Crime & Safety

Orland Park Police Blotter: Man Vomits out of Police Car Window

Orland Park police reports, Oct. 6-Nov. 1

TUESDAY, NOV. 1

Warrant for Contempt

Police arrested Matthew L. Hall, 39, of the 8700 block of West 169th Street in Orland Park, around 8:45 p.m. in the 8300 block of 171st Street in Tinley Park, on a warrant out of DuPage County for contempt of court. He was also charged with improper lighting and operating an uninsured motor vehicle.

TUESDAY, OCT. 25

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Identity Theft Warrant

Michael A. Ores, 22, of the 16700 block of Hilltop Avenue in Orland Hills, was arrested around 12 p.m. at the Palos Heights Police Department on a warrant for identity theft out of the Tinley Park Police Department.

TUESDAY, OCT. 8

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Window Sick

Police were called to a car crash in the 15400 block of Harlem Avenue around 2:45 a.m. Dispatch was told a Chevy Camaro was seen striking a concrete median and driving away, though hitting the median had flattened all the tires, police said. An officer found a vehicle matching the description in a nearby parking lot, and saw a man walking near the car, according to the report. The man had trouble keeping his balance, failed field sobriety tests, smelled like alcohol and admitted to hitting the median with his car, police said. While en route to the , the man vomited out the squad car’s back window, police said. Anthony J. White, 23, of the 6900 block of 97th Place in Chicago Ridge, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, improper lane use and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.

Fast Turn

An officer pulled over a car after seeing it drive through a red light, take a fast turn at an intersection and drive across lane lines in the 7500 block of 159th Street around 2:45 a.m. The driver failed field sobriety tests, police said. Joshua J. Michaels, 20, of the 16700 block of Orland Hills, was charged with driving under the influence with a blood-alcohol level greater than .08, disobeying a traffic control light, improper turning and consumption of alcohol by a minor.

MONDAY, OCT. 7

Assault

Police were called about a man making threats in the 900 block of Orland Court around 2:45 p.m. Two women said a man had aggressively shoved a chair, threw a glass and smacked his fist on a table, before concealing a phone and telling the others not to call police, according to the report. Rafal Szczepanik, 23, of the 5000 block of Lorel Avenue in Chicago, was charged with assault and interfering with the reporting of a domestic dispute.

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