Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart releases a surveillance video that purports to show a corrections officer didn't slip and fall as he claimed in a workers compensation claim.
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart wants you to know he's keeping an eye on the "duty injury king" — a corrections officer known among his peers for submitting false injury claims while on the job — and others like him. The sheriff's office released a video tape Wednesday that purports to show the time and location where a corrections officer claimed he slipped and fell, injuring his back on Nov. 20. The officer is now suspended without pay, and the sheriff wants to press criminal charges. The sheriff's office's claim about the video states: On November 20th of last year a Correctional Officer submitted a false injury report claiming that he sustained a back injury while returning from transporting a detainee. He reported to other staff the he …
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Bail for Ralph Grajek, 46, was set at $200,000 on Wednesday. He is accused of striking a woman and ripping out a telephone line after pushing his way into the home.
An Orland Park man was charged Wednesday with home invasion after police said he forced his way into an unincorporated Palos Heights home. Ralph Grajek, 46, appeared in Bridgeview bond court Wednesday, according the Cook County Sheriff’s Office. His bail was set at $200,000. Grajek is accused of forcing his way into the house on 128th Street at around 12:45 a.m. Feb. 17, hitting a woman who was home several times in the face and ripping a telephone line out of the wall when she tried to call 911, police said. After fleeing in a black GMC Jimmy, Grajek was arrested several days later on Feb. 25 after a manhunt led police to Chicago Ridge, according to the Sheriff’s Office. He was taken into custody without incident. Grajek is due in …
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Law enforcement officials are urging people to watch for burglars posing as home repair, utility or village workers who gain entry to people’s homes and then steal their valuables.
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office is urging residents, especially senior citizens, to be wary of people claiming to be home repair, utility or village workers, but who have no identification and show up to homes without an appointment made. In one of the more recent cases, a 75-year-old woman living in the 11000 block of West 167th Street of unincorporated Orland Township was burglarized Friday between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. by a man who claimed to be a ComEd electrician, and was let into the woman’s house, according to a release from the sheriff’s office. The man did not show identification. Often with such situations, the burglars work in teams of at least two people, where one will distract the home owner or resident, while another steals …
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Mark Williamson, 46, pleaded not guilty to charges after he was accused of seriously beating his father, and was also barred from having any contact with him after a Cook County judge issued a protection order.
An Orland Park man pleaded not guilty to felony attempted murder, aggravated battery and unlawful restraint Thursday, after he was accused of beating and strangling his 78-year-old father, according to police. Mark Williamson has also been ordered to stay away from his father after Judge Colleen Ann Hyland granted prosecutors' request for an order of protection. At a preliminary hearing in early December, the father testified that he was strangled by his son but a 'demon' was responsible for the attack. Williamson is in custody without bond. The father was not present during Thursday's hearing. Sherie L. Dedore, an assistant state's attorney with the Seniors and Persons with Disabilities Unit, said the protection order is needed because …
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
The father of an Orland Park man charged with attempted murder said a demon with "slanted eyes and a blue-green face" caused his son to beat and strangle him.
OUTSIDE CHICAGO, IL -- A 78-year-old local man testified in court Thursday that a demon caused his son to attack, choke and beat him. During a probable cause hearing that lasted more than 30 minutes in Judge Peter Felice's Bridgeview courtroom, George Williamson of Orland Park at times seemed reluctant to accuse his son, 46-year-old Mark Williamson, who has been charged with attempted murder and battery for the Nov. 11 incident — instead blaming the demon. Mark Williamson took care of his father, who has emphysema and heart disease, testimony revealed. A public defender for Mark Williamson pointed out mental issues, saying he has not been taking his medication and hinted that he may use alcohol to self-medicate. Sherie L. Dedore, an …
Thursday, November 15, 2012
The Orland Park man was found two days after the attack in the house’s basement inhaling compressed air, and was charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery.
A 46-year-old Orland Park man is facing felony charges, after law enforcement said he attacked his elderly father, choking him and slamming his head into a ceramic floor. Mark Williamson, of the 9200 block of West 143rd Street, was charged with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery, according to a release from the Cook County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s deputies were called Tuesday to Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, where the 78-year-old man was being treated for injuries, according to the release. The man said on Sunday, he was sitting at his desk at home, when late in the afternoon his son Mark approached him head on and started strangling him, according to the release. The two struggled and fell to the ground, where …
Friday, November 9, 2012
The Cook County Sheriff has arrest warrants out for these accused "deadbeat dads" in the south suburbs.
Child support warrants are most often filed when a person neglects to pay child support bills, according to Cook County Sheriff's Office representatives. However, warrants may also be issued in other cases, such as when a person doesn't report to a police department to provide a required DNA sample or when he or she doesn't notify authorities of salary increases. The following child support warrants were listed by the Cook County Sheriff's Office as of Nov. 8: Larry Multon Jr., 35, has racked up $37,676.59 in child support payments. His last known address is in the 8600 block of W. 167th Street. Dewayne Parks, 39, owes $18,311.28 in child support payments. His last known address is in the 10200 blk of S. 86th Terrace in Palos Hills. …
Friday, April 20, 2012
The Cook County Sheriff has arrest warrants out for these accused "deadbeat dads" in the south suburbs.
Child support warrants are most often filed when a person neglects to pay child support bills, Cook County Sheriff's Office representatives said last week. However, warrants may also be issued in other cases, such as when a person doesn't report to a police department to provide a required DNA sample or when he or she doesn't notify authorities of salary increases. The following child support warrants were listed by the Cook County Sheriff's Office as of April 19: The last known address listed for Jason Browe, 39, is in the 2600 block of Schooner Avenue in New Lenox, according to county records. He doesn't owe any child support payments but is wanted on a related warrant. Demetrius Cantrell, 47, had $35,462.63 in child support payments …
Sunday, April 15, 2012
"Wanted for Child Support" post prompts vigorous debate on the south suburban Patch network.
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Sunday, April 15, 2012
In response to the post Wanted for Child Support Delinquency, April 6, several Patch commenters took issue with the way the system treats men. Kevin Foster writes: "If you are a man in Illinois, you have absolutely no father rights. Courts are so pro-woman it isn't even funny. Equality my pink butt." James Wagner writes: "How about posting the pictures and address of the vindictive, selfish, scorned "Ex" who continue to take the non-custodial parents to court who paid in excess of support owed??? Instead of wasting the taxpayers' and court system's time, and padding the bank accounts of these low life legalized thiefs they call "Divorce Attorneys"? And Kathleen Austin writes: "The article lists a woman, as well. There are many horror …
Friday, April 6, 2012
The Cook County Sheriff has arrest warrants out for these accused "deadbeat parents" and in the south suburbs.
The following warrants for failure to provide child support were listed by the Cook County Sheriff's Office as of April 5: Keith Penelton, 52, had $39,917.36 in child support payments racked up as of April 5. His last known address was in the 1200 block of West End in Chicago Heights. Authorities have also listed Katrina Johnson, 40, of the 200 block of East 24th Street in Chicago Heights, as being delinquent on child support payments. She owes $11,322. The last known address listed for Ronald Istad, 49, is in the 1200 block of Gordon Street in New Lenox, according to county records. He owes a total of $68,959.34 in child support payments. Sheriff's deputies list John Ludington, 43, as most recently living in the 600 block of Oxford Court …
tommy d.
11:00 pm on Wednesday, May 8, 2013
wow,,,you both know of a crooked cop in oak lawn,,,,,,,,after,police'ing,they get to be your '''detectives'''------''boy,this town is going to crap,,,,'''is vorberg in jail-------------- more ›