Two Teens Arrested After Homewood Crash and Flight
Homewood police took two Chicago Heights teens into custody early Wednesday after a crash in a ditch and a fleeing police chase. Deion Qualls, 19, faces criminal trespass to vehicle and criminal damage to property. a 16-year-old driver is charged with no valid license fleeing and eluding and driving without headlights. Police say Sgt. Chuck Scheine tried to stop the car near 183rd Street and Homewood Avenue around 2 a.m. The car sped east on 186th Place across Riegel Road, crashed, and both teens fled through backyards before being caught.
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Chicago Heights
Deion Qualls
Thorn Drive
Chuck Scheine
183Rd Street
Homewood Avenue
186Th Place
Riegel Road
Victor Martinez charged in Chicago Heights traffic and drug case
Chicago Heights resident Victor Martinez age 23 of 1901 Circle Court was charged Tuesday with possession of a controlled substance exceeding the speed limit and driving without a valid license An officer on patrol using radar noted 65 mph in a 45 mph zone on Joe Orr Road west of Cottage Grove Avenue Martinez allegedly carried under one gram of a substance that field tested positive for cocaine custody and charges filed by police
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Chicago Heights
Victor Martinez
Circle Court
Martinez
Joe Orr
Cottage Grove Avenue
Radio theft at Georgia Pacific reports eight missing
A Georgia Pacific employee at 2101 Drake Road reported a portable radio missing. Police learned eight radios were taken in total, with two recovered by Chicago Police on January 22 at a swap meet. The radios were kept in a locked cabinet at the Georgia Pacific site.
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Georgia Pacific Co
Drake Road
Chicago
Georgia Pacific
Park Forest SA battery prompts underage suspect assault report
Police said a victim walking home from Aurelio's in Richton Park was attacked by five or six teenage males at Westwood and Westgate around 8 15 p m Tuesday after nearly being struck by their car. An aggravated assault was reported Monday in Crete Township with a gunshot during a tailgating incident on Exchange and Kings. Two vandalized vehicles on Stoney Island Avenue and Old Post Road south of Richton had windows shattered tires flat stereo units and removed ignition locks. Lonnie Connor 42 of Matteson and TM William H Strauss 27 of Richton Park were charged with trespass and DUI related offenses respectively.
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SA Battery
Westwood
Westgate
Aurelio
Sycamore Avenue
William H. Strauss
Choate Lane
Western and
Elm
West Burrville Road
Crete Township
Exchange
Kings and Exchange
Kings
Stoney Island Avenue
Old Post Road
Richton
Hazel Crest arrests and theft report in Oak Forest area
Hazel Crest resident Kenneth Keller 28 faces February 27 charges for failing to stop after an accident and driving on a revoked license plus bond forfeiture. A mink coat was stolen from a Bulger Avenue home between 8:30 and 10 p.m. on February 28. Marlon Beckon 20 was charged March 1 with unlawful use of a weapon after police found a 9mm pistol at a party noise call in Stonebridge Condominium. Jesus De Leon 37 was charged March 1 with criminal trespass to property and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia at a closed fence area on 167th Street. A car reported stolen from 167th Street was recovered in Harvey.
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Kenneth Keller
Artesian
Hazel Crest
Oak Forest
Keller
167Th Street
Western Avenue
Bulger Avenue
Marlon Beckon
Indian Hill Drive
Country Club Hills
Stonebridge
Jesus DeLeon
Washington
Harvey
DeLeon
East Hazel Crest man charged with multiple traffic offenses
Ronald Rodeghero, 46, of 11221 195th St., Mokena, was charged Feb. 28 with driving under the influence of alcohol disobeying a traffic control device improper backing improper lane usage and operation of an uninsured vehicle after a traffic stop at 171st Street and Center Avenue around.
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Ronald Rodeghero
195Th St
Mokena
171St Street
Center Avenue
Police report multiple arrests in Chicago Heights area
Police filed charges against numerous individuals in late February and early March. Jose Williams faces domestic battery and property damage charges after an altercation at an IHOP. Robert Carlson was charged with residential burglary, with a prior case linked to a different address. Johnny Sarabia faces DUI and improper lane usage charges. Abdul Shakoor Jr and Natavia Kennedy were charged with theft and related offenses at Lincoln Mall. Antwon Sallis was charged with forgery. Additional incidents include arson and vandalism at Chicago Heights Park District Golf Course, cannabis possession arrests, and a carjacking with a 1987 Mercury Cougar stolen. more than $1,400 in goods were taken in a burglary, and a 25-year-old man was knocked unconscious during another carjacking attempt. Police also report a separate armed robbery attempt near a gas station.
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Jose Williams
155Th St
Wares
International House of Pancakes
Harvey
Robert Carlson
174Th St
East
Hazel Crest
173Rd Street
Carlson
Markham
Johnny Sarabia
Canal St
Blue Island
Colongeas
Abdul Shakoor Jr
Marine Court
University Park
Shakoor
Lincoln Mall
Natavia Kennedy
Wentworth
Chicago Heights
Kennedy
Olympia Fields
Sallati Painting Ltd
Woodbridge
Ontario
Chicago Heights Park District
Park District
Glenwood Road
Kenneth Simmons
Olympic Village
Carla Brim
Emerald
Simmons
Brim
Fifth Ave
Richton Park
Mashawk Boyd
Wentworth Ave
Boyd
E. 14Th St
14Th Street
Arnold
Geneseo
Joy Johnson
Michael Griffin
N. College
Cook County
Park Forest
16Th Street
Vincennes
Canadian man threatens Olympia Fields salesman by fax
Chicago Heights police say a Canadian man sent a fax threatening a 21 year old Olympia Fields salesman. The note arrived at 9 p.m. at Century Steel, 300 E. Joe Orr, in an office of the employer.
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Olympia Fields
Chicago Heights
Century Steel
E. Joe Orr
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