Police Blotter: DUI, Sheets Theft and Neighbor Dispute

SUNDAY, MAY 8

Something in the Air

Police were called in reference to someone smelling marijuana smoke. George R. Mendoza, 23, of the 7600 block of Orchard Lane in Woodridge, was cited for possession of cannabis, police said. Police took 9.2 grams from Mendoza, according to the report. He is due in local court.

SATURDAY, MAY 7

Teens Play Pass the Bottle

A driver called police after seeing five teens pass around a bottle of alcohol in a car near 159th and Wolf Road. Jeremy D. Fine, 18, of the 700th block of Newland Avenue in Romeoville, was cited for illegal possession and consumption of alcohol by a minor, police said. There was also a juvenile cited at the scene and turned over to the custody of her grandmother, according to the report.

Asleep at the Wheel

Aristotelis S. Valavanidis, of the 7900th block of West 169th Place in Tinley Park, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after a patrol officer saw his car stopped at a green traffic light, police said. When the officer approached the car, he saw that Valavanidis had fallen asleep, police said. The officer smelled alcohol on the breath of Valavanidis, who later failed field sobriety tests and was found to be at nearly two and a half times the legal limit, according to the report. Valavanidis was released on bond and is due in court in Bridgeview.

FRIDAY, MAY 6

High at the Mall

According to police, a patrol officer smelled the odor of marijuana coming from a car parked at Orland Square Mall. Alexander C. Gracia, 19, of the 7400th block of West 163rd Street in Tinley Park, was cited for possession of marijuana after police field-tested green residue on his car seat. He is due in local court.

THURSDAY, MAY 5

Swiping Sheets

Luis J. Figueroa-Rivera, 42, of the 2700th block of West 51st Street in Chicago, was charged with retail theft after a store loss prevention officer saw a man take bedsheets from the shelf in a store in the 100th block of Orland Park Place, police said. The store employee saw Figueroa-Rivera place the items in a shopping cart, cover them with plastic bags and wheel the cart outside. Figueroa-Rivera was issued an I-bond and is due in court in Bridgeview.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4

Since We're Neighbors ...

John T. Horn, Sr., 77, of the 7400th block of Syacmore Lane in Orland Park, was cited for disorderly conduct. A witness claimed that Horn had been damaging a car, stealing laundry and making obscene gestures toward a woman. According to the report, Horn had his keys as if he was going to key the victim's car. This was the fifth time the police had been called to the address, according to the report.

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