Crime & Safety
Police Blotter: A Kitchen Showdown; Impatient Booze Thief Leaves 7-Eleven
Tinley Park police reports, Jan. 29-31.
TUESDAY, JAN. 31
A Kitchen Showdown
Police were called around 5:30 p.m. a restaurant off 191st Street in where an argument erupted between two employees. One of the employees allegedly grabbed the other by the throat during a heated argument in the business' kitchen, the report said, but neither man had pressed charges as of Wednesday.
MONDAY, JAN. 30
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Warrant Arrest
Francisco J. Escamilla, 22, of the 2700 block of North Mason Avenue in Chicago, was arrested around 9:30 a.m. at the Cook County Courthouse in Bridgeview, 10220 S. 76th Ave., on a warrant out of the for driving with a suspended license. His bail was set at $10,000.
SUNDAY, JAN. 29
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Vandal Escapes in Getaway Car
A man said that around 6:10 p.m., someone damaged a 2004 Chevy that was parked in his driveway in the 7400 block of West 163rd Street in Tinley Park. He was alerted to the damage, which wasn't specified in the report, when his car alarm sounded. He looked outside to see a man running from the car and getting into a vehicle being driven by someone else, the report said.
Impatient Booze Thief Leaves 7-Eleven
Police said a man walked out of 7-Eleven, 17055 S. Oak Park Ave., Tinley Park, around 6 a.m. with two cases of beer after he was told he wouldn't be able to buy them until 7 a.m.
The man was waiting in line as the cashier was helping another customer, according to the report. The cashier told the man he would have to wait about an hour to buy the cases of Busch and Miller Lite, and he simply left the store.
The clerk was able to get his license plate number but police were still working to track the suspect down on Wednesday. Surveillance footage was also given to police.
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