The following items were taken from police and court reports and news releases. An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt.
Burbank
MARIJUANA: Paul D. Herndon, 43, 7800 block of Meade Avenue, Burbank, was arrested Nov. 8 and is scheduled to appear in Cook County court at Bridgeview Dec. 22, charged with contributing to the criminal delinquency of a minor on Nov. 1 when he provided marijuana to a minor to smoke, police said.
Ford Heights
GUN POSSESSION: Christopher Burkley, 18, 2000 block of 218th Street, Sauk Village, is scheduled to appear in Cook County court at Markham. Dec. 1, charged with aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon, according to sheriff’s police and jail records online. Sheriff’s police organized crime division investigators arrested Burkley during a Nov. 3 stop in the 1600 block of East Lincoln Highway after recovering a loaded .40 caliber handgun from his waistband and determining he lacked a gun permit, sheriff’s police said.
Homewood
RETAIL THEFT: Samuel Richards, 56, Chicago, was arrested and charged with retail theft and obstructing identification Oct. 21 after taking merchandise collectively selling for $846 from a department store in the 17900 block of Halsted Street, police said.
Lansing
FALSE REPORT: A Lynwood woman was arrested Oct. 25 and accused of disorderly conduct after reporting she’d been robbed at gunpoint in a department store parking lot in the 17600 block of Torrence Avenue, police said. The 74-year-old woman recanted her story after store video failed to show anyone displaying a gun or taking her purse, police said.
Mokena
DOMESTIC: Brian D. Phillips, 39, 16600 block of Jean Lane, Tinley Park, was arrested Nov. 13 on a Will County court warrant charging him with aggravated domestic battery, according to court and jail records online.
AGGRAVATED ROBBERY: Two masked men took 120 cartons of cigarettes collectively retailing for $14,000 Nov. 14 from a delivery truck stopped in the 19400 block of La Grange Road after one indicated to the driver that he had a concealed weapon in his waistband, police said. The two left in an SUV after the business owner emerged and displayed a weapon, police said.
Monee
FELONY THEFT: Semajay Price, 21, Sauk Village, is scheduled to appear in Will County court Dec. 4, charged with felony theft, according to court records online. Price was arrested Dec. 4 after taking Apple products selling for $1,794 while working at a distribution warehouse in the 6600 block of Monee-Manhattan Road, police said.
New Lenox
THEFT CHARGED: Anthony Huff, 35, Chicago, is scheduled to be arraigned Dec. 1 in Will County court on charges of possessing a stolen vehicle and theft of an item valued at more than $10,000, according court records online. Huff was arrested Aug. 20 in Chicago and had altered financial documents and a fictitious license after purchasing a car in New Lenox with $4,000 cash and a fake $33,000 cashier’s check, police said.
DUI CRASH: Arthur J. Petzel Jr., 63, 1900 block of Heatherway Lane, New Lenox, was arrested Nov. 15 and accused of drunken driving after a Nov. 15 two-vehicle crash at a rail crossing on Nelson Road north of Andrea Drive, police said.
Oak Lawn
DEALING ALLEGED: Daniel A. McCarthy, 32, 9300 block of 53rd Court, Oak Lawn, was arrested Oct. 31 and accused of manufacturing/distributing more than 100 grams of cannabis and drunken driving after officers found him asleep at the wheel at Southwest Highway and Kilbourn Avenue with nearly 4 ounces of marijuana in several plastic sandwich bags, police said.
Orland Park
DEALING ALLEGED: Nicolas R. Zdanys, 30, 6200 block of 157th Place, Oak Forest, and Caitlin L. West, 34, Western Springs, were arrested Oct. 23 and subsequently charged with possessing cocaine with intent to deliver after officers recovered a digital scale and about 9 grams of suspected cocaine from Zdanys and about 3.5 grams of suspected cocaine from West during a stop at 143rd Street and 81st Court, police said.
FELONY SHOPLIFTING: Keshira T. Slater, 22, 800 block of White Oak Lane, University Park, and Takira Robinson, 18, Chicago, were arrested Oct. 23 and charged with felony retail theft after taking merchandise selling for $1,218 from a department store at Orland Park Place, police said.
MISSING TIRE: Shannelle A. Aguilera, 22, 10000 block of Mulberry Lane, Oak Lawn, was arrested Oct. 27 and accused of drunken driving and driving on unsafe tires after failing a field sobriety test during a stop at 159th Street and LaGrange Road for driving with a missing front tire, police said.
