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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1994
Page
5
A woman forced from her car by a stranger at Lincoln Highway Jewel Food Store recovered her undamaged vehicle after the suspect ordered her out. The car stalled less than a mile away on Western Avenue after being driven by the man who fled. no weapon was shown and the victim was unharmed.
Police report a 25 year old man from Country Club Hills charged with burglary of a motor vehicle after officers found him burglarizing a car in the 17700 block of Drive. He fled through yards then was recaptured in the 17700 block of Springfield, bleeding from the nose. He eluded officers at South Suburban Hospital and was arrested again near his home. A Homewood woman reported her purse stolen at a gas station on 183rd Street and Pulaski Road, with about 60 dollars missing.
A burglary at the First Church of Christ Scientist on 1340 W. 183rd St involved a television set a videocassette recorder and a remote control device valued at about 1000 dollars. Entry was gained by breaking a glass pane in the front door between 12 30 p.m. Sunday and 5 p.m. Monday, police said.
A Super Kmart security guard was sprayed in the face with tear gas by Jennifer Whidden 26 and detained after a brief struggle when two women allegedly stole about 159 dollars worth of merchandise. Whidden faced battery charges and Valerie Walsh 34 faced retail theft charges.
A Chicago Heights man, David C. Lamar, 35, of 22nd Street, was found Wednesday morning beside railroad tracks near 17th Street and Stewart Avenue. Sgt. Joseph Robustelli said an autopsy would be conducted at the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office in Chicago to determine cause of death.
Robustelli stated Lamar’s death is being treated as a homicide investigation though no wounds are visible. The body was found about two hours after death, with authorities preparing for further details on the cause.
Cook County police say Michael T. Krause a 24 year old resident of 8300 block Morgan Street died after a single vehicle crash on Interstate 394 near 183rd Street in the early hours Sunday. Krause swerved to avoid a truck in the right lane lost control struck the center median rolled over twice and was ejected. He died at 4 47 p.m. at Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital.
Anthony C. Rayborne 32 of Chicago dies after his car veers left on Interstate 394 strikes crash barriers and the Joe Orr Road abutment. Passenger Maurice E. Witherspoon 32 of Rivdale is hospitalized at St James Hospital Chicago Heights for treatment. The crash occurred at 3 30 a m and Rayborne died at 4 25 a m according to Illinois State Police.
Police report a rash of car burglaries in northeast Old Crete Sunday night into Monday morning. Four unlocked cars on Milburn Street Oakwood Drive and Dairy Lane were broken into with stereos stolen from three and tape cassettes misplaced from one.
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