Homewood Robbery at Gunpoint Off Halsted Street
A 41-year-old woman was robbed at gunpoint Thursday evening while waiting to turn onto Ridge Road from Walton Lane near Washington Park Place. A suspect in a back car demanded rings cash and license, taking two rings money and license before fleeing east on Ridge Road. Police described the male suspect as about 5 feet 9 inches 200 pounds with a deep scar and a female accomplice about 5 feet 4 inches. The suspects were described as black in their 20s.
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Firework shatters Jamie Court window in Homewood
Police report says a large firework attached to a front window on Jamie Court shattered a 3 by 3 foot storm window and a 12 by 12 inch inner pane at about 4:30 p.m. No injuries reported as residents slept when the blast sprayed broken glass. investigators have no suspects.
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Washiak pleads not guilty in Chicago Heights shooting
Jerry Washiak appeared in a Markham courthouse on Thursday pleading not guilty to charges in the March 31 fatal shooting of Eddie Benson on a South Chicago Heights apartment porch. Police say a long running dispute over Benson's television volume ended in the lethal gunfire.
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Jerry Washiak
Eddie Benson
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Benson
Washiak to Appear for Status Hearing March 11
Washiak is scheduled to appear before Judge Robert Krop on March 11 for a status hearing. The proceeding will determine next steps in the case and may affect subsequent dates or actions.
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Washiak
Robert Krop
Cars Stolen From Calumet City Parking Lots
Three vehicles were reported stolen in Calumet City on Thursday into Friday. A River Oaks Shopping Center car was taken between 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., a van disappeared from the 600 block of Freeland Avenue between 6:45 p.m. Thursday and 6:25 a.m. Friday, and a third car was taken from the 200 block of Ruth Street between 11:30 p.m. Thursday and 6 a.m. Friday.
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Calumet City
River Oaks
Glenwood
JC Penney
Freeland Avenue
Ruth Street
Handguns Stolen From Vehicle On State Street
A Crete man reported two handguns and a bank money bag containing one dollar bills were taken from his parked vehicle between 4:45 and 5 p.m. Thursday near 360 State Street in Calumet City. He had been inside a State Street bar repairing vending machines when he returned to find the theft.
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District 194 to begin registrations for next year
District 194 will start kindergarten and first grade registration on Thursday and Friday. Parents may register from 8 am to 2 pm or 7 pm to 9 pm on Thursday. Registration is at Eastview School for certain areas, Saukview School for others, and Parkview School for a third area. A birth certificate or legal proof of date of birth is required, along with residency proof and immunization records. Children must be five by Sept 2 for kindergarten and six for first grade. A blood lead screening for those six and younger is also required. A separate Homewood History Society program on Harvey will begin at 7:30 pm at the Marie Irwin Center, with slides of Harvey sites.
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Hopkins Ave
Steger
34Th Street
Park Forest
Saukview School
Miller Ave
Chicago
Heigts
Norfolk Road
Parkview School
Richton Road
Homewood Historical Society
Meeting Wednesay
America
Homewood Society
Marie Irwin Community Center
Highland Ave
Harvey
Missing Guns And Cash From Vehicle Reveal Serial Details
A police report states that a Colt .38 with a pearl grip and a stainless Accutec .38 were found in a vehicle. $320 in one dollar bills are missing and the owner will provide serial numbers to authorities on Friday.
Will County Man Charged With Domestic Battery Attack
Will County sheriff's deputies charged Mark Lesniak 32 of 1129 Lakeside Trail with domestic battery after an alleged attack on his ex-wife in Crete Township. The woman, 30, said she went to collect their 6-year-old son when Lesniak chased her into the street and knocked her into a snow bank, then grabbed her head and struck it. He claimed she showed a handgun and threatened him. police found no weapon.
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Will County
Mark Lesniak
Lakeside Trail
Joliet
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