Chicago Heights Truck Stolen After Driver Robbery
A Richton Park man riding with a stranger in Chicago Heights was forced to surrender his truck keys during an attempted carjacking. The suspect fled with $11 and the wallet after threatening to kill him. a second incident saw a Ford Heights man robbed of gym shoes and another resident robbed of $10 on Emerald Avenue. Police described the main suspect as a Black man in his 20s, 5 feet 8 inches, about 150 pounds, wearing a gray hooded pullover.
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Richton Park
Chicago Heights
Richard Stultz
Sauk Trail
Stultz
13Th Street
Center Avenue
St. James Hospital
Ford Heights
16Th Street
Robbins
1400 Ave
Emerald Avenue
Matteson Man Charged With Credit Card Scam
Nicholas Staples, 28, of Decatur faces two counts of violating the Illinois Credit Card Act and two counts of unlawful fictitious identification cards after surveillance at Lincoln Mall. He allegedly attempted to open two credit accounts using false information at J C Penney Jewelry Apartment and Lundstrom Jewelers. Authorities say a fake ID linked him to a Chicago Transportation Authority job while living in Decatur. Two counterfeit IDs were found on his person at arrest.
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Matteson
Decatur
Lincoln Mall
Nicholas Staples
Staples
J.C. Penney Jewelry
Lundstrom Jewelers
Chicago Transportation Authority
Chicago
Flying pumpkin damages car in Crete incident
A Calumet City man reported $1000 in damage after a pumpkin was thrown from an oncoming vehicle at eastbound Richton Road and Melanie Lane in Crete on Saturday. Police said the pumpkin smashed the hood and grille, injuring no one.
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Calumet City
Crete
Richton Road
Melanie Lane
Burglary at Midwest Tire Center Near Crete
Will County sheriff reports a burglary at Midwest Tire Center south of Crete early Friday morning. About 1100 dollars in cash and 300 dollars in checks were taken, an office was ransacked and items damaged including a pickup truck air conditioner telephone and floor safe, possibly with an ax.
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Midwest Tire Center
Crete
Will County
Women say purses stolen in Homewood parking lots
Two women reported purse thefts in Homewood area parking lots last weekend. A Hazel Crest witness chased down a suspect who wrestled a purse from one victim. nothing was taken. In another incident a Mokena woman was robbed at Halsted Street with a gun, losing about $200, bankbooks, four cards and keys.
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Homewood
Hazel Crest
West 183Rd Street
Halsted Street
Massive escaped bull terrorizes Illinois towns before fatal shot
A 1,300-pound bull escaped Miguel Garcia from Spencer Road near New Lenox on Saturday. After police cornered it in several areas including Mokena and Country Creek, an officer shot and killed the animal Sunday night on the owner's orders near Frankfort.
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Lincoln Way
Miguel Garcia
Spencer Road
New Lenox
Frankfort
Nelson
Cedar Roads
Country Creek
Ken Oldendorf
Mokena
104Th Avenue
187Th Street
Chris Surdel
Grassmere
Route 45
LaPorte Road
Lurdel
Pete Stanglewicz
Surdel
Stanglewicz
Russ Miller
Charrington Subdivision
Miller
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Edith Cotton
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Great Lakes Recreation
Henley
Burgoyne
Hallmark
Atlantic & Designer
Sham
Carsons
Antere, Per
Pine Scott Shop
State Street
Gateway
Merchandise Mart
Southlake
Harlem-Irving
Chicago Ridge
Michigan City
Hillside
Yorktown
Spring Hill
Ford City
Evergreen
Northfield Square
Randhurst
ST. Charles
Aurora
Joliet
Woodmar
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