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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1999
Page
6
Hazel Crest youths, Hazel Crest residents face multiple charges
Hazel Crest residents Gerald Hawkins and Robert Tisdale were charged with offenses including drug possession and battery after separate incidents. A quick change scam occurred at Denny’s with $40 shortchange, thefts of phones and car parts reported in the area. A juvenile was charged with theft for stealing bicycle seats at the train station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Hawkins
171St St
Hazel Crest
168Th Street
Park Avenue
183Rd Street
Balhan Shell
175Th Street
Dixie Highway
Robert Tisdale
Fountainbleau Drive
Denny’s
183Rd St
Two Chicago Heights suspects face drug and traffic charges
Chicago Heights residents Russell Crosby aged 33 and Alex Jones aged 35 were charged in separate incidents for possession of controlled substances and cannabis, with Crosby cited on multiple traffic violations after a 4:40 p.m. stop near 14th Street and Center Avenue, while Jones allegedly dropped cannabis as officers approached near East 14th Street. A car theft occurred between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday on West 15th Place, and two bikes were reported stolen in Homewood in the past week. Additional car burglaries and a storage locker theft were noted on Holbrook Road and Elder Street with further items stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Crosby
Enterprise Court
Chicago Heights
14Th Street
Center Avenue
Alex L. Jones
Claude Court
East 14Th Street
Jones
West 15Th Place
Homewood
Holbrook Road
Elder
Stolen bike reported at Hickok Pool bike rack
University Park police report a 10 speed mountain bike was stolen from the locked rack at Hickok Pool between 10 a.m. and the early evening on Wednesday. A resident on Nathan Street heard racial slurs from a man in a small white vehicle with four males inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickok Pool
University Park
Nathan Street
Armed Robbery Charged In Stop N Go Heist At Chicago Road
Stanley Mosely, 19, with no address given, faces two counts of armed robbery for allegedly brandishing a gun at two Stop-N-Go employees at 2746 Chicago Road. The noon July 1 robbery involved an undetermined cash amount. A witness provided Mosely’s stolen vehicle license plate. the car was reported stolen from Freeport. Mosely was arrested July 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Mosely
Stop-N-Go
Chicago Road
Freeport
Mosely
John P. Markoff
Markoff
St. James Hospital and Health Center
Brian Branch
Spencer
Shannon L. Boles
Peggy Lane
Chicago Heights
Park Forest man charged after fatal bike crash
Marcus Jones 28 was charged with failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident disobeying a stop sign driving without eyeglasses and operating an uninsured vehicle in connection with the death of Jasmine Jackson 10 who rode from behind a parked van and collided with his car on Fifth Avenue near 13th Street in Chicago Heights. Witnesses said Jones appeared to roll through a stop sign and traveled three to four mph over the posted 25 mph limit. The girl died at Olympia Fields Osteopathic Medical Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Forest
Chicago Heights
Marcus Jones
Jasmine Jackson
Claude Court
Jones
Fifth Avenue
Intersec
Tion
13Th Street
Olympia Fields Osteopathic Medical Center
Robert Pinnow
Jasmine
Pinnow
Indiana man charged with armed carjacking
A 25-year-old Gary man was arrested after a two state pursuit and 24 hour manhunt ending in Lincolnshire. He allegedly carjacked a 1996 Toyota Corolla at a Calumet City gas station then used it in a Racine County Wisconsin robbery. The suspect hid in bushes, was captured with a leg injury, and treated at Condell Medical Center. No injuries reported.
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Calumet City
Lincolnshire
Gary
Lake County
Ill
Pat O'Meara
Racine County
Wis
Kenosha County
Illinois
Condell Medical Center
Libertyville
O’meara
Citgo
Sibley Boulevard
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