Multiple thefts and a police pursuit span local towns
A Homewood Flossmoor Racquet Club locker theft exposed cash cards and IDs. Items stolen include power tools and champagne from a Red Sea Cafe, car break ins on Dundee and Larkspur, and a bicycle theft in Harvey. A chase along Dixie Highway ended with arrest after an officer was dragged by a suspect fleeing I-294.
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Glenwood
Homewood-Flossmoor
191St Street
Antone Adams
154Th Place
Harvey
Markham
159Th Street
Dixie Highway
Red Sea
Dundee
Larkspur
Russell T. Brown
Page
Thomas Healy
Healy
163Rd Street
Local arrests and incidents across Oak Forest area
Country Club Hills residents faced charges for criminal damage to a vehicle and an alleged theft of service at Swartz Auto Body. A 14-year-old was charged with battery at Hillcrest High School. Other reports include DUI and insurance violations, property theft from a home, a stolen car radio, a near collision at Kedzie and I 80, and a multi-car crash with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Pickett
S. Cedar Ave
Country Club Hills
West 177Th Street
Jon F. Mineiko
143Rd St
Midlothian
Swartz Auto Body
173Rd St
Oak Forest
Cicero Avenue
West 176Th Place
Citizens Band
Hillcrest High School
S. Pulaski Ave
Hazel Crest man charged in 1992 Joliet Township murder
Hazel Crest resident Anthony Lavelle Casterberry, 24, already jailed for armed robbery and drug charges, faces first degree murder charges tied to the June 1992 Joliet Township killing of 18 year old Robert Reed on Sandal Court. Police say the case is gang related and new information led to Casterberry. A separate report notes a satellite dish theft at South Suburban Hospital between Oct 9 and Tuesday. A Hazel Crest woman reported a man attempting to carjack her on 170th Street between Dixie Highway and Shea Avenue Wednesday at about 8:50 p.m.
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Hazel Crest
Joliet Township
Anthony Lavelle Casterberry
Will County
Robert Reed
Sandal Court
Casterberry
South Suburban Hospital
170Th Street
Dixie Highway
Shea Avenue
Chicago Heights man charged with multiple driving offenses
Olympia Fields Lawrence E. Henry, 40, of 4 Olympic Village, Chicago Heights, was charged Monday with driving under the influence of alcohol speeding disobeying a red light driving with a suspended license and driving with a blood alcohol content over .08, police said.
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Lawrence E. Henry
Olympic Village
Chicago Heights
Park Forest thefts and a weapon charge report
Park Forest residents reported a stolen VCR Playstation and video games from a West Gate home. A car window was broken on Sycamore Drive with CDs taken. Burrus faced a weapons charge after police stopped him at Allegheny and Arrowhead with a loaded handgun. A bicycle was stolen on Western Avenue. Firefighters extinguished a house fire at 253 Eddy.
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Westgate
Sycamore Drive
Hemlock
Anthony R. Burrus
Parthenon Way
Olympia Fields
Burrus
Allegheny
Arrowhead
Western Avenue
Beecher police report drives and battery charges on Oct 11
Beech er police reported multiple arrests including Carl Thiele and Timothy Howard charged with battery after a confrontation in front of the Beecher station. Others faced DUI, minor alcohol, seat belt and license violations from Oct 8 to 11 during traffic stops on local streets.
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Beecher
Penfield
Carl Thiele
Beecher Road
Peotone
Timothy Howard
Butler
Steger
Brian Lalonde
Sauk Village
Aaron Burns
E. 217Th St
Gould Street
Perry Curtis
E. 75Th St
Chicago
Dixie Highway
Ike Braggs Jr
S. Sangamon
Chestnut Street
Francisco Rivera
Church Street
Police report fire damages and drug find on East 13th Street
Police said a house sustained fire and smoke damage with a 69 year old woman inside refusing treatment. Three point seven grams of crack cocaine were recovered in the 300 block of East 13th Street. Candice Reedy, 48, was charged with solicitation of prostitution. An Indiana fencing company employee damaged an underground electrical wire at Tire and Auto Specialist on Chicago Road. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East 13Th Street
Candice Reedy
Route 2
Monee
Indiana Fencing Company
Tire
Chicago Road
Ninety arrested in Chicago Heights drug sting operation
Ninety people were arrested on October 9 in Chicago Heights during a Cook County Operation Clean Sweep undercover sting. Fifty-four bought fake marijuana and 29 bought fake crack cocaine from undercover officers posing as street dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Heights
Cook County
County Sheriffs Gang Crimes
Michael Sheahan
Sheahan
Gerry Billups
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Homewood
Kedzie Avenue
Patrice Lipsey
Logan Drive
Hammond
Ind
Charles Brown
Hickory Lane
Lipsey
Brown
Eddy
Ayidelsoa
Smirnoff Vodka
Jack Daniels
Billups
Indiana
Lincoln
Matteson N.W
Hwy
McDonald's
Denny's
Aia
Alizé
Southern Comfort
Beringer
Red Dog
Miller Po Life
Tanqueray Gin
Skol Vodka
Franzia H
Chablis
Passion Fruit
the Star
Chicago Southland
Star Newspapers
Cellular
Matteson
Orland Park
Calumet City
ELGIN
Naperville
Niles
Palatine
Schaumburg
Wooddale
Alpha Communications
Ells Iad
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