Orland Hills Man Injured in Early Morning Tinley Crash

Lubna Firdausi, 50, died after a two-vehicle crash at 183rd Street and 80th Avenue. A 33-year-old Orland Hills man is being questioned in the accident.

UPDATED (11:27 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2) A 50-year-old Tinley Park woman died after she was involved in a two-car accident early Sunday near the intersection of 183rd Street and 80th Avenue, according to Tinley Park Police. Lubna Firdausi, a driver of one of the vehicles, was pronounced dead at 8:03 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, the Chicago Tribune reports. READ: 2 Girls Rescued After Being Buried Under Mud at Construction Site The second driver, a 33-year-old Orland Hills man, was hospitalized and later released, the police report stated. The man, who was not named in the release, is being questioned by police, although no charges had been filed as of Sunday night, the Tribune reports. Police responded to …

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Target of Saturday's Attack Believed to be White Supremacists, Mayor Says

Tinley Park Mayor Ed Zabrocki said police are looking at an anti-racism group as the source of the attack.

Tinley Park Mayor Ed Zabrocki said police believe those involved in Saturday’s mob attack inside a local restaurant came from a group called Anti-Racist Action. Zabrocki told the Chicago Tribune the police are examining the possible connection with the group and that they also believe the target of the attack was a gathering of white supremacists. The Anti-Racist Action website posted a response Saturday to Patch’s coverage of the mob-style attack at Ashford House that officials say included 15 to 18 black-clad people that targeted a specific group. Eyewitnesses told Patch the attackers were armed with bats and hammers. The website's post credited the attack to a group of “anti-fascists” who directly targeted the gathering. Ashford House …

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Police: Mob Attacked Specific Group of People Inside Tinley Park Restaurant

Ten people were injured in the Saturday afternoon attack. Three were hospitalized.

Updated at 8:52 p.m. A group of ‘anti-facists’ are being credited with Saturday’s mob-style attack inside a Tinley Park restaurant. An anti-racist website posted a response to the Patch story "Police: Mob Attacked Specific Group of People Inside Tinley Park Restaurant." The post states that “a group of 30 anti-fascists descended” on the restaurant “where the 5th annual White Nationalist Economic Summit and Illinois White Nationalist Meet-and-Greet" was reportedly taking place. “These anti-fascists are committed to shutting down and attacking any racist, nationalist or fascist organizers or individuals that they encounter,” the post states. Tinley Park police have not confirmed the claims. Updated at 8:06 p.m. Police are holding five people…

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justice

9:13 am on Thursday, September 27, 2012

L O L will they get anything from Santa this year ??   more ›

UPDATED: Alsip Teen Dead After Saturday Night Car Crash

Four others were injured in a single-car accident in the 6200 block of West 183rd Street in Tinley, according to police.

UPDATE (4:50 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 14) An Alsip teenager was killed and four others were injured after a single-car crash late Saturday night in the 6200 block of West 183rd Street in Tinley park, a police release stated. A 2008 Pontiac G6 was traveling westbound on West 183rd Street at 11:38 p.m. Saturday and left the roadway, rolling several times before coming to rest in Cook County Forest Preserve property on the north side of the road, according to a Tinley Park Police Department release. Megan Elam, 18, of Alsip, was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at 12:28 a.m. Sunday at Advocate South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner. Elam was a passenger in the the vehicle, the release said. …

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UPDATED: Theft, Not Forgery Charges For Park District President

Brian Younker, 40, of Tinley Park, spent the night in Will County Jail after Tinley Park Police arrested him on forgery charges, records show.

Although the original arrest report said felony forgery, Tinley Park Park District President Brian H. Younker, re-elected to a fifth term in April, has been charged with misdemeanor theft of money from his ex-wife, Will County State's Attorney's Office Spokesman Chuck Pelkie said. Younker, 40, of the 7700 block of Bristol Park, Tinley Park spent the night in the Will County Jail on Thursday, held on suspicion of felony forgery, jail records show. But when the state's attorney's office reviewed Younker's case Friday morning, they charged him with misdemeanor theft instead, Pelkie said. "The charge alleges that his ex-wife is the victim in this case, but the charge itself doesn’t specify an amount and it doesn’t give details in this case," …

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Vandals Arrested After Walking by Witness, Police Say

Three 18-year-old men confessed to vandalizing mailboxes, police said.

Three local teens would have gotten away with it, too … if they hadn’t walked right by the police officer interviewing a witness, police said. Two 18-year-olds from Orland Hills and one from Tinley Park were arrested on suspicion of vandalizing mailboxes on May 14, police said. The trio are accused of vandalizing mailboxes at five homes on the 8400 block of Budigen Lane and one on the 17400 block of Castle Drive. After her dog started barking at the young men, the woman who lived at one of the homes on Budigen Lane saw the three damage her mailbox and run off shortly after 11 p.m., police said. As a Tinley Park police officer was getting her statement, the woman noticed Janachowski, Healy and Hopper walking down Castle Drive and said they …

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Paul Dailing

9:01 pm on Sunday, May 29, 2011

I deleted your other comment because of the language. Next time your account gets suspended too.   more ›

Tinley Park Mourns Police Chief: PHOTO GALLERY

To read our coverage of Tinley Park Police Chief Mike O'Connell's funeral, click here. To watch video of the hundreds of mourners who came out to O'Connell's visitation on Sunday, click here. To learn more about O'Connell, his service to the village and his untimely death, click here. To hear our thoughts on the recent losses that have struck Tinley Park, click here. To share memories of O'Connell, click here or share them in the comments section below.

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UPDATED: Tinley Park Police Chief Was "All Heart," Funeral Monday

Mike O'Connell has been on health leave for several weeks.

Tinley Park Police Chief Michael J. O'Connell died 8 a.m. Wednesday morning at Ingalls Memorial Hospital, Mayor Ed Zabrocki said. The cause of death was complications due to heart surgery, Village Manager Scott Niehaus said. O'Connell was 60. "We're not sure of all the details yet," Zabrocki said. O'Connell has been on health leave for about a month, with Cmdr. Pat McCain filling in as acting chief. Formerly the police chief of Riverdale, O'Connell joined the Tinley department in 1995 as chief, Niehaus said. O'Connell started his nearly 40-year law enforcement career as a Riverdale patrol officer in 1972. In 2005, O'Connell was named the Illinois State Crime Commission/Police Athletic League of Illinois "Police Chief of the Year." MEMORIES…

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