Saturday, April 6, 2013
The Sanchez brothers, twins from Chicago Heights, face multiple charges after fighting a man in the Orland Park mall.
Twin brothers from Chicago Heights are charged with mob action after fighting in the Orland Square Mall. Gerardo and Adrian Sanchez, both 20 and of the 1100 block of Emerald Avenue in Chicago Heights, were charged with mob action, disorderly conduct and unlawful consumption of alcohol, according to a report. Gerado also was charged with aggravated battery while Adrian faces a possession of marijuana charge. The brothers were arrested after police were called to break up at fight at about 7:22 p.m. March 14 in the Orland Square Mall, 288 Orland Square Mall Dr., according to a report. They are accused of fighting with a third man, who wasn’t charged and refused treatment by paramedics. Police searched Adrian and found a plastic baggie in his…
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 …
Monday, February 27, 2012
Orland Park police had to drag a man out of a restaurant. He kicked an officer in the process, before spitting blood at them while in lock-up, according to a report.
An Orland Park man was accused of drunkenly kicking a police officer, then later spitting blood at police, after refusing to leave an area restaurant, according to a police report. Raymond I. Homolka, 55, of the 14000 block of Sheri Lane in Orland Park, was charged with aggravated battery, aggravated assault, criminal trespass to property, disorderly conduct and three counts of resisting a peace officer. On Feb. 5, the Orland Park Police Department was called about an intoxicated man at Petey’s II around 5:50 p.m. Staff told police that Homolka became drunk, then was “loud and belligerent” to people in the restaurant and refused to leave when asked to do so, according to a police report. Homolka refused to give police his identification, …
James Neil
11:41 am on Monday, April 15, 2013
worst decision orland made allowing all these trash buses in their town, now orland is getting ghetto. Every look at the bus routes they go to all the crap areas and bus the trash in. Stay in your own hood. more ›