Monday, April 8, 2013
Woman refused to unlock her doors, ran over cop and got away during drug arrest, police said.
An arrest warrant was obtained for a former resident who eluded arrest during a pre-arranged cocaine sting, reports said. Oak Lawn police learned from a “confidential source” that Brittany Alyssa Rotto, 23, of the 700 block of Schoolgate Road, in New Lenox, had allegedly called to ask if he wanted to purchase two eight-balls of cocaine. Sign up for the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter, New Lenox Patch newsletter and Tinley Park Patch newsletter. Follow us on Oak Lawn Facebook, New Lenox and Tinley Park Facebook. Detectives arranged a sale between the confidential source and Rotto in the McDonald’s parking lot at 91st Street and Cicero Avenue. Police set up surveillance and at 9:40 p.m. March 17, Rotto’s gray Mazda entered the parking lot, …
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Tinley Park police reports, March 1–4.
MONDAY, MARCH 4 Police were called to a home in the 17400 block of Valley View Drive, after a resident reported her mailbox was damaged sometime over night. The victim told officers that an unknown offender(s) removed her mailbox, but not the mailbox pole. Officers located the damaged mailbox at the intersection of 175th Street and 80th Avenue. Police returned the damaged box to the victim. SATURDAY, MARCH 2 Police were called to the Chicago Tribune building, 8442 W. 183rd Street, after a victim reported her purse was stolen from her unlocked vehicle. The woman told police that someone entered her unlocked van and removed her purse. The victim told officers that another vehicle was next to hers earlier, but was now gone, according to the …
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Tinley Park police reports, Feb. 28–March 3.
SUNDAY, MARCH 3 Police were called to a home in the 19000 block of S. Westfield Avenue, after a resident reported damage to his car. The man told police that someone smashed the driver's side window of his car sometime during the afternoon. Officers could not determine how the window was smashed, but were able to verify that nothing was removed from the vehicle. SATURDAY, MARCH 2 Michael A. Kuzminski, 20, of the 18000 block of Highland Avenue, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, driving under the influence of alcohol with a BAC over .08, speeding and no insurance, following an incident near the intersection of Harlem Avenue and Hickory Street. Police initially stopped Kuzminski after witnessing him driving 57 mph in a …
Monday, September 10, 2012
Also in today's police blotter, a bicycle is taken from a garage and a megaphone is stolen from Odyssey Country Club.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 1 A man living in the 8100 block of 167th Place in Tinley Park said someone stole his Peugeot Triathlon bicycle overnight. The bike was about 24 years old, according to the report, and worth around $100. The resident said he believed he shut the garage door but when he woke up in the morning, it was open. Police believe the door was unlocked, allowing someone to enter manually. Christopher C. Grill, 22, of the 7000 block of 170th Place in Tinley Park, was arrested around 2:45 p.m. at his home on a warrant out of Will County for possession of a controlled substance. THURSDAY, JULY 26 A manager at Odyssey Fun World, 19111 Ridgeland Ave., Tinley Park, said that sometime around 9:45 p.m., a teenager stole a $100 megaphone …
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Also in the latest police reports, dated Aug. 20-22, copper pipe is taken from a vacant home, a woman accused of DUI says her lawyer is too drunk to pick her up and a caller threatens death upon a woman and her daughter.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 22 Police said someone stole the water meter and about 10 feet of copper pipe from a foreclosed home in the 8500 block of Scheer Drive in Tinley Park. The theft occurred between 2 p.m. Aug. 21 and 3 p.m. Aug. 22. Police said the home was in poor shape, making entry easy through doors with broken locks and a finicky overhead garage door. A real estate representative for the property said he would arrange for the necessary repairs to ensure the home remains secure. Police arrested Krystal M. Janes, 28, of the first block of Ottawa Court in Justice, and charged her with retail theft after she was arrested at Super Kmart, 16300 Harlem Ave., Tinley Park. Officers said she was caught trying to steal $575.28 in merchandise …
Police arrested a man earlier this summer who they said they had to place a spit shield on in a holding cell. He was highly intoxicated, according to reports, and eventually hospitalized.
