Teen Likely Snags Card From Together We Cope Employee, and More

SUNDAY, JUNE 24

Golf Driver Jacked at Odyssey

Police said that they were contacted by a 55-year-old Homewood man who believed a fellow golfer at the driving range stole his new club. The club was missing after the victim was at Odyssey Golf Academy, 19110 S. Oak Park Ave., , between 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. The victim said he let the potential thief try using the club and believes that at some point during the night, he stole it. 

FRIDAY, JUNE 22

Warrant Arrest

Yulanda M. Wells, 43, of the 17500 block of Sandalwood Drive in , was arrested around 7:20 p.m. near the intersection of 175th Street and Sandalwood on a warrant for failure to pay fines. Her bail was set at $5,000. 

Teen Likely Snagged Card From Together We Cope Employee

Police said that between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., someone rummaged through the purse of a woman who works at Together We Cope and stole her bank card. The card was used at several area gas stations, a Wendy's restaurant and at Walmart, the report said.

The victim didn't notice it missing for a few hours and noted that a 19-year-old woman had been working at the nonprofit that day to complete community service. The woman was the only person other than a fellow Together We Cope employee—police said that employee is not a suspect—who entered the victim's office.  

The victim said she told the 19-year-old she could borrow a lighter from her and sent her to her office. She returned to find the contents of her purse dumped out inside a large bag underneath her desk. The community service worker used the lighter and then told the nonprofit's staff that she had to leave to call her dad.

She didn't come back that day, the report said. When she spoke with police, the woman denied taking the card. Police were reviewing surveillance footage June 25 where all the purchases were made, they said. A total of $234.10 had been charged on the card in the few hours, according to the report. Charges may be pending.

THURSDAY, JUNE 21

Retail Theft Warrant

Nikki A. Schaefer, 22, of the 12600 block of South Tripp in Alsip, was arrested around 8:50 p.m. in Oak Forest on a warrant out of the for retail theft. It came with a $10,000 bail, police said.  

Racecar Parts Missing

A resident of the 16400 block of South 84th Avenue in said that sometime between 7 p.m. June 20 and 7:30 p.m. June 21, someone stole several items that were leaning against a fence in his backyard.

The resident isn't currently living in the home, as construction is under way. Among the stolen items were the left and right fenders and underskirts for a racecar that's stored in the garage, a rear fender for a vehicle trailer, a 32-gallon air compressor tank, and a 10-foot by 20-foot aluminum canopy frame. Other aluminum items were also missing. The total cost to replace all items would be about $1,000, the victim said.

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