The DuPage County Board voted this week to censure DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek for repeatedly refusing to comply with the board’s established system of accounting and obstructing lawful financial oversight, board members said.

Board member Cindy Cronin Cahill, who sponsored the resolution at the board’s Tuesday meeting, said in a news release that board members did not take the action lightly.

“We brought this censure forward because Jean Kaczmarek’s ongoing refusal to follow basic financial rules and cooperate with oversight has put taxpayer dollars at risk,” Cronin Cahill said. “The County Board has a responsibility on behalf of the taxpayers to stand up and call out this unacceptable behavior.”

The board approved the resolution by a 15-1 vote. Member Dawn DeSart voted against it, member Michael Childress abstained and member Melissa Martinez was absent.

“Clerk Jean Kaczmarek is placing personal obstinance above public duty, and her continued conduct reflects not a single mistake, but an ongoing pattern of negligence, defiance and poor judgment that has wasted taxpayer dollars, damaged the county’s reputation and undermined public trust in county government,” the resolution reads.

According to the board’s news release, the clerk has failed to adhere to county accounting principles. Many purchases she has made lack essential financial documentation such as contracts or invoices, according to board members. This has resulted in vendor payments being delayed.

The county has filed a lawsuit against Kaczmarek resulting in nearly $200,000 in legal fees, the board said.

Board members are also concerned that the clerk has raised salaries in her office by more than 40% over the last five years.

Kaczmarek has consistently declined to meet with county finance staff to discuss her office’s finances, her office has a significant shortfall in the 2025 fiscal year budget and the clerk refuses to perform budget transfers to ensure vendors can be paid, the release said.

According to county documents, the clerk’s office is under investigation by the Illinois Attorney General’s Office for failing to seek bids for contracts.

Michelle Mullins is a freelance reporter for the Naperville Sun.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/dupage-board-clerk-censured-finances-kaczmarek/ 

Just before dawn Tuesday, a truck holding a thousand frozen turkeys in cardboard pallets pulled up outside the headquarters of Suburban Access Outreach in Homewood, and volunteers sprang into action.

By the end of the day, those thousand turkeys would be distributed to churches, school districts and nonprofits across the south suburbs, who would ensure they reached families in need. Along with a turkey, each family received a grocery bag with boxed cornbread, green beans, stuffing mix and mashed potatoes.

“The demand is really high,” said Nicholas Koster, Suburban Access Outreach’s director of outreach. “We’re committed to meeting the need, whatever that need may be.”

Koster was stacking cardboard pallets of frozen turkeys into piles for pickup: One hundred turkeys to South Holland Elementary District 151. Seventy-five for South Suburban Public Action to Deliver Shelter, or PADS, a nonprofit that works to support unhoused people. Sixty to the mayor of Phoenix.

“This is our biggest one-day, give-back event,” Koster said. “This is my favorite day of the year, by far.”

When the Thanksgiving program started 13 years ago, it fed 100 families, executive director Geni Cutler said. Suburban Access Outreach is a project of Suburban Access, an organization that works to support people with intellectual disabilities and their families, helping connect them to services and resources.

“About 13 years ago, I went to the board and talked about the disparity between our very wealthy communities and our underserved communities, and asked if we could do something,” Cutler said. “We didn’t want to duplicate any services that a nonprofit was already doing, so we tried to find our niche, and it ended up being food insecurity and clothing.”

The Thanksgiving program has grown steadily from that beginning, serving some families who work with Suburban Access directly and many who don’t. Sarah Masciotra, a case manager for Suburban Access, said she personally delivers dinner to several families she works with each year.

As cars pulled up outside Tuesday to be loaded down with turkeys for distribution in schools and churches, families served by Suburban Access stopped by to pick up their own dinners and look through a well-stocked clothing closet.

Nicholas Koster, center, and other volunteers sort and label stacks of frozen turkeys Tuesday outside Suburban Access Outreach. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

MaryEllen Negrete left a career as a respiratory therapist to become a full-time caregiver to her daughter, Kayla Negrete, who was born with a rare disability called Angelman syndrome.

“I work for her,” Negrete said. “But that’s OK. I’m home with my daughter, so I’m blessed to have that.”