A 20-year-old man who was banished this summer from a local concert venue for reportedly shoving a woman proceeded to kick officers, spit on them and violently thrash in the back of their squad car while being arrested, according to the police report. Tinley Park police officers arrested Timothy R. Gibson, of the 11800 block of Chisholm Trail in Orland Park around 7:15 p.m. July 27 at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre on Ridgeland Avenue in Tinley Park. Security had already "evicted" Gibson from the theater twice, the report said, and asked that he be arrested for criminal trespassing while trying to enter a third time. Sign up to receive a free, daily e-newsletter from Tinley Park Patch. Police cuffed Gibson and placed him in the squad …
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Friday, August 31, 2012
A Mokena man accused of assaulting a Tinley Park restaurant manager has claimed self defense and his attorney submitted material against the alleged victim Thursday, Aug. 30 to be reviewed by prosecutors and the judge in the case.
The felony battery case involving a Mokena man accused of assaulting a Tinley Park restaurant manager and breaking his ribs is moving forward. During an Aug. 30 hearing in Cook County Judge Colleen Ann Hyland's Bridgeview courtroom, attorneys for Donovan Campbell, 42, filed a motion to "admit material against the complaining witness," said Dennis F. Dwyer. Sign up to receive a free, daily e-newsletter from Tinley Park Patch. Dwyer was not immediately available to elaborate on the motion, but said in previous hearings that Campbell is claiming self-defense for his role in the March 18, 2011 incident. Authorities say the altercation began when Campbell became upset over his bill at Outriggers. Donovan slapped the manager in the face and …
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
A man who was blocked in his parking spot at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre took it upon himself over the weekend to move one of the vehicles behind him, police said.
A 49-year-old man whose car was blocked in at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre took matters into his own hands over the weekend after security guards told him he would have to wait until the end of a concert to get out of the lot. The man, who had not yet been formally charged as of Tuesday, was reportedly irate when he approached the security guards Saturday night. He was a member of the Teamster's union that works backstage at the Tinley Park theater, according to police. Sign up to receive a free, daily e-newsletter from Tinley Park Patch. "Both witnesses advised (the suspect) that there was nothing they could do for him until the concert was over," the report said. "(The suspect) advised that he was tired and wanted to go home, and …
Friday, July 20, 2012
An attorney for Donovan Campbell, the Mokena man accused of assaulting a Tinley Park restaurant manager, said this week that his client will be asserting self defense.
A Mokena man facing aggravated battery and great bodily harm charges after allegedly assaulting a Tinley Park restaurant manager is claiming self defense, according to his attorney. Dennis Dwyer told Judge Colleen Hyland Tuesday during a Bridgeview courtroom hearing that his client, Donovan Campbell, 42, will be asserting self defense. Dwyer will be introducing a witness, he said, later declining to specify who it may be. Sign up to receive a free, daily e-newsletter from Tinley Patch. During the March 18, 2011, incident, Campbell reportedly became upset over his bill at Outriggers. Donovan slapped the manager in the face and punched his chest when asked to leave, police said. Witnesses told police that Campbell then put the 55-year-old …
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Tinley Park police reports, July 11, 15 and 16.
MONDAY, JULY 16 A resident of the 16700 block of South Odell Avenue called the cops around 7:30 a.m., when she noticed that someone had started her American flag on fire. The flag was attached to a pole and mounted in a bracket on the east side of her Tinley Park home, according to the report. The flag was found "totally incinerated" and police said the bushes beneath it were slightly burnt. The woman said she went to sleep July 15 around 11 a.m. and didn't notice anything unusual. Neighbors' flag poles remained in tact. A resident in the 6500 block of 163rd Place in Tinley Park said that overnight, someone shattered a glass pane to his sliding patio door, as well as a glass window leading to the basement. A large landscaping brick was …
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jim
9:17 pm on Saturday, May 11, 2013
I believe your 100 percent right!! While uniformed people waste there time on personal vendetta on issues that are much more important than things that should really be handled. People make mistakes and your right there are bigger fish to catch in the game of drug cartel!!! Bless Her and Hopefully she will change some choices in life! more ›