Orland Park Man Accused of Carjacking 88-Year-Old Woman
With help from Chicago residents and witnesses, the man thought to be responsible for stealing an elderly woman’s car was found and arrested.
An Orland Park man is facing three felony charges against him, after he was accused of stealing an 88-year old woman’s purse and car and kicking her in the process.
Peter Sousan, 24, is charged with aggravated vehicular hijacking (Class X felony), aggravated battery (Class 2 felony) and robbery (Class 1 felony).
On July 30, an 88-year-old woman parked her car at Walgreen’s at 80th Avenue and 159th Street, and walked to the store entrance when a white man started running toward her around 2:20 p.m., according to the Orland Park Police Department. The man grabbed her purse and car keys, kicked the woman in the leg and struck her in the chest with the car door while he got inside, before driving away north on 80th Avenue, police said.
With witness descriptions, and details from past similar crimes, Orland Park detectives developed Sousan as a suspect, including a positive ID of him in a photograph by a witness, according to a release from the police department.
On Friday, the Chicago Police Department found the woman’s car parked in the 700 block of North Lawndale Avenue, north of Garfield Park, around 1 a.m., according to the release. Orland Park police alerted area residents to watch for Sousan.
About 36 hours later, police were called by residents about a man matching Sousan’s description walking in the area and Chicago officers apprehended him, police said.
The victim and two witnesses identified Sousan as the man responsible for the incident, once he was brought back to Orland Park, police said.
Orland Park Police Commander John Keating credits the witnesses, residents in the North Lawndale area and Chicago Police’s 11th District officers for help in capturing the suspect.
Sousan has prior car thefts on record, but not carjackings, Keating said in an email.
Sousan is expected to be in court Monday morning for a bond hearing at the Bridgeview Courthouse.
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lala
6:29 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
What a piece of crap. I hope Chicago Police’s 11th District officers gave him a real Chicago welcome.
Carla Mirabelli
7:14 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
THIS is the wuss to did this to my GRAM!!!!!!!! THANK you OP police for working hard to catch him. I KNEW they would!!!!!!!!! He will be someone's girlfriend in PRISON...he is NO MAN!!!!!!
Sue Slansky
7:27 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
What a POS is correct. Get a job and support yourself you lazy bum. Don't be stealing from people especially the elderly.
Sara Waters
7:46 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
I hope he gets ass beat. Hope his parents throw him out too.
Ben Feldheim
8:09 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
Folks, I understand you might feel strongly about this situation, but keep your comments reasonable. When you created your user account, which allows you to post comments, you agreed to our terms of use and it doesn't allow cursing. Some of you are toeing the line, so be aware now.
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Sara Waters
9:39 am on Monday, August 6, 2012
I assume that was directed to me. I assumed anything said on television is OK so I apologize. I will clean that up.
Ben Feldheim
9:39 am on Monday, August 6, 2012
Not just you. Just a reminder to keep it reasonable.
Pro Con
8:26 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
Okay Patch, time to get to work. He and his brother were involved in another car theft involving injuries - a Class 1 felony - just 7 months ago in roughly the same neighborhood (80th Ave & Wheeler Drive). His court appearance was early January. What happened there? Was sentence was he given? And why was he free to prey upon our most vulnerable citizens?
Ben Feldheim
9:45 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
According to authorities, he was the passenger in the stolen car in that incident and given supervision for a criminal trespass charge. His brother was driving and is still serving a sentence.
Sara Waters
2:17 pm on Monday, August 6, 2012
I remember reading this because it happened about 7:30 in the morning. I was thinking I am usually leaving around that time in the mornings and he could have easily crashed into me.
Pro Con
8:44 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
Looking at records, he was picked up again on a warrant on February 18, 2012. That makes three arrests in 7 months. His bail was $10k. He obviously made it since he is out. His 4 bedroom 2 1/2 bath 2,502 sq ft home is listed for $235k on a short sale. Does that have any relationship to his and his brothers' need to pay lawyers/bondsmen?
Ben Feldheim
9:48 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
There could be many reasons why a person needs to sell a house.
Ben Feldheim
9:49 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
Comments will be going through me for approval for a while. Just an FYI in case you're wondering why they aren't posting right away. Thanks.
TQ
1:04 pm on Monday, August 6, 2012
The car was found at 700 North Lawndale. It's not too hard to fathom a guess at what he was doing in the neighborhood.
Pro Con
12:05 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
The neighborhood is pretty infamous for stolen car rings.
Nikolas Wiak
5:41 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
(reply to pro con)......and drugs......which is what he was on! He had to go to hospital because he was going thru withdrawal.
Ben Feldheim
10:58 am on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Nikolas, I mentioned above that all comments would be going through me. I haven't seen any comment aside from the one you just posted.
Nikolas Wiak
5:41 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
i was referring to a post my mom made.
Ben Feldheim
5:42 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
On what article was the comment made? If a comment was rejected, than it likely violated the terms of use, even if no curses were made. If you, or her, can give me some specifics about the comment, I can tell you what happened and why.
CJ
7:00 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
Haha whoa ben.