Saturday, April 6, 2013
A fundraiser will be held April 27 in Chicago Ridge to help the son of Thomas Mastro, the Tinley Park resident who was shot and killed March 21. Find out more about the event.
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Saturday, April 6
The family of the victim of last month's fatal 7-Eleven shooting in Tinley Park is planning a benefit to help create a college fund for the slain 24-year-old's young son. READ: Tinley Park Man Fatally Shot in Argument in Store Parking Lot Tom & Anthony's Benefit—named after the victim, Thomas Mastro, and his 4-year-old son, Anthony—will be April 27 at Jack Desmond’s Irish Pub in Chicago Ridge, according to a flyer for the event emailed to Patch by Mastro's father, Perry. Donations for Anthony's fund will be taken at the door, and food and a cash bar will be available for guests. "We are asking all friends and family of Tom Mastro to gather with us as we will be raising funds for his son Anthony’s college education," the flyer stated. READ…
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Sunday, March 24, 2013
Christopher J. Dyson, 18, also faces an armed robbery charge connected to Thursday's shooting that left a Tinley Park man dead. He is being held without bail.
Christopher J. Dyson, 18, of Markham, was charged Saturday with murder and armed robbery in connection with Thursday's fatal shooting in a Tinley Park 7-Eleven parking lot, according to a Village of Tinley Park press release. He is being held without bail, and his next court date will be Tuesday, March 26, at the Bridgeview courthouse, a village spokesman said Saturday. The case is still under investigation, according to the press release. READ: Check Out the Full Story of the Shooting for More Details Dyson tried to rob Thomas Mastro, 24, outside the convenience store before pulling a gun, shooting Mastro in the chest and then fleeing the scene north on Oak Park Avenue, police said. He was captured around 147th and Oak Park Avenue in Oak …
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
A 20-year-old New Lenox man is one of two suspects in the armed robbery of a 69-year-old Frankfort Square woman, the Chicago Tribune reports.
A New Lenox man, 20-year-old Aaron D. Anderson, is one of two suspects arrested Wednesday in Sulphur Springs, Texas in connection with the March 4 kidnapping by gunpoint of a 69-year-old Frankfort Square woman. The Chicago Tribune reports that Anderson and 23-year-old Dorian Yamini of Richton Park were arrested without incident Wednesday morning after a "police chase involving state, county and city police." The two were taken into custody in Sulphur Springs, about 80 miles northeast of Dallas. "Both are charged with unlawful possession of a handgun by a felon, a felony. Anderson, who was driving the Honda Civic they were in, is charged with the additional felony of evading arrest in a vehicle." the Chicago Tribune reports. Read more about…
Sunday, February 24, 2013
A 17-year-old boy was charged as an adult on two counts of attempted robbery after he and another person allegedly tried to rob two kids, according to Tinley Park Police.
A 17-year-old boy faces armed robbery charges after he and another person allegedly tried to rob two juveniles Feb. 18, according to a Tinley Park Police press release. Jordan Dwyer, of the 6600 block of West 165th Place, was charged with two counts of attempted armed robbery. Although he is a teenager, Dwyer was charged as an adult, and he is being held on $100,000 bail in the Cook County Jail. His next court date is March 18. READ: Police Bust Fencing Ring at Village Convenience Store According to the release, Dwyer and another person approached two kids in the 17500 block of Ridgeland Avenue and demanded their money. At the time, either Dwyer or his partner was carrying a 12-inch wrench, the release added. The other suspect is still at …
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Friday, January 4, 2013
Two men have been charged in connection with the manhunt that started Jan. 2 in Tinley Park and ended in a car crash in New Lenox.
