Friday, August 10, 2012
We've plotted for you the local vehicle break-ins and damage that was reported in the month of July. A night of vandalism spiked the number of incidents last month.
Between July 1 and 31, a total of 53 cases of burglary and/or damage to vehicles were reported to Tinley Park police. A total of 35 of those instances were exclusively damage while the remaining 18 included thefts, and sometimes damage. The latter statistic is inflated because of an evening of vandalism July 7 in Tinley Park that spanned four streets—167th Place, Grissom Drive, and 82nd and 80th avenues—and left 27 vehicles heavily damaged. Those collective incidents are represented on the map with the exclamation point icon. In a particularly odd break-in dated July 16, a Metra conductor had his uniform and work equipment stolen. READ: Vandals Scratch Swears, Lines Into 27 Vehicles Whether burglars strike vehicles in residents' driveways …
Friday, December 16, 2011
We've plotted for you the local vehicle break-ins that have been reported between Nov. 4 and Dec. 12.
Car break-ins can and do happen everywhere. So far over the past month or so — Nov. 4 through Dec. 12 — 16 incidents were reported to Tinley Park police. Whether burglars strike vehicles in residents' driveways or those parked outside local shopping malls and in workout center lots, they are most often looking for a quick smash-n-grab theft, police officers said. Fitness center parking lots are often targeted because thieves know that when people work out, they don't take their valuables with them, Tinley Park Police Cmndr. Steve Vaccaro has said. The best defense against burglary to your vehicle is simple: Lock your doors. Here are a few other pointers from law enforcement officials: The following is a list of vehicle break-ins reported …
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Police say three people were found looking in cars Friday at Tinley Park's downtown train station.
Tinley Park police went to the Oak Park Avenue Metra station around 12:30 a.m. Friday after getting a call reporting that three men were using flashlights to look into parked vehicles there. Walking southbound on Oak Park Avenue near Hickory Street, police found Malik R. Reese, 18, of the 14700 block of Central Park in Midlothian, Amonte C. Taylor, 18, same address, as well as a 15-year-old juvenile. After running information for the three through their system, police found that Reese was wanted on a warrant for criminal trespassing to a vehicle out of Midlothian. He was also found in possession of a 1998 BMW that Midlothian police reported was stolen June 16 from a car dealership. The juvenile in the group was cited for violating the …
