Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Orland Park police reports, Jan. 17-23
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23 Police were called to Lifetime Fitness about a former member put on notice not to return to the gym who was found inside the premises around 12:40 a.m. Gym employees found the man in the men’s locker room sitting and eating Taco Bell, police said. The responding officer asked the man if he knew he wasn’t supposed to be in the gym and he said yes, according to the report. Justin A. Jackson, 21, of the 17000 block of Auburn Ridge Road in Lockport, was charged with criminal trespass to property. MONDAY, JAN. 21 Police pulled over a car for rolling through a red light while turning south on to John Humphrey Drive from 143rd Street around 12:40 a.m. The driver’s breath smelled like alcohol, his speech was slurred, he admitted…
Thursday, January 24, 2013
The case against a Tinley Park woman charged with driving over her boyfriend will be back in court again next month.
Some women walk all over men. Christine Meyers allegedly drove over one. Meyers, 23, appeared in court for a brief hearing Thursday morning and was scheduled to return Feb. 28. The Tinley Park woman was arrested in December after an argument with her live-in boyfriend ended with her running him over with her car, police said. Meyers was charged with aggravated domestic battery in connection with the incident that allegedly left her 21-year-old boyfriend with severe burns to his chest, back and scrotum. The scrotum burns reportedly required surgery. Despite the grievous injuries supposedly suffered under Meyers' tires, the boyfriend reportedly at first told police someone else ran him over while he was crossing the street. According to a …
Friday, January 11, 2013
The Tinley Park man jailed for allegedly bashing his wife's head in with a weightlifting bar was arrested twice before on domestic battery charges.
A Tinley Park man jailed on murder charges for allegedly bashing his wife's head in with a weightlifting bar pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Friday. Bahaa Sam, 47, appeared before Judge Robert Livas via a closed circuit video feed from the Will County jail. Livas allowed the public defender's office to withdraw from the case so Palos Park attorney John Eannace could enter his appearance to represent Sam. An interpreter translated the proceedings into Arabic for Sam, who is being held in lieu of $5 million bond. Sam allegedly bludgeoned his wife, 38-year-old Nermeen Sam, to death Dec. 19, clubbing her in the head at least 10 times with a weightlifting bar. Police and paramedics went to Sam's house after a Tinley Park public works …
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Orland Park police reports: Sept. 13-22
SATURDAY, SEPT. 22 Police saw an SUV back up into a light pole, causing the pole to shake, in a parking lot in the 14400 block of LaGrange Road around 2 a.m. The SUV matched earlier descriptions called in about an erratically driving vehicle, police said. The driver pulled away without checking the pole for damage, heading north on LaGrange Road when the SUV was pulled over, according to the report. The driver’s breath smelled like alcohol, he stumbled as he exited the SUV and he failed field sobriety tests, police said. Neither his SUV nor the pole were heavily damaged, according to the report. Antonio Aguilar, 55, of the 7800 block of Keystone Road in Orland Park, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, driving under the…
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Orland Park police reports: Aug. 25-Sept. 6
THURSDAY, SEPT. 6 Police were called about a retail theft at Sears at 2 Orland Square Drive around 2:40 p.m. Security said a woman was seen pushing a shopping cart while carrying a brown purse that appeared collapsed, according to the report. The woman selected several store items, and wasn’t looking closely at the merchandise, before going into a dressing room, police said. She emerged from the dressing room with her purse looking more filled up, and replaced several items on store shelves before leaving the store without paying, according to the report. She was found with $517.99 worth of items, police said. She was not charged with a felony due to a lack of background, according to the report. Kathleen D. Rolla, 32, of the 3000 block of…
Friday, August 24, 2012
Orland Park police reports, June 28-Aug. 9
THURSDAY, AUG. 9 Police pulled over a car for driving 38 mph in a 20 mph zone near 157th Street and 80th Avenue around 3:20 a.m. The officer smelled alcohol on the driver’s breath and he failed field sobriety tests, police said. Kevin M. Rettke, 19, of the 15700 block of Deerfield Court in Orland Park, was charged with driving under the influence and speeding. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 8 Police were called to Sears about a retail theft around 7:30 p.m. Security said a woman was seen taking items from the store without paying and walked over to JCPenney to return them, according to the report. The items are worth $105, police said. Zantrence Y. Ford, 18, of the 6300 block of South Normal in Chicago, was charged with retail theft. Police were called …
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Orland Park police reports, July 17-23
MONDAY, JULY 23 Police were called about a retail theft at the Apple Store around 1:20 p.m. Security said a man was seen placing a set of headphones inside a bag, before returning other merchandise and leaving the store without paying for the headphones, police said. Kenneth L. Hunt, 41, of the 1300 block of Bruck Street in Columbus, Ohio, was charged with retail theft. SUNDAY, JULY 22 Police were called to Centennial Pool about a two women fighting in the parking lot around 7 p.m. Two women were arguing when one pushed the other, police said. The pushed woman then walked away to leave the pool area, while the other followed her, punched at her and jumped on her back with her arm around the woman’s neck, police said. Witnesses confirmed …
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Orland Park police reports: Aug. 1-6
MONDAY, AUG. 6 Police pulled over a vehicle when the driver was seen not wearing a seat belt around 5:10 p.m. in the 9100 block of 151st Street. A warrant was found for a passenger in the car, police said. Torrin A. Caldwell, 25, of the 18200 block of Ravisloe Terrace in Country Club Hills, was arrested on a Cook County warrant for retail theft. Police on bikes were patrolling a parking lot in the 9200 block of 159th Street, when they saw a man sitting in the passenger seat of a car, looking down and he threw a piece of garbage out of the window, around 6:20 p.m. The man was quiet and trembling as police spoke with him, and he had a black pocketknife clipped to his belt, police said. When police asked the man to put his hands on the car, …
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Orland Park police reports, July 13-18
WEDNESDAY, JULY 18 Police were called by South Holland police about a man wanted on an Orland Park warrant in their custody around 1:30 p.m. Eric J. Neumann, 27, of the 200 block of Haven Avenue in New Lenox, was arrested on a warrant for resisting a peace officer. TUESDAY, JULY 17 A woman came to the Orland Park Police Department to report a domestic battery. She told officers that around 12:15 p.m. on the same day she was arguing with a man, and during the argument he had pushed her, according to the report. Two witnesses gave police a similar recollection of what happened, police said. The man also came to the police station, though his testimony was redacted in the released report. Anthony T. Wise, 42, of the 14100 block of Trenton …
Friday, August 3, 2012
Orland Park police reports, July 9-15
SUNDAY, JULY 15 Police were called about possibly intoxicated people in a Cadillac at 7-Eleven, 9985 151st St., around 3:35 a.m. The officer saw a car matching the description drive away north on West Avenue when it swerved heavily, crossing the yellow center line, before it was pulled over, police said. The driver’s breath smelled like alcohol and he failed field sobriety tests, police said. Patrick J. O’Connor, 26, of the 14400 block of Kolin Avenue in Midlothian, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, improper lane use and driving an uninsured vehicle. WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 Police were called to Will County Jail about a man wanted on an Orland Park warrant around 12:05 a.m. Cortez D. Lain, 27, of the 500 block of Pasadena…
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