Blotter: Craigslist Seller Dupes Man Into Buying Nonexistent Superbowl Tickets, and More

MONDAY, JAN. 30

"Out of Control" Man at Charley Horse

A bar patron at Charley Horse, 9501 W. 171st St. in , called the cops around 1:30 a.m. after he said a 25-year-old "out of control" man shoved him. The man had left the establishment by the time police rolled up. The victim decided not to sign complaints. 

SUNDAY, JAN. 29

Craigslist Seller Dupes Man Into Buying Nonexistent Superbowl Tickets

A local man called the cops to report that during the past couple days, he was corresponding over the Internet with a man who agreed to sell him Superbowl tickets.

He found the person through Craigslist, according to the report, and bought $1,200 worth of Greendot Moneypaks—similar to money orders—and sent them to the seller. He only did so after seeing a picture of the tickets he was buying, the report said.

As of Sunday, he had yet to receive the pair of tickets. He found a man on Facebook who had the same name as the seller but local police said they couldn't investigate.

The seller lives in Boston, according to the report, and the victim will have to contact officers in that jurisdiction. Police encouraged the man to find a civil lawyer because the "seller not delivering the tickets is to be considered a contractual matter."

Pickpocketing at Portillo's

arrested a woman around 4:15 p.m. who they said stood by while her friend pickpocketed someone who was eating at Portillo's, 15900 Harlem Avenue in Tinley Park.

Witnesses to the crime, in which a man grabbed a woman's wallet out of her purse while she was eating, chased the pair out of the restaurant. The man threw the wallet and jumped into a getaway car, fleeing the scene.

Witnesses detained the woman the thief was with, identified as Alma M. Quinn, 50, of the 6000 block of South Michigan Avenue in Chicago. When police got there, they learned that Quinn accompanied her friend to Tinley Park so they could find heroin, the report said.

She gave police his name but didn't have additional information about him.

"Quinn advised that she was going to get a bag of heroin, some cannabis and possibly a small amount of money for 'helping' him," the report said. "Quinn went on to say she has a heroin problem and needs help."

While running Quinn's information through the system, police said they found that she was wanted on a warrant out of Nevada for a parole violation. She was charged with one felony count of theft because of prior theft-related convictions through the . Nevada authorities were notified of the warrant. 

Pry Marks Found on Door

Police were called around 6 p.m. to the 18200 block of Rita Road in Tinley Park for a report of an attempted break-in. They found pry marks on the door of an apartment there, according to the report, but no one successfully entered. The woman who reported the attempt said she believed someone tried to get in between Jan. 11 and Jan. 29.

SATURDAY, JAN. 28

Counterfeit Bill at Hollstein's

Around 1:45 a.m., local police were called to J.W. Hollstein's, 17358 Oak Park Ave. in Tinley Park, for a report of a counterfeit bill. A man had tried using a fake $20 bill at the bar to pay for drinks, according to police. When the bartender told him it was counterfeit, he ripped the bill in half. Police contacted the Secret Service regarding the funny money. 

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