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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1999
Page
5
Police report multiple arrests and incidents in Chicago Heights area
Chicago Heights Melvin Sharpe was charged with possession of ammunition without a firearm card after a disturbance call in East 14th Street. A vehicle on Fifth Avenue yielded 16 cannabis bags and 280 cocaine bags, with cannabis weighing 18 grams and cocaine 53 grams. Cocaine bags found near Euclid Avenue. A man fled as officers retrieved bags from a hiding spot. Lance S. Hill was charged with domestic battery assault and resisting arrest. Graffiti at Woodgate School and a window broken on Oakwood Lane. Beers faces multiple driving charges. A front fender was kicked from a vehicle on Ascot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Sharpe
19Th St
Chicago Heights
East 14Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Euclid Avenue
Lance S. Hill
212Th Place
Matteson
Governors Highway
Woodgate School
Allemony
Oakwood Lane
Joseph D. Beers
S. Karlow
Midlothian
Thompkins Charged After Halsted Street Stop Near Chicago Heights
Glenwood Chicago Heights resident Michael Thompkins, 34, of 402 Hickory, is charged with attempting to obstruct justice driving on a revoked license possession of drug paraphernalia no insurance and improper display after a July 15 traffic stop near 183rd and Halsted. He allegedly gave police a false name. A spare tire was stolen from beneath a van on Clark Street between July 12 and Friday. Carl K Anderson, 43, of 3054 Hickory Crete, was charged with suspended license no insurance and defective windshield after a July 14 stop near Halsted and Strieff. Eugene Bryant, 48, of 1453 Diplomat Ford Heights, was charged with open alcohol possession of drug paraphernalia and attempted obstruction after giving an incorrect name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Heights
Michael Thompkins
Hickory
183Rd
Halsted
Thompkins
Clark Street
Halsted and Strieff
Carl K. Anderson
Crete
Eugene Bryant
Ford Heights
Bryant
Alcohol and battery charges tied to Homewood incident
Homewood resident Marcus Schontube age 17 faced charges of battery unlawful damage to a vehicle and unlawful consumption of alcohol after an incident in a Ridge Road parking lot near Ashland Avenue where a window was shattered and an officer was spat upon. Earlier reports recount wallet theft with $2,800 charged to a card and other property crimes across Homewood and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Marcus Schontube
Ridge Road
Schontube
Ashland Avenue
Homewood
Battery and mob action arrest in suburb incident
Country Club Hills resident Country Club Hills Detreit Shade 21 and two companions were charged after an Orchard Lane confrontation over a prior dispute. Shade allegedly slammed a man to the ground causing a minor injury. Brown and Hightower faced mob action charges. Also noted are shootings on John Avenue and burglary attempts on Cedar Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detreit
R. Shade
Larkspur Lane
Matteson
Orchard Lane
Shade
Shawn D. Brown
Country Club Hills
Brian P. Hightower
Laurel Lane
Hazel Crest
Brown
Hightower
John Avenue
Karyl J. Brown
Flossmoor Road
Flossmoor
Cedar Avenue
Hazel Crest thefts and arrests report petty crime and DUI
Ladders and tools were stolen from a pickup in the 5 EB Carriage Way parking lot during July 15 to 16. A motorcycle was stolen from an open garage in the 16800 block of Wood Street July 15 or 16. Darnell Brown was charged with being in physical control of a vehicle under the influence after being found asleep in a running car at 171st Street and Dixie Highway. Bryant Johnson was charged with battery for allegedly choking a Hazel Crest woman over a $20 debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carriage Way
Wood Street
Darnell Brown
Parnell St
Chicago
171St Street
Dixie Highway
Brown
Bryant Johnson
Appletree
Country Club Hills
Hazel Crest
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Richton Park
Ascot
Glenwood
Chayes Park Court
Tiana A. Baker
Frontage Terrace
Justice
Jacky D. Hale
Windsor Lane
Baker
Hale
Aaron C. Coats
176Th St
Eagle Country Market
183Rd St
Beecher
Kelvin J. Elza
Penfield, Beecher
Cercilia Spranio, M.D
Atil Ta Sa Lee
Model Home Furniture & Or
Dickinscope
Chicagoland
A: Designs, Corp
Tri Tollway
Chattar Road
Bruns
Dvocate
South Suburban Hospital
Cecilia Ibrahim
M.D
Advocate Health Center
Tinley Park
Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Edgewater Medical Center
Ibrahim
Dr. Ibrahim
South
80Th Avenue
Advocate South Suburban Hospital
Kedzie Avenue
Illinois
Dailysouthtown
Starnewspapers.com
Ashland
Joe Orr
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