Police Beat summary note states legal uncertainty
Police beat items rely on statements from department spokesmen and police reports. Guilt or innocence remains a matter for the courts and is not determined by the beat at this time.
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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1999
Page
6
Police beat items rely on statements from department spokesmen and police reports. Guilt or innocence remains a matter for the courts and is not determined by the beat at this time.
Hazel Crest resident Linda Johnson 31 of 16800 Wood St was charged Tuesday with criminal damage to property and interfering with reporting of domestic battery after damaging a door and pulling a phone from a wall to prevent a police call.
Twenty eight sheets of plywood and eight sheets of green board vanished from a Sandy Ridge construction site. Three suspects seen loading items into a pickup near 34th Street and Wentworth Avenue at 12 42 PM. David Vanegas 28 Chicago charged with traffic violations and held on Cook County warrant after a stop at 34th and Butler. Joshua Honaker 58 Steger arrested on outstanding DUI warrant. Lawrin Leverette 21 Evergreen Park charged with criminal damage to property and held on Hodgkins warrant for domestic battery.
Police said five vehicles were stolen from a business in the 200 block of South State Street over a five day span. Two cars were taken about 6 15 p.m. on January 17. Three more vehicles were stolen between January 15 and Tuesday. Officers also found 36 bags of suspected rock cocaine on West Hickory Street around 9 p.m. January 15 after observing loitering near a drug trafficking area.
A stolen card was taken from a car on Matthew Lane after a window was shattered. Police say burglars used a brick to break into Cellular One at Halsted Street, stealing electronics from a display case. Two cars were stolen last week, one from Morgan Street and another from Halsted Street, recovered in Hammond and Calumet City with damage.
A vehicle was stolen from a Holiday Inn parking lot. Harold Green, 47, Calumet City, was arrested on an outstanding Matteson Police retail theft warrant and charged with attempted obstruction of justice after giving a false name during a Route 30 traffic stop. Eric Bell, 17, Hazel Crest, faced cannabis and license suspension charges. Zollicoffer 17 Richton Park and Dixon 18 Richton Park were charged with cannabis possession after a Cicero Avenue stop. Biederman 31 Chicago was charged with retail theft for attempting to take a vase on 211th Street. A second vehicle theft occurred in the Cicero Avenue area.
Police reports list a theft of a vehicle on Juniper Avenue and several arrests. Vincent Montgomery, 27, Robbins, faces disorderly conduct and resisting a peace officer charges. John L. Hudson, 25, Chicago Heights, charged with obstructing a peace officer. Christopher J. Paullin, 35, Park Forest, charged with domestic battery. William J. Lucas, 29, University Park, charged with domestic battery and criminal damage to property.
Jerry D. Brooks age 28 of 3540 Ashland Ave Steger was charged January 15 with driving too fast for conditions and illegal transportation of alcohol after an accident at Richton Road and Steger Road in Steger Illinois.
Gloria J. Johnson, 41, at 1109 Amherst, charged with operating an uninsured vehicle, suspended registration, driver and passenger seat belt violations, and muffler violation. Terrance T. Flowers, 22, of Dalton, charged with driving without a valid license following a traffic stop. Flowers processed and released on a $2000 recognizance bond with a February 9 court date in Monee.
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