The following items were taken from police and court reports and news releases. An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt.

Bridgeview

RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY: Fadi S. Alasmer, 33, 6300 block of Birmingham Street, Chicago Ridge, was arrested and charged with residential burglary and unlawful use of another’s credit card on Oct. 27. Police said Alasmer entered an acquaintance’s home in the 8200 block of Odell Avenue between 5 and 6 a.m. Oct. 26, took cash, a prescription and car keys, used the keys to access a car, removed a credit card and cash from a wallet in the car, used the credit card to purchase a gold bracelet from a jewelry store for $560 and sold the bracelet at another jewelry store for $280.

Burbank

ID THEFT: Jay M. Gorel, 29, homeless, Burbank, was arrested Oct. 29 and subsequently charged with aggravated identity theft and forgery, police said. Gorel obtained a blank personal check left in a residential mailbox on May 28, signed the payer’s name, entered $450 as the dollar amount, signed his name as the payee and deposited it into his bank account on June 3, police said.

SCHOOL CRASH: No one was injured but an unoccupied portion of St. Lawrence High School sustained structural damage when a Chicago man drove into it at 3:40 p.m. Nov. 4, police said. Juan M. Aguilar-Pulido, 34, was arrested and accused of driving on a suspended license, failing to reduce speed to avoid a collision and improper lane use, police said.

Ford Heights

GUN POSSESSION: A Ford Heights man who ran from Cook County sheriff’s police during a traffic stop is scheduled to appear in court at Markham Nov. 24, charged with aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon and resisting arrest, according to sheriff’s police and jail records online. Investigators from the department’s organized crime division recovered a loaded handgun dropped by Trevon Walker, 28, 1500 block of Congress Lane, during the chase and determined he lacked a gun permit and that the weapon was reported stolen, sheriff’s police said.

Glenwood

MAN SHOT: A north Sycamore Lane resident was taken Nov. 12 to a medical facility for treatment of a gunshot wound sustained outside his home, police said. The resident and another person were standing in his driveway at 4 p.m. when several people emerged from a car that had just arrived, began shooting at them and then fled in the car, police said.

Homewood

ARMED ROBBERY: A Freeport man displayed a handgun while demanding $300 from a clerk at a gas station in the 17500 block of Dixie Highway, police said. Devon Smallwood, 35, was arrested Nov. 1 and is charged with armed robbery and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, police said.

SEX OFFENDER: A Harvey man convicted in Cook County of sexual assault against a young teen when he was 36 and the victim was 16 was arrested Oct. 20 in the 14600 block of Center Avenue and accused of failing to register as a sex offender, according to police and the state sex offender registry. Kevin Williams, 63, 14600 block of Center Avenue, is a sex predator who has repeatedly failed to register as a sex offender, according to the online registry.

Oak Lawn

UNLICENSED DUI: Domingo Garcia, 51, Chicago, was arrested Oct. 11 in the 12800 block of La Grange Road and subsequently charged with drunken driving, driving without a license, speeding and illegal transportation of alcohol, police said.

RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY: Michael J. Walla, 52, Chicago, was arrested Oct. 31 in the 9700 block of 54th Avenue and subsequently charged with residential burglary after a trick-or-treater pointed out the home he was in to officers, who found Walla in a bathroom, police said.

Oak Forest

ABUSE CHARGED: Froylan Bahena-Vargas, 62, Markham, is scheduled to appear in Cook County court at Markham Dec. 5, charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse, police said. Bahena-Vargas  inappropriately touched a girl on Nov. 3 at a gas station in the 5500 block of 159th Street, police said.

Orland Park

FELONY SHOPLIFTING: Keisha Keller, 39, Chicago, was charged Oct. 11 with felony retail theft after taking cosmetics collectively selling for $1,053 from a beauty products store at Orland Square mall, police said.

FELONY SHOPLIFTING: Kelly J. Scott, 38, 100 block of Treehouse Road, Matteson, was charged Oct. 11 with retail theft and resisting arrest after taking 11 articles of clothing collectively selling for $1,200 from a department store at Orland Square all, police said.

AGGRAVATED BATTERY: Wanda D. Williams, 60, 100 block of 10th Street, Chicago Heights, was arrested Oct. 22 and subsequently charged with aggravated battery to a police officer after spitting in two officers’ faces, police said. Williams was also accused of disorderly conduct for appearing partially disrobed at a facility for children in the 15500 block of 94th Avenue, police said.

Palos Hills

STOLEN VEHICLE: A vehicle reported stolen Oct. 6 from a driveway in the 13200 block of Greenleaf Court turned up in Blue Island a short time later, police said.

HOSPITAL BATTERY: A Palos Hills man who refused to leave Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital after being discharged, is scheduled to appear in Cook County court Dec. 15, charged with battery and criminal trespass to property, police said. Tomasz Fijalkowski, 35, 11100 block of 84th Avenue, punched a security officer in the chest on Oct. 25 after he was told to go, police said.

Park Forest

SLEEPING DRIVER: Lionell R. Martin, 54, 3300 block of Savanna Lane, Matteson, was arrested Oct. 29 and accused of drunken driving, parking in the roadway, impeding traffic, illegally transporting alcohol, driving on an expired license and no proof of insurance after an officer found him asleep at the wheel on Westwood Drive near Willow Street, police said.

Steger

REVOKED LICENSE: Louis A. Mendez, 36, first block of 33rd Place, Steger, was arrested Nov. 14 and charged with driving on a revoked license, hit-and-run and driving without insurance during a crash investigation in the first block of East Steger Road, police said.

Tinley Park

IDENTITY THEFT: Duane Green, 60, 10100 block of Pulaski Road, Oak Lawn, was indicted Oct. 30 in Will County court, charged with identity theft, unlawful use of another’s credit/debit card and theft, according to court records online. Green used credit cards taken in a Sept. 26 car burglary to obtain cash from an ATM at a gas station in the 7200 block of 183rd Street on Sept. 27, police said.

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