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Monday, April 29, 2013

Mug Shot Monday, April 29

The accompanying photos were taken at the Tinley Park Police Department between April 10 and April 17.

Mug Shot Monday is a weekly feature on Tinley Park Patch that spotlights mug shots taken at the local police department. All pictures were submitted by Tinley Park police and were taken when the accused were booked between April 10 and April 17. Fan of Crime Stories? You'll want to like our Crime-n-Shame Facebook page. Police report information is provided by the Tinley Park Police Department and other law enforcement agencies. Charges are not evidence of guilt. They are a record of police actions on a given day, and persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court. If you or a family member are charged or cited and the case is subsequently adjudicated, we encourage you to notify the editor. We will verify …

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Blotter: Man Almost Drives Out of Store in Cart With $1K in Merchandise

Tinley Park Police reports, Nov. 26-Dec. 5 • Hobby store employee spots phony $50 bill • Man walks in to car dealership and takes converter • Orland Park man faces traffic and drug charges.

MONDAY, NOV. 26 Police seized a counterfeit $50 bill used at Hobby Lobby, 7061 W. 159th St. An employee at the store contacted police around 7 p.m. after he thought a customer passed a fake $50 bill to pay for a purchase, according to the report. The responding officer checked the bill and said it appeared to be a bleached $5 bill, the report stated. The customer said she received the bill as change but couldn't remember from where, the report continued. The bill was turned over to the U.S. Secret Service, the report stated. FRIDAY, NOV. 30 A core catalytic converter was taken from Rizza Cadillac, 8425 W. 159th St., by a man who simply walked in and out of the dealership's parts department during business hours, according to a police …

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Report: Driver Gets 6 Months in Jail for Crash That Killed L-W North Grad

Lukasz Marszalek, who was convicted of aggravated speeding in the 2011 accident that killed Julie Gorczynski, apologized in the courtroom before his punishment was handed down Tuesday, the Chicago Tribune reports.

The convicted driver in the 2011 Orland Park crash that killed a Frankfort teen was sentenced to six months in prison Tuesday, the Chicago Tribune reports. READ: Frankfort Teen Dies in Orland Traffic Accident Lukasz Marszalek, who was living in Lemont at the time of the crash, was convicted of aggravated speeding after the Orland Park Police's traffic division reconstructed the accident and concluded that Marszalek was going at least 76 mph in a 40-mph zone and caused the June 10, 2011, accidentGorczynski, 17. Gorczynski's death inspired the recently adopted "Julie's Law," a measure that prohibits judges from granting supervision to offenders charged with going 30 mph over the limit on highways and 25 mph in urban areas. The law was signed…

Anna Schier

1:21 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012

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Saturday, July 21, 2012

Family, Friends of Late Frankfort Teen Turn Out for Gov. to Sign 'Julie's Law'

Julie Gorczynski's family and friends attended a special ceremony Friday, where Gov. Pat Quinn signed a law to help stop situations like the one that took Gorczynski's life from happening again. The Frankfort teen died in a car crash in Orland Park.

If there was a shared sentiment Friday morning as Gov. Pat Quinn signed "Julie's Law" at a special ceremony at Lincoln-Way North High School, it was bittersweetness, the idea that something positive could come out of tragedy of Julie Gorczynski's death. Gorczynski was killed last summer after the car she was in was hit by a driver going more than 35 mph over the speed limit in Orland Park. The driver had been placed on court suspension seven times previously, all for excessive speeding. A week before the accident, the Frankfort teen had graduated from L-W North, and a week later, she was to turn 18. READ: Frankfort Teen Dies in Traffic Accident Family members, friends and government officials joined the governor at the signing Friday for …

maureen King

9:45 pm on Sunday, July 22, 2012

What a tragedy this beautiful young girl had to lose her life because someone decided to get behind the wheel with no regard for others on the road. I commend the Gorczynski family for working so hard to get legislation passed that will save lives. Our neighborhood is the same and my child attends Lincoln Way North, so this tragedy really hit home. God bless your family!   more ›

Friday, February 11, 2011

Police Blotter: 7 Cars Towed During Blizzard; Speeder Goes 50 mph Over Limit

Tinley Park police reports, Feb. 1-9

Orland Man Arrested on Drug Charges Tinley Park police arrested Richard A. Janis, 23, of the 13600 block of 92nd Avenue, Orland Park, on a Cook County Sheriff’s Office warrant related to the manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance around 8:45 p.m. Feb. 9, according to reports. Further details were not immediately available Thursday. Safe Robbed Michael R. Rizzuti, 20, of the 16400 block of Olcott Avenue, Tinley Park, was charged with theft after police said he stole $420 out of a safe in the back of his employer's collectibles shop on the 15900 block of Harlem Avenue. Rizzuti was arrested around 5 p.m. Feb. 8 and police recovered $322 from his wallet, according to reports. Hubcaps Taken from Metra Lot The owners of six cars parked …

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