Crime & Safety
Police Blotter: A Post-Christmas Theft; Vandals Use Yogurt and Spray Paint
Tinley Park police reports, Dec. 22 and Dec. 26.
MONDAY, DEC. 26
A Post-Christmas Theft
An employee at Hobby Lobby in called the cops around 3:30 p.m., when she realized someone had gutted her purse while it was in the staff break room. The woman put her bag in a locker around noon, according to the report. Though she hung a padlock on the door of the locker it was in, she didn't lock that padlock, police said. Missing from her purse was her wallet which contained a driver's license, bank card, a Social Security card and $13 cash.
THURSDAY, DEC. 22
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Man Told to Never Return to Walgreens
A man who reportedly stole five perfume sets from Walgreens, 16675 S. Oak Park Ave., Tinley Park, was given a warning against trespassing to the store. He grabbed Fantasy, Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Peluxe and Love & Glamour fragrance sets before leaving the store without paying and getting into the passenger side of a white van, the report said. Each fragrance set was valued at $19.99, said.
Store managers didn't sign complaints against the man. But the van was being driven by Amanda S. Miller, who allegedly had a suspended license, police said. Miller, 29, of the 3600 block of Sunset in Markham, was arrested and charged with driving on a suspended license. Her bail was set at $2,000.
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Vandals Use Yogurt and Spray Paint
A woman said that sometime between 2:30 p.m. Dec. 21 and 10 a.m. Dec. 22, someone threw two yogurt cups at her house on Gaynelle Road in Tinley Park. The word "B----" was also spray-painted in black paint on her fence. The woman said this wasn't the first time vandals targeted her home.
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