Two men were charged Friday with the Jan. 2 Tinley Park armed robbery that ended in New Lenox after they crashed their getaway car on Route 6 just east of Cedar Road. A third man was released pending investigation. The Cook County State's Attorney's Office charged Larone Smith and Lazeric Watkins, both are 24 and from Chicago. The pair appeared Friday at Bridgeview Courthouse. Smith's bond was set at $500,000, while Watkins' bond is set at $250,000. Tinley Park Police Chief Steve Neubauer said the two were armed just after 7 p.m. Wednesday when they robbed cell phones from the T-Moblie store, Harlem Avenue and 162nd Street. No shots were fired, but one store employee received minor injuries. With a description of the getaway car …
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
New Lenox and Illinois State police departments arrested three Tinley Park armed robbery suspects who police say crashed the getaway car on Route 6.
Thursday 4:45 p.m. Further details are not expected until tomorrow in the case of the Tinley Park armed robbery at 7:10 p.m. Wednesday at the T-Mobile store, Harlem Avenue and 162nd Street, said Tinley Park Police Chief Steve Neubaurer. The investigation is continuing in the case of three suspects who were arrested shortly after 8 p.m. in New Lenox after their getaway car crashed in a ditch on Route 6 just east of Cedar Road. Thursday 10:50 a.m. Details of the Tinley Park armed robbery that spilled over into New Lenox last night continue to unfold. Three armed robbery suspects were arrested in New Lenox after their getaway car crashed in a ditch around 8 p.m. along Route 6 just east of Cedar Road. Six police departments out of the …
Friday, November 9, 2012
U.S. Marshals arrested LaShaun Evans, 33, on Wednesday in connection to an August holdup at a Citibank ATM in Tinley Park, police report.
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Friday, November 9, 2012
A Chicago man has been arrested and charged in an armed holdup at an ATM in August, according to a Tinley Park Police report. READ: Police Search for Citibank Armed Robber LaShaun Evans, 33, of the 1700 block of South Kingston Avenue in Chicago, was charged with armed robbery after being taken into custody in Chicago on Wednesday, Nov. 7, by U.S. Marshals, the report stated. He is currently being held in the Cook County Jail on $250,000 bond. Evans is accused of approaching a driver at around 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 21 at the drive-up ATM at Citibank, 17401 S. Oak Park Ave. He then pulled a "silver handgun" on the victim, who was making a deposit, and took off with an undisclosed amount of money. No one was hurt in the incident. No information …
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
Gunman takes off with about $50 in cash from the register Friday after telling the store manager, 'give me all the money.'
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
A gunman with a white bandana covering his face robbed a 7-Eleven in the 7600 block of 159th Street early Friday morning, taking off with about $50 in cash from the register, according to a Tinley Park Police report. The store manager told police he was sitting behind the counter at around 3:09 a.m. Friday, Sept. 21, and heard the door open, the report stated. The manager began walking toward the register when the man who walked in pointed a small gun at him and said, “give me all the money.” READ: Harvey Woman Caught Wearing Stolen Underwear Out of Store As he opened the cash register, the manager activated the silent, hold-up panic alarm, the report stated. The manager then gave the gunman about $25 in $1 bills and $25 in $5 bills, the …
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Local police are investigating a Tuesday morning incident in downtown Tinley Park in which a driver at an ATM was approached by a man who had a handgun.
Police are looking for an armed robber who approached a driver at an ATM in downtown Tinley Park early Tuesday morning. The suspect robbed the driver at gunpoint with a "silver handgun" at Citibank 17401 S. Oak Park Ave., around 6:30 a.m., according to a news release from the Tinley Park Police Department. He got away with an undisclosed amount of cash, as the victim was making a deposit when he was approached. Sign up to receive a free, daily e-newsletter from Tinley Park Patch. Some residents living in the immediate area received phone calls from the Village of Tinley Park alerting them to the incident, readers said. The entire village wasn't notified, however, said Tinley Park Police Cmdr. Pat McCain. "Not everyone got calls," he said…
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Local officers are still searching for a man who reportedly committed an armed robbery last week at the Hampton Inn.
Harry Callahan
4:12 pm on Saturday, March 23, 2013
Tori you just don't get it,your just many that have become brainwashed,what I say is the truth and you get on your liberal soap box and condem me,you don't think the media is bias well your one dumb buddy and the scary part is there is more of you,to bad I have been around the block more than you. more ›