Matteson teens charged in armed robbery and gun case
Two 14 year old Rich Central students face charges for robbing a Rich South youth at gunpoint near Huth Middle School. Their father is jailed on unlawful use of a weapon after police found guns at a Tower Drive home. Authorities recovered a sawed off shotgun and another firearm with a ground serial number. The incident prompted an audit of possible gun sources as the investigation continues. A separate arrest in South Chicago Heights involved a Riverdale man charged with battery resisting arrest and possessing stolen property after police found Advil bottles, and a stop at 8:02 p.m. led to weapon and cocaine findings.
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Huth Middle School
Audy
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Tower Drive
Riverdale
Chicago Heights
Ron Diederich
Lencer D. Turner
Lowe
Diederich
Turner
West 27Th Street
Jewel Food
Chicago Road
Chicago Heights Woman Charged With Felony Possession
Dierdre L. Griffin, 31, of 1311 Fifth Ave., was arrested January 18 after police, using an undercover bag of cocaine, found a gram of cocaine, an unloaded .38 caliber handgun, $655, two citizen band radios, a cellular phone and a pager in her home, Capt. Richard Stultz said.
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13Th Street
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Beliford
Stultz
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Dierdre L. Griffin
Fifth Ave
Bullet grazes youth on way to Saukview School
South Chicago Heights police report a 15-year-old student suffered a knee abrasion after hearing a loud pop on school grounds last Thursday morning. Police say three witnesses heard the noise. the teen was treated by the school nurse, with pants intact, as investigators pursue a possible gunfire incident.
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Chicago Heights
Saukview
Ron Diederich
Diederich
Nurse charged with unlawful possession at Olympia Fields
Susan Robertson of Joliet a temporary nurse at Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital was charged by Olympia Fields police last week with one felony count of unlawful acquisition of a controlled substance for allegedly obtaining narcotics on two separate dates and using them herself.
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Joliet
Olympia Fields
Robertson
Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital
Chicago man arrested for alleged sexual assault in University Park
Police charged Derrick A. Jenkins 28 for alleged aggravated criminal sexual assault of a 12 year old boy in University Park. Jenkins went door to door as a Jehovah's Witness and asked to take the child with him to a party with his wife. the mother consented. The boy was allegedly assaulted while asleep in his bed.
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University Park
Derrick A. Jenkins
Harvard Ave
Jenkins
Chicago Heights man arrested on drug and weapon charges
A Matteson man, Johnny C. Reliford of 4205 Lindwood Drive, was arrested Saturday evening by Chicago Heights Police and charged with possession of a controlled substance and unlawful use of a weapon.
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Chicago Heights
Richard Stultz
Johnny C. Reliford
Lindwood Drive
Country Club Hills Arson Charge Linked to Fire
Gregory Martinez, 43, of 1133 W 52nd Drive Merrillville Indiana has been charged with arson in Monday s blaze that gutted a vacant house at 16931 Glen Oaks Drive Country Club Hills Martinez who previously lived in the home faces the charge after the fire damaged the vacant property and investigation traced connections to him.
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Gregory Martinez
W. 52Nd Drive
Merrillville
Ind
Glen Oaks Drive
Country Club Hills
Martinez
Fire destroys foreclosed Cape Code home near Country Club Hills
A two story foreclosed home in a Chicago area suburb burned after a neighbor call at 4 45 pm. Fire Chief Gary Kasper said about 60000 in damage, with Oak Forest and Markham firefighters bringing the fire under control in 35 40 minutes. Police identified a 13 year old as the shooter in a nearby gang related incident at 177th Street and Country Club Lane, with no injuries or property damage. a 9mm handgun and shell casings were recovered and the juvenile faces weapon charges in Juvenile Court.
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Oak Forest
Markham
Kasper
Country Club Hills
177Th Street
Country Club Lane
Dan Martin
Crash claims woman's life on Sauk Trail in Steger
Mazzella Smith, 23, of Ford Heights, died when her car skidded on an icy Sauk Trail patch and collided with an eastbound car at Lahon Road. Her 6-year-old son escaped injury, foot trapped in back seat. University Park man James Javor, 42, was treated and charged with safety belt and insurance violations.
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Sauk Trail
Steger
Charles Tieri
Mazzella Smith
Lahon Road
Tieri
Smith
University Park
James Javor
St. James Hospital
Javor
Blackhawk
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