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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 21, 2000
Page
6
Police Beat items rely on official department reports and spokesman statements. Illinois Supreme Court ruling limits public access to incident reports as departments restrict release.
Hazel Crest residents Hazel Crest-Aaron Gray and Timothy Farris both 18 were charged with residential burglary for a break-in on Crane Avenue in the 17000 block. A rifle gold jewelry foreign coins and other items were taken. Lakeith Dortch 21 was charged with assault for allegedly threatening a 41 year old Hazel Crest woman.
Justin V. Konff, 18, of 158 Carriage Sauk Village, was charged Tuesday with failure to report an accident no insurance and failure to secure registration. Konff allegedly struck a stop sign at George and Fredricks and left the scene according to police.
A belt sander and tools were stolen May 14 from a residential garage in the 3100 block of Jackson Avenue. Rene Arce, 25, 224 W. 15th Place, Chicago Heights, was charged Wednesday with disobeying a stop sign, no valid insurance and no valid driver’s license.
A May 10 burglary on Stankel Road Crete Township saw a black vinyl bag with legal documents 24 disks and a U.S. passport stolen. A car behind a Glen Oaks Drive home was damaged Sunday or Monday. A Tinley Park car stolen earlier was recovered in a West 176th Place garage after a resident said the car was in the garage following a call from a house resident who lent a key to an acquaintance being sought by police. A sliding door on Elm Drive was smashed Monday and a rear car window on West 192nd Court was smashed by a rock Monday or Tuesday. A Flossmoor man reported his mo-ped stolen from Pulaski Road and 183rd Street, then recovered after suspects fled in a van. A car was stolen from Williamsburg Avenue lot on Tuesday.
Four vehicles were broken into over the weekend with three in the 18600 block of South Becker Terrace and one in the 4400 block of West 187th Street. Stolen items include stereos from three cars and a 12-gauge shotgun from a home on West 167th Place. Entry was by window breakage. Sugar poured into a car gas tank at Hillcrest High School. A window was broken at Southwood School.
Police report an open trailer stolen from the U Haul lot at 2250 Western between April 18 and 5:50 p.m. Thursday. Between May 13 and 14, amps a bass kicker and a CD player were taken from a Western Avenue vehicle. A car was stolen from 264 Dogwood between 11 p.m. Tuesday and 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. Tools were stolen from a vehicle on Orchard Drive by breaking the truck bed cap rear door. Gregory C. Perry, 18, of Glenwood, was charged with cannabis possession and drug paraphernalia at Rich East High School.
After an early Friday alarm at Marlin Camera Shop on Ridge Road, East Hazel Crest police stopped a vehicle at 170th Street and Park Avenue and detained one occupant. A second fled on foot while two cameras were recovered. no charges filed by Friday night. Police also reported thefts from a car on Cowing Avenue and a retail theft charge against Timothy Davis of Chicago for stealing items from a store.
An 18 year old Beecher resident, Jason Brezich of 651 Indiana Ave, was charged with six counts of child adult material after police found depictions of minors in sex acts at his home. Indicted May 10, the charges were suppressed until his Wednesday arrest and he posted 10 percent of a 50 000 bond.
David Wilson, 46, faced a 150000 bond after prosecutors say he attacked a 58 year old woman at a Chicago Heights bus stop. He allegedly grabbed her from a bench, knocked her to the ground breaking her kneecap, then punched and kicked her for no reason, Assistant State's Attorney Danny Tsataros said.
Stanley Mosley, 20, of 112 N. West Highway Freeport pleaded guilty to armed robbery on May 8 and was sentenced to seven years in prison, according to South Chicago Heights police. He was charged with the July 1 armed robbery of Stop-N O Liquors at 2746 Chicago Road.
Olympia Fields Marshall D Hamilton, 21, of Park Forest, faced charges of unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful possession of cannabis, failing to secure new registration and improper turn signal after a May 14 traffic stop at Kedzie and 207th. Officers found a loaded .357 magnum revolver with six rounds in the vehicle. In a separate case, an Olympia Fields woman reported two purses stolen at about 4:20 a.m. Monday from her Graymoor home, with no signs of forced entry.
A 4:30 p.m. fire in a garbage can accompanied a burglary in the 1100 block of Emerald Avenue. Stolen items include a VCR, a video game system, a video game, and a television. Car stereos, CDs, a leather case, two bicycles, and other goods were stolen from multiple nearby blocks between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning.
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