Negrete’s income is limited to a stipend she receives to care for Kayla. Because of that, she said, being able to get the free meal makes a big difference.

Terri Thomas also has a disabled child who receives support from Suburban Access.

“They help me out tremendously,” Thomas said. “With everything, the turkey — cause all of that’s a blessing, baby. It’s not a given. It’s a blessing.”

MaryEllen Negrete talks to a Suburban Access Outreach employee as she looks through the clothing closet on Tuesday. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

Ayana Hartzol, director of special education for District 151, arrived to collect food that would be sent home with students from the district’s four schools.

“It’s very, very important right now, because many of our families have been affected by the EBT shutoff,” Hartzol said, referring to the interruption of food benefits during the recent government shutdown. “We’re having increasingly more homelessness. Lots of our families are without jobs. And so it’s just very, very important in this time.”

Koster and Cutler both said that the demand for food support is especially high this year, as disruptions to government services have put already vulnerable families in increasingly precarious situations.

“The future’s uncertain, right? With Medicaid— All of our clients are on Medicaid,” Cutler said. “Most of our clients have the Link card. Most of our families have the Link card.”

Bagged sides, including cornbread mix and green beans, await pickup on Tuesday. These bags are bound for students at South Holland Elementary District 151. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

Tuesday’s distribution was the culmination of weeks of work. Shelf stable items like green beans and cornbread mix were collected and donated by businesses and community members, while monetary donations went to purchasing the 1,000 frozen turkeys.

“The Southland has been incredible,” Koster said. “Raising money for us, collecting items for us.”

One of those businesses was Serendipity Yoga and Wellness in Homewood, whose owner, Liz Smith, set out to singlehandedly collect enough boxed cornbread mix for all 1,000 families. With two boxes in every grocery bag, that meant her goal was 2,000 boxes.

“I just am so fortunate that we have a really generous and fantastic community of human beings that come and practice yoga with us, and they really show up and make sure that that goal gets met,” Smith said. “This year, we ended up with just shy of 2,300 boxes.”

Smith is a board member of Suburban Access.

“I will be honest, I am a competitive person,” Smith said, laughing. “I like a good competition, and I love a good collaboration. And so the first year we participated, it was really which business could get the most of one item, and we realized that like pretty quickly, we’re like, oh, we could actually do an item all alone at the studio.”

Frozen turkeys sit on a pallet Tuesday as volunteers load a truck from Family Christian Health Center in Harvey outside Suburban Access Outreach. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

A flock of volunteers assisted with loading up every vehicle that arrived.

“This is a well-oiled train,” said Sherry Hensley, who works at Suburban Access. “Everything is pretty efficient.”

Many volunteers have helped with the program for years. Some work for Suburban Access, but others, like Terri O’Brien, whose sister works for the organization, just like to help out.

“It really is amazing,” said O’Brien, who said she’s volunteered with the program for about 10 years. “I’ve done different jobs, I’ve unloaded the turkeys in the morning and I’ve done the running part. Both are good. The turkeys are heavy, I retired from that.”

Cutler said that part of the reasoning behind the giveaway is that Thanksgiving, as a holiday associated with food, is when the issue of hunger comes into the sharpest relief for many people.

“We have always said, we know this doesn’t solve the problem of hunger in our community,” said Cutler. “But if it can shine a light on the issue, it’s worth it, and for these perhaps four or five thousand people, they’re getting a nice meal.”

elewis@chicagotribune.com

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/southland-donors-feed-1000-families-thanksgiving/ 

Armed Robber Tortures Sam Altman’s Ex-Boyfriend, Forces Him To Transfer $11 Million In Crypto

Tyler Durden
Wed, 11/26/2025 – 12:40

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/armed-robber-tortures-sam-altmans-ex-boyfriend-forces-him-transfer-11-million-crypto 

A 16-year-old Venezuelan migrant has been charged as an adult in the fatal stabbing of a homeless man in the Loop last weekend, Cook County court records show.

Wuinayker Rodriguez-Vasquez is one of three minors charged in the early Sunday killing of a still-unidentified 49-year-old man in the 200 block of South Wabash Avenue. Rodriguez-Vasquez was charged with first-degree murder and mob action, while his two co-defendants — both 14-year-old boys — are charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery, respectively.

