WEDNESDAY, JAN. 4

Domestic Battery

Police were called about a domestic battery in the 15000 block of Hale Drive around 6:50 a.m. A man was arguing with a woman and pushed her, police said. Anthony L. Simmons, 52, of the 15000 block of Hale Drive in Orland Park, was charged with domestic battery.

TUESDAY, JAN. 3

Hidden Pills

Police pulled over a vehicle for driving without a rear registration light in the 13600 block of 86^th Avenue around 11:40 p.m. The officer smelled marijuana in the vehicle and asked the driver and passenger to step out, police said. A small bag of pills was found inside the driver’s pack of cigarettes, according to the report. The passenger handed over a small bag of marijuana that was in her purse, police said. Martin S. Pawlak, 22, of the 13500 block of 88^th Avenue in Orland Park, was charged with possession of a controlled substance and driving without a rear registration light. Riannon M. Lange, 23, of the 13200 block of Oak Ridge Trail in Palos Heights, was cited for possession of marijuana.

Warrant Arrest

Police pulled over a vehicle after checking the registration and finding that the owner was wanted on an active warrant around 7 p.m. near 149^th Street and LaGrange Road. Fanen I. Kwembe, 27, of the 4100 block of Poplar Avenue in Richton Park, was arrested on a DeKalb County failure-to-appear warrant for driving under the influence of alcohol.

SUNDAY, JAN. 1

Stolen Identity

Police were called about a credit card fraud incident at Best Buy around 2:50 p.m., and the offender had left the area in a gray Buick driving south on LaGrange Road. Store staff said a man tried to buy a 64-gig iPad worth about $900 after tax using a TCF credit card and showing an Indiana driver’s license as identification, according to the report. An employee believed the license to be false and called police, but before they arrived, the man appeared nervous and left the store without the iPad, credit card or driver’s license, and drove away in the Buick, police said.

The officer found no registration record for the driver’s license, according to the report. The car was spotted near LaGrange Road and 171^st Street and was pulled over, police said. Two other men were inside the car, and police found another false Indiana driver’s license, as well as another 64-gig iPad, police said.

The TCF credit card was found to belong to a Waukegan resident, who told police that the credit card was used to make about $40,000 in fraudulent purchases, according to the report. The credit owner said he never gave his approval for the purchases.  

Brandon L. Lewis, 22, of the 14800 block of Evers Street in Dolton was charged with felony forgery and felony identity theft. Jeremy Leonard, 22, of the 1000 block of 168^th Place in South Holland, was charged with possession of false identification.

SATURDAY, DEC. 31

Mystery Orange Drink

Police were called about a one-car accident involving an electrical box at 159^th Street and 80^th Avenue around 4:45 a.m.  An officer found a car facing north on a grassy area, with its rear passenger side wheel hanging off the curb, and an electrical box appeared to have been struck by the car’s front end, according to the report. A Tinley Park officer on the scene said he found the driver passed out behind the wheel, and vomit was found in the car, according to the report. The driver’s breath smelled like alcohol, and she failed field sobriety tests, police said. A plastic bottle containing orange liquid that was partly alcohol was found in the car, police said. Amy L. Jordan, 26, of the 100 block of Twin Oaks Drive in Joliet, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, improper lane use, driving an uninsured vehicle and illegal transportation of alcohol.

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