The following items were taken from police and court reports and news releases. An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt.
Burbank
UNDELIVERED DRUGS: A package of baby wipes scheduled to be delivered to a person in Maywood Jan. 26 instead ended up being taken to a local officer who found one gram of suspected cocaine inside, police said. A ride-share service courier told the officer he couldn’t locate the recipient, became suspicious and contacted Maywood law enforcement who referred him to Burbank, police said.
RESTAURANT BURGLARY: Three masked males broke through the glass door of a restaurant in the 7800 block of Cicero Avenue early Jan. 26, failed to access the cash register and safe, consumed alcohol and left with an ATM, police said.
Calumet City
AGGRAVATED CARJACKING: Several males in a car stolen from Oak Lawn took a car at gunpoint early Feb. 10 from a gas station in the 2000 block of Sibley Boulevard, police said.
Homewood
THEFT: Kayla Carson, 27, 3100 block of Peoria Street, Steger, was arrested Jan. 13 at a gas station in the 18000 block of Halsted Street and accused of theft in connection with $202.55 taken while she was working.
THEFT: Aleara Scott, 25, Chicago, was arrested Jan. 15 at a store in the 18300 block of Kedzie Avenue and accused of theft in connection with forged customer signatures and a payment claim for unworked hours, police said.
THEFT: Stanley Morris Jr., 31, Glendale Heights, was arrested Jan. 16 and accused of theft at a home improvement center in the 17500 block of Halsted Street in connection with picking up merchandise retailing for $1,550 that was purchased online Aug. 4 with a another person’s credit card number, police said.
Lansing
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: Jaylin R. Clemons, 30, 16500 block of Evans Court, South Holland, was arrested Jan. 10 in that block and subsequently charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest and obstructing after nearly driving into an officer while exiting a motel parking lot in the 17300 block of Oak Avenue, police said.
New Lenox
IDENTITY THEFT: Jamal A. Abdelhadi, 36, 15300 block of Silver Bell Road, Orland Park, is scheduled to appear in Will County court Feb. 24, charged with identity theft, according to court records online. Abdelhadi used his position as an employee at Speedway, 471 Nelson Road, to copy a customer’s credit card information and then use it to make $872.56 and $476.32 purchases from a cellphone store in Chicago on Sept. 10, police said.
Orland Park
RETAIL THEFT: Antonio Robinson, 39, Chicago, was arrested Jan. 23 at Orland Square and separately charged with misdemeanor retail theft after taking clothing collectively selling for $364 from a sports apparel store and felony retail theft after taking clothing and jewelry collectively selling for $545 from a department store, police said.
GUN POSSESSION: Quavon T. Hamilton, 25, Chicago, was arrested Jan. 30 in a parking lot in the first block of Orland Square Drive and subsequently charged with being an armed habitual offender after officers recovered a loaded .40 caliber handgun and loaded 9 mm pistol with loaded extended magazines following a brief chase, police said. Hamilton’s passenger, Tatyanna Y. Ellis, 27, Chicago, was charged with aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon, police said.
STOLEN CAR: Husamuldeen Abed, 31, Elk Grove Village, was arrested Jan. 31 and subsequently charged with aggravated possession of a stolen vehicle after officers arrested him in the 14400 block of LaGrange Road in a 2023 Rolls-Royce Cullinan owned by a professional athlete now living in North Carolina, police said.
Palos Heights
IDENTITY THEFT: Sahran Almasri, 37, 16300 block of Parliament Avenue, Tinley Park, turned himself in Feb. 13 on a charge of aggravated identity theft/victim over 60, police said. Almasri made a $9,100 charge Aug. 19, using a credit card from the mail while presenting a driver’s license containing the victim’s information and Almasri’s photo, police said.
STALKING ALLEGED: Kate Capuano, 53, 13400 block of Westview Drive, Palos Heights, appeared in Cook County court at Bridgeview Feb. 17, charged with felony stalking in connection with 225 voicemails employing harassing and threatening language left on the department’s non-emergency line that were primarily directed at an employee, police said.
Palos Hills
IDENTITY THEFT: A resident reported Feb. 10 that a stranger in Jackson Heights, New York had drained the resident’s bank account of about $251,000 after tapping into the resident’s account with Zelle, a payment software program.
Park Forest
DUI CRASH: Wesley J. Sims, 33, 400 block of Arquilla Drive, Glenwood, was arrested Jan. 18 and accused of drunken driving, driving under the influence of alcohol and intoxicating compounds, failing to reduce speed to avoid a collision, improper lane use and failing to provide proof of insurance during an investigation of a car crashing into a tree in the 200 block of Monee Road, police said.
DEALING ALLEGED: Jacobee D. Perkins, 26, 1200 block of Barbara Lane, Chicago Heights, was arrested Jan. 20 and accused of possessing more than 100 grams of cannabis with intent to deliver, possessing a controlled substance and possessing drug paraphernalia after officers recovered nearly 8 ounces of marijuana in 17 individual bags, four suspected opiate-based pills and a straw containing suspected opiate-based residue during a stop in the 1400 block of Western Avenue, police said.
Tinley Park
BURGLARY ALLEGED: Mark J. Zbroszczyk, 57, 12500 block of Ashland Avenue, Calumet Park, was arrested Feb. 3 near a restaurant in the 7300 block of 183rd Street and accused of felony burglary, possession of burglary tools, and resisting arrest, police said. Officers responding to a 10:17 p.m. burglar alarm recovered a sledgehammer, screwdriver and cash while apprehending Zbroszczyk, police said
University Park
AGGRAVATED BATTERY: Tyjuan A. Smith, 18, 19900 block of Erika Court, Lynwood, was scheduled to appear in Will County court Feb. 17, charged with aggravated domestic battery/strangulation, according to court records online. Smith was arrested Jan. 11 on the charge, which stems from an Oct. 24 domestic violence call at the Prairie Place dormitory at Governors State University, the school said.
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