Mob action charges flow from Flossmoor High incident
Flossmoor and surrounding areas report mob action and disorderly conduct charges stemming from a verbal clash among feuding families at Homewood Flossmoor High School. Participants include Brian Johnson 22 and Linzey Wilburn 17, with several 16 year olds also charged and scheduled for Markham Court hearings. Police say no injuries occurred and the dispute began on the bus and culminated on campus.
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Homewood-Flossmoor High School
Brian Johnson
Serena
Chicago Heights
Linzey Wilburn
Briar Lane
Hazel Crest
Johnson
Flossmoor
Wilburn
Markham Court
Markham
Norm Brown
Brown
Tony Moriarty
Moriarty
Multiple thefts and vandalism reported in Chicago Heights area
Police reported thefts from unlocked cars on Park Avenue and Halsted Street, a garage burglary on Emerald Avenue, a tool chest and landscaping tools stolen, hub caps taken, and a vandalized vehicle on Andover Street. Other incidents include thefts at Lincoln Mall, a car stolen from Matteson CarMart, garden hose slashing, and a bike theft on Halsted Street. Several arrests followed, including Antwan Brown for theft and Christopher Hair on weapons and traffic charges.
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Halsted Street
Emerald Avenue
West 16Th Street
Andover Street
Hair
U.S. Route 30
Cicero Avenue
Antwan D. Brown
148Th St
Harvey
211Th Street
Raymond G. Wofford
W. Kent
Crete
Lincoln Mall
Matteson CarMart
Miller Circle Drive
NASA
Hazel Crest man chased by youths on Crane Avenue
A Hazel Crest man reported being chased by eight to ten young men swinging tree branches on Crane Avenue. Jewelry and cash dropped from his pocket were stolen before police logged the incident. Separately, a microwave and purse were taken from a Head Avenue home, and a Mack truck cab was stolen from the Hazel Crest Center lot. Melissa Hughes and Eric Depillars faced cannabis charges after a Fountainbleau Drive call.
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Crane Avenue
AVCR
Head Avenue
Hazel Crest Center
175Th Street
Kedzie Avenue
Melissa Hughes
W. Phillips Road
Griffith
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Fountainbleau Drive
Eric Depillars
Grass fire in Bremen Township threatens homes near Markham
Firefighters from 13 south suburban communities fought an extra alarm grass and debris fire in a fly dumping area near 162nd and Poplar streets in unincorporated Cook County Bremen Township. The blaze, likely arson, endangered one home and two others as winds fed piles of dry weeds, dead trees, tires, and junk. About 75 homes sit in the area served by a single hydrant. crews used tanker trucks to reach the blaze and dragged hos es along gravel roads for hundreds of feet. Two Flossmoor firefighters were treated for heat exhaustion but returned to duty. no other injuries reported. Responding agencies included Markham, Flossmoor, Steger, Country Club Hills, Oak Forest, East Hazel Crest, Hazel Crest, Homewood, South Holland, Harvey, Palos Hills, Tinley Park, and Midlothian.
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Markham
Poplar
Cook County
George Hopman
Hopman
159Th
162Nd Street
Interstate 294
Dixie Highway
Flossmoor
Ting
Steger
Country Club Hills
Oak Forest
East Hazel Crest
Hazel Crest
Homewood
South Holland
Harvey, Palos Hills
Tinley Park
Midlothian
Purse Stolen From Car On Halsted Street in Chicago Heights
A Chicago Heights woman reported her purse taken from her car parked on the 18400 block of Halsted Street Friday between 5:50 and 5:55 p.m. The purse held cash a pager and identification police reports said.
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Chicago
Home Depot
Halsted Street
Thigpen
Whalen
Phoenix
Bernie Hogancamp
Chicago Heights
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