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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1999
Page
7
A Police Beat item compiles statements from department spokesmen and official reports on file. It notes alleged incidents, locations, and times while cautioning that guilt or innocence is determined by the courts.
A 15-year-old male from Flossmoor was charged with domestic battery after a verbal argument at home escalated to violence. A 16-year-old Hazel Crest youth and a 15-year-old Glenwood youth were charged after an incident at Homewood Flossmoor Community High School. Others include James Doyle charged with trespass and theft at a residence, Crystal Caffey Stokes and Terrence Stokes charged with criminal damage to property, Terrence Stokes also charged with domestic battery, Demetrius Jackson charged with domestic battery, and a car stolen from Hazel Crest found burned in Markham. A Wisconsin woman was found disoriented with a brain tumor after a kitchen incident in East Hazel Crest.
A string of thefts and disturbances reported Friday to Sunday across Oak Hills area. Break-ins and thefts include window damage at Hillcrest High School and property taken from homes, cars, and garages. Arrestees include Jonathan Bratcher charged with unlawful concealment of a firearm and Paul Kimbrough charged with domestic battery. Other incidents involve DUI charges, retail theft, and reported stolen items such as electronics, cash, a pit bull, and an electric meter.
East Hazel Crest Eric Stearn, 43, of 16716 Gentry, Kntey vark, was charged with possession of cannabis after a traffic stop around 10 40 p m Saturday at 171st and Hal sted streets police said. John Ackerman, 40, of 3650 W Ridge Gary Ind was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.
University Park police responded to a bomb threat at 3 p.m. at the public library located at 1100 Blackhawk. All personnel were evacuated while the Cook County sheriff's police bomb squad searched the building for several hours. No bomb was found.
Police said a refrigerator was reported stolen from a driveway in the 3200 block of 184th Street shortly after 7 15 p m Monday. The victim planned to move the appliance and found it missing upon returning. In a separate incident, orange paint balls were fired Sunday at a garage in the 1300 block of Hillview. Julius Keller age 17 of 17719 Cherrywood was charged Friday afternoon with criminal damage.
Glenwood George M. Williams, 39, was charged Monday with two local ordinance violations after his dog bit a mail carrier in the right leg at 4 10 p m. He allegedly failed to obtain a dog tag license and allowed a dog to run loose. Williams, to appear May 25 in the 6th District Circuit Court at Markham, said the shepherd had been leashed but broke away.
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