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Orland Park Police Blotter: Drunken Driver Takes to the Sidewalk

Orland Park police reports, Feb 1-9

THURSDAY, FEB. 9

Retail Theft

Calvin D. Trenell, 18, of the 6600 block of Lloyd Drive in Worth was charged with retail theft. Security told police Trenell left a department store in Orland Square Mall around 7 p.m. without paying for a jacket and several pairs of underwear, according to the report. Police said they stopped Trenell in the parking lot.

Asleep Behind Wheel

Renee E. Swafford, 48, of the 11400 block of Stratford Road in Mokena was charged with driving under the influence, operating an uninsured motor vehicle and improper parking on the roadway. Police said they found Swafford asleep behind the wheel of her car, in the intersection of Wolf Road and 167th Street, around 7:30 p.m. According to the report, she smelled of alcohol and was arrested after refusing to take field sobriety tests.

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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 8

Pot Possession

Sigifredo Garcia, 28, of the 17300 block of Oketo Avenue in Tinley Park was charged with possession of cannabis and possession of drug paraphernalia. Police said they stopped Garcia’s car in the 15100 block of 82nd Avenue around 5:30 p.m. for driving without a front license plate and on expired registration. Two pipes, a grinder and 2.1 grams of marijuana were found in his car, according to the report.

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MONDAY, FEB. 6

Pot, Homemade Bong

Brandon M. Winchel, 20, of the 17400 block of Harvest Hill Drive in Orland Park was charged with possession of cannabis and possession of drug paraphernalia. Police said they found 2 grams of marijuana, a pipe and a homemade bong fashioned out of a Gatorade bottle in Winchel’s car, parked in the the 15400 block of Raintree Drive around 10 p.m.

A passenger, Conor P. McCormick, 21, of the 15400 block of Raintree Drive was charged with possession of cannabis.

SUNDAY, FEB. 5

Driver Ends up on Lawn

Ignas Jocius, 26, of the 7800 block of 97th Street in Hickory Hills was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and driving on sidewalk. Police said they were called to the 9100 block of Sutton Court around 7 p.m. about an argument and found Jocius’ car parked on the lawn. He reportedly told police he was lost and then failed field sobriety tests.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1

Retail Theft

Daniel M. Weirick, 32, of the 700 block of Trumbell in Chicago was charged with retail theft. Weirick was stopped by police around 12:30 p.m., in his car, and identified by witnesses at a store in the 15700 block of LaGrange Road as the man who had fled without paying for bottled fragrances.

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