Roof fire injures worker at Richton Park apartments
A roof at Richton Square Apartments 22312 Picadilly caught fire Tuesday morning from tar work. One worker slipped on hot tar and was injured. he was hospitalized after transfer to Loyola University Medical Center. Fire crews from Richton Park Park Forest Matteson and University Park fought the blaze. damage limited to the roof. Separately a Normal woman reported a car burglary in the 22000 block of Latonia, with a camera purse and cash stolen after she left the engine running unattended for 30 minutes.
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Richton Square
Picadilly
Richton Park
Leonard Czaplewski
Ceaplewski
Chuck Bitten
Lockport
Olympia Fields Osteopathic Medical Center
Bitten
Loyola University Medical Center
Park Forest
Matteson
University Park
Latonia
Student released pending charges after hospital head injuries
Police said a student’s statement is in doubt due to a key omission. The two are in the hospital with minor head wounds. Officers seek witnesses at the high school as investigations continue.
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Ames
Enochs
Crete-Monee Student Involved In On-Campus Bottle Fight
Crete police probe an on campus clash after a Crete-Monee High School student reportedly used a broken glass bottle against two Park Forest women during a 3:30 p.m. altercation on school grounds. Authorities seek to determine if self defense occurred. The student, from University Park, says she was assaulted earlier in University Park. No further details provided.
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Crete-Monee High School
Park Forest
Crete
University Park
John Knochs
Robberies and thefts reported in Hazel Crest area
Police report a robbery at the Cheker gas station on Oct 30 about 9 20 p m a man demanded cash and fled with about 100 dollars. A car was stolen from the Versailles apartments Oct 29 to 30 and recovered Oct 31 in Harvey. A 90 year old woman was arrested for shoplifting 15 videotapes from Dominicks and Kmart on West 18th Street Oct 31. A 15 year old had a jacket stolen on Oct 81 near 171st Street and Summit Avenue after being assaulted. victim treated and released.
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Cheker
170Th
Wood Streets
Versailles
Kedzie Avenue
Harvey
Uiup Mills
Dominicks’s
West 18Th Street
Dominick's
Kmart
Tanya Cunningham
171St Street
Summit Avenue
South Suburban Hospital
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Sunman
Joanne Shipman
Jjoanne Shipman
Physicians
Vollmer Olympia Fields
Everson
Sears
Orelt
Tols
Eeeunt Chas Pek
Call Lesh
Chicago Heights National Bank
Chicago Heights
Way
Chicago
Ames & Sports Lenses
Pearle Vision Express
Lansing
Torrance Avenue
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