Juvenile thefts and multiple incidents in Homewood area
Two Hazel Crest youths face juvenile court on theft charges after taking 75 dollars and prepaid phone cards from Comm One. The same pair and a third juvenile allegedly stole a baseball mitt, with arrests following a Friday pursuit. Additional reports include attempted burglary, car theft, domestic battery charges, DUI cases, and property damage across Homewood and neighboring towns, with several suspects identified and court dates set.
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Hazel Crest
Comm One
W. 183Rd St
South Side Sports
Governors Highway
Jim Gannon
183Rd Street
Francisco
180Th
Sacramento
Kevin Kaiser
Jim Denman
Gannon
187Th Street
Michael Mlinarcik
Homewood
Boy’s bike stolen by teens near 172nd Street and Fisk Avenue
Two teenage boys grabbed a 6-year-old East Hazel Crest boy’s bicycle as he stood on the corner at 172nd Street and Fisk Avenue near a friend’s house. A 7-year-old girl in the 1900 block of 171st Street ran into a passing car while rushing for a school bus and broke her leg. No tickets were issued to the driver. police noted no swerving to avoid the collision. The injured girl was taken to South Suburban.
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iLaura F. Fleming
178Th Place
Country Club Hills
Central Park Avenue
Fleming
Williamsburg Street
Country Club Hills Boys
Country Club Drive
South Suburban Hospital
East Hazel Crest
172Nd Street
Fisk Avenue
171St Street
Car stolen on 194th Street recovered on 177th Street Lansing
Police report a car stolen from the 1000 block of 194th Street Tuesday or Wednesday was found on the 2000 block of 177th Street in Lansing. A window had been broken, according to officers.
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194Th Street
177Th Street
Lansing
Matteson man charged with DUI after Cicero Vollmer stop
Frank W. Beltze, 44, of 22400 Butterfield Rich ton Park, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol driving with a blood alcohol content over .08 and improper lane usage following a traffic stop at Cicero Avenue and Vollmer Road Friday.
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Frank W. Beltze
Butterfield
Richton Park
Cicero Avenue
Vollmer Road
Gas pump theft and DUI charges reported in Richton Park
A driver pumped 6.5 gallons of gas at a gas station in the 22300 block of Governors Highway and did not pay. William Brown, 55, of 480 W. 15th Place Chicago Heights, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and four other traffic violations.
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Governors Highway
William Brown
15Th Place
Chicago Heights
Two Country Club Hills teens charged after fights
A 13-year-old girl and a 14-year-old girl, both from Country Club Hills, were charged with fighting and battery after the 14-year-old allegedly struck the 13-year-old in the face. The 13-year-old had an eye injury but did not require medical care. A 14-year-old boy from Country Club Hills was charged with aggravated battery after allegedly striking a 17-year-old male with a stick on Windsor Street. Police say Warren Evans Jr., 21, was aggressive toward officers.
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Country Club Hills
Windsor Street
Warren Evans Jr
Union Drive
University Park
Hazel Crest man charged after gunfire targets car
Hazel Crest resident Hazel Crest Brian Taskey, 28, of 18102 Versailles Lane, faces charges of reckless conduct and criminal damage to property under the Domestic Violence Act after allegedly firing five rounds from a gun into an unoccupied family member’s car. Rodney Braxton, 34, of 3407 Woodworth Place, Hazel Crest, is charged with driving under the influence disobeying a police officer illegal possession of open liquor in a motor vehicle and driving with a suspended license after nearly striking a police officer directing traffic at 173rd and Hickory. A AVCR and television were stolen from a home on the 2600 block of 171st Street through an unlocked window.
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Brian Taskey
Versailles Lane
Hazel Crest
Rodney Braxton
Woodworth Place
173Rd
Hickory
171St Street
Mother charged after fatal crash in Indiana
Cheryl Schara, 35, surrendered to police on $50,000 bond on charges of reckless homicide after a one car crash May 5 near 34th Street and East End Avenue in South Chicago Heights killed her 2 year old daughter Elie Rose Schara. A 12 year old was critically injured and a 14 year old and the mother had minor injuries.
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Indiana
Cheryl Schara
Keilman St
Dyer
Ind
South Chicago Heights
Ron Diederich
Diederich
Elie Rose Schara
Loyola University Medical Center
34Th Street
East End Avenue
Paul Griffin
Griffin
Columbia Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital and Medical Center
Schara
Court reports two cannabis and theft related charges in Chicago Heights area
Branden Anderson, 19, of Chicago Heights faced charges for unlawful cannabis possession and drug paraphernalia after a Kedzie Avenue traffic stop. A stolen cell phone and food scanner were reported from an unlocked car on 183rd Street. William Winbush, 32, of Hazel Crest was charged with domestic battery for allegedly punching a family member. Juanit Morton, 36, of Hazel Crest allegedly pushed a family member and pulled her hair.
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Branden Anderson
N. Sherry
Chicago Heights
Kedzie Avenue
183Rd Street
William Winbush
Glynwood
Hazel Crest
Juanit Morton
Hazel Lane
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Brown
6Th District Circuit Court
Cook County
Markham
Johnny Robinson
Lincoln
Ralph Raisanen
34Th St
Raisanen
Bloom High School
Bloom
Rich East High School
Sauk Trail
Lakewood Blvd
Westgate Road
Taco Bell
Western Ave
Orchard Boulevard
Arrowhead Street
Glenwood
Matteson
Sourie LU
American Heart Association
South Suburban College
South Holland
Oak Forest
South State Street
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