th Place South Chicago Heights, was charged January 16 with driving with a suspended license after a 2:30 a.m. traffic stop. Police reported the vehicle had an obstructed view and no valid insurance or license. A car window was found broken in the 180 block of 87th Place at midnight Tuesday.
Pedro Torres, 19, of 180 E 22nd St Chicago Heights, faces charges for driving without lights when required driving with a suspended license and having no insurance after a 1245 a m stop in the 2700 block of Chicago Road. Police reports say jewelry and miscellaneous personal papers were stolen from a home in the 3000 block of Forest Preserve Drive. Investigators say leads are being pursued. Two diamond rings a gold bracelet and a gold ring were reported stolen January 15 from an apartment in the 2600 block of Commercial Drive.
A Park Forest resident reported damage to the side rear quarter panel of his car at 401 Sauk Trail gas station after a man demanded he move and threatened him with a hammerlike object. The suspect struck the vehicle as the victim drove away when a passenger returned with the receipt.
A Chicago Heights resident reported his stereo stolen from a vehicle parked near 2500 Lincoln Ave Olympia Fields between 4:30 and 5:30 p m. The driver door lock was punched and the dash and seats were damaged. An employee at 3780 Lincoln Ave Olympia Fields said a radio was taken from a vehicle parked there. Entry occurred through a two inch gap between windows. The owner’s Birmingham Ala license plate suggested the owner lived there. Cyrus Michaux 18 239 Hickory St Chicago Heights was charged with criminal sexual abuse after allegedly fondling a co worker at the store about 8:30 p m.
Police report a recorder was stolen from a residence in the 900 block of 192nd Street on January 16. A purse was stolen from an unlocked vehicle in the 1000 block of Glenwood-Dyer Road later that Monday according to police reports.
A vehicle was stolen from East 15th Street between 2:45 and 4 p.m. Tuesday. Several suspects faced charges including cannabis possession, lookalike substance possession, criminal trespass, and traffic violations in incidents around Concord, Fifth Avenue, 14th Street, Center Avenue, and Chicago Road. Suspects include Emanuel B. Jones, Carl M. Hughes, Kimberly J. McNeiley, Donald L. Woods, and Eugene O. Salter with various alleged offenses and locations.
Crete Daniel Harkennaer, 40, charged with driving under the influence after he slept in his running car at a gas station near Steger Road and I 394. A residence on Deer Haven Drive was broken into with no items stolen. Lynton L. Gentry, 27, charged with cannabis possession after police found a bag containing one gram at Lincoln Mall Drive. Jason Gust, 33, charged with domestic battery and DUI after his vehicle went into a ditch on 218th Street in Matteson. A vehicle stolen from Cicero Avenue, and three cash bags totaling 1405 dollars plus 91 from a cash drawer were taken from a Lincoln Mall store. Michael Foster, 46, and Lee Griffin, 45, charged with theft for stealing tools from a Frankfort vehicle in a Cicero Avenue parking lot. A purse was stolen from a 34-year-old Mokena resident at Lincoln Mall. A Homewood resident reported a van stolen from Market Place Plaza in Matteson. Tracey Travis, 39, charged with unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia at Cicero Avenue.
Matteson Maurice D. McLaurin 20 of Richton Park was charged with criminal damage to property for allegedly throwing a large boulder at the rear hatch of a Morri dent vehicle during a Jan 16 incident at Vollmer Road and Cicero Avenue. Both parties were in cars following a minor traffic altercation when the boulder was allegedly picked up and hurled.
A 34-year-old Matteson resident said a full bottle of grape juice was thrown through the front window at 4200 block of Arlington in Richton Park around 3:20 a.m. January 13. Police identified a suspect after reviewing a White Hen Pantry receipt and video. No charges filed as of Tuesday.
Parole officer Lamar Knazze, 36, pleaded innocent in federal court on charges he took 1800 from a convicted sex offender to drop an arrest warrant and end electronic monitoring. The man had just been released from Danville Correctional Facility for failing to register as a sex offender in Illinois. The FBI investigation led to Knazze’s arrest and he is due back in court on February 17.
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