Police Blotter: Hot Tub Damage; Parking Lot Prowler

THURSDAY, JUNE 2

Hot Tub Damage: Vandal or High Winds?

A 45-year-old woman, of the 9400 block of Pheasant Drive in Tinley Park, reported Thursday that sometime between May 27 and May 31, someone damaged her eight-person hot tub. The cover had been torn at the seems and peeled back and the bracket for the cover was bent, the report said. Slats in her backyard wooden fence also had been damaged. "I explained to (the woman) that we have had some severe storms with high winds and rain that might have damaged the hot tub," the officer said in the report. "She was adamant that someone damaged the property … "

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1

Credit Fraud

A 55-year-old woman, of the 8300 block of West Waterford Lane in Tinley Park, reported around 7:15 p.m. that someone had been fraudulently using her debit card. She found that someone spent $58.98 to buy an Xbox game console from an Internet website.

THURSDAY, MAY 26

Parking Lot Burglar

Police said they arrested Anthony G. Lira, 25, of the 10400 block of H Avenue in Chicago, around 7:30 p.m. after an incident at Super Target, 7300 W. 191st St. in Tinley Park. The store's loss prevention officers said they spotted Lira on surveillance video peering into cars in the parking lot. They said he was wearing all black clothing and a black stocking cap. He entered a 2007 Honda Odyssey, rummaged through its compartments and stole a blue cell phone, the report said. He then went to a nearby Kohl's store, where police located and arrested him. "He stated that when he saw the police cars pull up in front of Kohl's, he went back inside, walked through the ladies clothing area and put the blue cell phone that he took from the van inside a pair of women's pants," the report said. Lira was charged with felony burglary.