Crime & Safety
Police Blotter: Man Grabs Woman On The Toilet; Felony Retail Thefts
Tinley Park police reports, March 25 - April 2
April 3
Mary R. Nicholson, 31, of the 17700 block of Tulip Lane in Tinley Park, was charged with retail theft and arrested in the 7500 block of 191st Street around 8:30 a.m. Police could not be immediately reached for more details.
March 31
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Charles P. Riley, 29, of the 7200 block of 168th Place in Tinley Park, was charged with domestic battery and interfering with the reporting of domestic violence. Police said Riley burst into his bathroom on March 27 around 2 a.m. while a woman was on the toilet, in an attempt to have sex with her. When she refused, Riley grabbed the woman by the neck and then grabbed her cell phone as she tried to call 911, police said.
The woman managed to call police on the house phone and later told them she threw it under the bed so Riley couldn’t end the call. Police said Riley left the house, though he turned himself in at the Tinley Park police station on March 31 at 12:30 a.m.
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The woman refused to sign complaints, so police signed them instead.
March 30
Scott E. Williamson, 42, of the 200 block of Riverview Drive in Joliet, was charged with felony retail theft. Security at a department store in the 7500 block of 191st Street told police Williamson left the store around 7:30 p.m. without paying for a shopping cart containing $740 worth of shoes and sports apparel. Williamson told security he knew what we had done was wrong, though someone put him up to it.
March 29
Heather R. Lee, 23, of the 11100 block of Daniel Trail in Mokena, was charged with DUI. Police said Lee drove her car into a ditch near Harlem Avenue and Interstate 80 around 10:45 p.m. Lee told police a car cut her off, causing her to veer off the roadway and strike a guardrail.
Police noted that Lee also hit a light pole. She refused medical treatment, according to the report.
March 28
Her Pipe, His MarijuanaA man and woman were arrested on drug-related charges around 10:30 p.m. after their car was stopped in the 17200 block of 66th Court for driving 25 mph in a 20 mph zone, police said.
The driver, Jessica K. Dalsanto, 20, of the 14900 block of 139th Street in Homer Glen, was charged with speeding and possession of drug paraphernalia after police found a pipe in her purse, according to the report. Joseph C. Goddard, 29, of the 6600 block of 173rd Place in Tinley Park, was charged with possession of cannabis after police said they found a small bag of marijuana.
March 25
Felony Retail Theft IIPatrick O. Ryan, 22, of the 14300 block of Woodland Avenue in Orland Park, was charged with felony retail theft and arrested at a hardware store in the 6800 block of 159th Street around 12:15 p.m. Police could not be immediately reached for more details.
Reported Thefts, Damages-
Sometime between 8:30 p.m. on March 26 and 1:30 a.m. on March 27, the trunk and passenger side of a red 2001 Dodge Stratus parked outside was keyed, police said.
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Sometime between 8 a.m. on March 21 and 9:15 a.m. on March 23, a semi trailer was stolen in the 7900 block of 183rd Street, police said.
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Sometime between 11:30 p.m. on April 2 and 9 a.m. on April 3, a silver 2007 Toyota Camry was stolen in the 8900 block of Peachtree Street, police said.
Sometime between 10:30 p.m. on March 31 and 10 a.m. on April 1, a Samsung Touch cell phone and combustive gas indicator was stolen from a Nicor Gas truck parked in the 17300 block of 70th Avenue, police said.
Sometime between 10 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. on April 2, the pick-up bed trim from an Illinois Department of Transportation truck parked in the 19500 block of Heritage Drive was stolen, police said.
Around 2:30 a.m. on April 2 a bale of recyclable cardboard was stolen from the alley of a food center in the 16000 block of Harlem Avenue, police said. In the store's surveillance footage two people were seen—though not identifiable—wheeling the cardboard to the back of a white truck, police said.
Sometime between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on April 2, the right side of a black 2011 Hyundai Elantra parked outside the Tinley Park Convention Center was keyed, police said.
Sometime between 4 p.m. on March 31 and 11:45 a.m. on April 1, the navigational systems from two Chevrolet cars parked in the 8500 block of 159th Street were stolen, police said. The face plate for one of the cars was reportedly confiscated because it contained fingerprints. However, it got wet from the rain when transported into the station, police said.
Sometime between 7 p.m. on March 31 and 1:30 p.m. on April 1, the window of a maroon 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe was shattered and two computer monitors, dash stereo, and several DVDs and CDs were stolen, police said. Whoever robbed the car left a screwdriver behind, which was entered into evidence, police said.
