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

Alsip

RECKLESS DRIVING: Giovanni D. Cisneros, 25, 11300 block of Avon Avenue, Alsip, is scheduled to appear in Cook County court at Bridgeview Feb. 17, charged with reckless driving and aggravated speeding/more than 35 mph, police said. Cisneros was arrested Jan. 11 by an officer who followed him to his home after clocking him driving 92 mph northbound in the 12000 block of Cicero Avenue, police said.

Burbank

STORE BURGLARY: Several people wearing masks and gloves and carrying burglary tools exited a car early Dec. 2 at a liquor store in the 5100 block of 79th Street, but left without attempting entry, police said.

SHOTS FIRED: Men suspected of stealing tools from a vehicle early Jan. 26 in the 7500 block of Lockwood Drive exchanged shots with several other people, with one pointing a pistol-like object at a resident calling police, police said.

Crete

GUN POSSESSION: Kirby L. Anderson, 30, 3500 block of Donovan Drive, Crete, is scheduled to appear in Will County court Feb. 18, charged with felony unlawful possession of a weapon, according to court records online. Anderson was arrested Jan. 26 in that block after officers recovered an unloaded shotgun and determined he was a felon whose gun permit had been revoked, police said.

Harvey

GUN POSSESSION: Blake McGary, 28, first block of Chilton Drive. Lynwood, was charged with aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon after officers recovered a loaded 9 mm pistol with a loaded extended magazine and determined he lacked gun permits during a Jan. 30 stop in the 100 block of West 159th Street, Cook County sheriff’s police said.

Homewood

RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY: Jeffery Rhyns, 25, 19000 block of Jonathan Lane, Homewood, was arrested Dec. 26 and accused of residential burglary after entering an undisclosed address and removing items valued at about $1,720, police said.

GUN POSSESSION: A Highland, Indiana, man had a loaded 9 mm pistol and a loaded magazine without a gun permit and concealed carry license when stopped Feb. 3 in the 17400 block of Halsted Street, Cook County sheriff’s police said. Christopher Holycross, 36, is scheduled to appear in Cook County court at Markham March 3, charged with aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon, sheriff’s police said.

Lansing

Anthony E. Davis, 28, homeless, was charged Jan. 4 with criminal damage to property and aggravated battery to a police officer after throwing chairs and damaging a cash register at a restaurant in the 17000 block of Torrence Avenue and then kicking an officer in the leg while being taken into custody, police said.

Monee

ARSON: A Richton Park man accused of setting fire to restroom toilet paper at a restaurant in the 5700 block of Monee-Manhattan Road is scheduled to appear in Will County court March 2, charged with aggravated arson and criminal damage to property, according to police and court records online. Julius J. Peebles, 33, 4300 block of Whitehall Lane, was arraigned Jan. 22 on the Dec. 29 offense, court records show.

New Lenox

AGGRAVATED BATTERY: Ryan A. Buchhaas, 35, 100 block of Hickory Street, New Lenox, is scheduled to appear in Will County court Feb. 19, charged with aggravated domestic battery, according to court records online. Buchhaas was arrested Feb. 1 in that block, police said.

Oak Lawn

GUN POSSESSION: Khalil Zoghlami, 24, 12000 block of Kildare Avenue, Alsip, was charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon after an officer recovered a 9 mm pistol and two loaded magazines and determined he lacked gun permits during a Jan. 26 stop in the 9800 block of Pulaski Road, police said.

Orland Park

DUI CRASH: Jeffrey K. Robillard, 31, Chicago, was arrested Jan. 18 and charged with driving under the influence of drugs and failing to reduce speed to avoid a collision after officers recovered an undisclosed pill during a one-vehicle crash investigation at 163rd Street and LaGrange Road, police said.

DUI CRASH: Jolanta Czerwonka, 41, 15700 block of Ravinia Avenue, Orland Park, is scheduled to appear in Cook County court at Bridgeview March 5, charged with drunken driving, hit-and-run and failing to reduce speed to avoid a collision stemming from a Jan. 21 two-vehicle crash at 163rd Street and LaGrange Road, police said.

Palos Heights

SPEEDING DUI: Adrian A. Salcedo, 33, Argo, was arrested Jan. 31 in the 11900 block of Pulaski Road and charged with drunken driving, speeding and failing to provide proof of insurance during a stop for driving 25 mph above the speed limit, police said.

DUI CRASH: Daniela Hernandez, 23, 2200 block of 123rd Street, Blue Island, was arrested Feb. 1 and charged with drunken driving, improper lane use and illegally transporting alcohol after driving into a ditch in the 6600 block of College Drive, police said.

SCAMMING ALLEGED: A Riverside teen accused of bilking a Palos Heights-based title company out of $72,000 by using counterfeited ownership documents to sell a home in Burbank in November turned himself in Feb. 4 to face charges of forgery and theft, police said. Muhammad N. Salem, 19, filed the deed in April that falsely showed he had purchased the 938-square-foot, two-bedroom Burbank home, selling it seven months later to a real estate company for $132,000, according to Cook County property recordings and real estate information.

Thornton

CAR-TRAIN COLLISION: A Riverdale man accused of driving around operating railroad crossing gates into the path of an oncoming train is scheduled to appear in Cook County court at Markham March 4, charged with drunken driving and other traffic offenses, police said. Robert E. Atkins 34, 14500 block of Wallace Avenue, was transported to a hospital at about 12:30 a.m. Feb. 1 for treatment of minor injuries from the Margaret Street collision, which damaged the car he was driving and the railroad gates and signs. police said.

Will County

CHILD PORNOGRAPHY: Gabriel J. Lopez, 21, 16600 block of 145th Place, Lockport Heights, was arrested Feb. 9 on a warrant charging him with possessing pornographic video involving at least one child younger than 13, based on a Sept. 21, 2023 tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, sheriff’s police said.

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