A Cook County judge on Tuesday ordered Rodriguez-Vasquez detained pending trial, records show. Court information for the other two defendants was not available due in part to their status as juveniles.

Prosecutors noted that the arrest was Rodriguez-Vasquez’s first, though he was previously barred entry to the United States in September 2023.

Rodriguez-Vasquez was among a group walking downtown about 5:45 a.m. Sunday when, prosecutors allege, they encountered the victim who was lying in a building alcove near his pet cat and other personal effects, including a skeleton mask.

One of the 14-year-old defendants “lunged” at the victim, prompting him to stand up. The other 14-year-old grabbed the skeleton mask after Rodriguez-Vasquez kicked the man from behind, prosecutors said. The teen with the mask then fled the area.

The remaining 14-year-old brandished a metal rod at the victim, and when he raised his hands “in a defensive posture,” Rodriguez-Vasquez allegedly stabbed him once in the back with a knife. The man collapsed to the ground, and the two suspects ran off before reuniting with the rest of the group and boarding a southbound CTA Red Line train at Monroe.

Prosecutors said the entire attack was captured on surveillance footage. CPD records show a pastor discovered the victim a few hours later and called 911.

That afternoon, about 4 p.m., officers monitoring POD video saw the group in the 2600 block of West Cermak Avenue and they were placed under arrest.

Rodriguez-Vasquez is scheduled to appear in court again Dec. 16.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/teen-migrant-charged-stabbing-homeless/ 

LONDRES (AP) — Abogados de un grupo propalestino que ha sido proscrito por el gobierno británico acudieron a los tribunales el miércoles en un intento de revocar su clasificación como organización terrorista.

Palestine Action está solicitando al Tribunal Superior que dictamine que el gobierno cometió un error al clasificarlo como un grupo terrorista junto a organizaciones como Al Qaeda y Hamás.

Raza Husain, abogado de Huda Ammori, cofundadora de Palestine Action, afirmó que la prohibición fue un “abuso autoritario del poder estatutario, mal considerado, discriminatorio y carente de debido proceso”.

El gobierno prohibió Palestine Action después de que activistas irrumpieran en una base de la Real Fuerza Aérea en junio para protestar contra el apoyo militar británico a la guerra de Israel contra Hamás en Gaza. Los activistas rociaron pintura roja en los motores de dos aviones cisterna y causaron más daños con palancas.

Palestine Action ha llevado a cabo protestas de acción directa en sitios militares e industriales en el Reino Unido desde su formación en 2020, incluyendo irrupciones en instalaciones propiedad del fabricante de armas israelí Elbit Systems UK. Las autoridades dicen que las acciones del grupo han causado daños por millones de libras que afectan la seguridad nacional.

La proscripción convirtió en delito la pertenencia o el apoyo al grupo, castigable con hasta 14 años de prisión.

Más de 2.000 personas han sido arrestadas en todo el Reino Unido desde la prohibición por sostener carteles en protestas que decían “Apoyo a Palestine Action”. Más de 130 han sido acusadas bajo la Ley de Terrorismo.

Decenas de simpatizantes del grupo protestaron fuera del Tribunal Superior al inicio de la audiencia de tres días el miércoles, y varios fueron arrestados.

Los simpatizantes de Palestine Action y los grupos de libertades civiles dicen que los arrestos por protestas pacíficas atropellan la libertad de expresión y el derecho a protestar.

“La acción directa y la desobediencia civil no solo deben ser toleradas, sino valoradas”, declaró Husain durante la audiencia del miércoles.

“Es una tradición honorable, tanto en nuestro derecho consuetudinario como en cualquier democracia liberal con una comprensión desarrollada del Estado de Derecho”.

“Las sufragistas habrían sido susceptibles de proscripción si el régimen de la Ley de Terrorismo de 2000 hubiera estado en vigor a principios del siglo XX”, añadió.

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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/grupo-propalestino-lleva-al-gobierno-britnico-a-los-tribunales-por-su-prohibicin/ 

Por MAE ANDERSON

NUEVA YORK (AP) — En Fleece & Harmony, una fábrica de lana y tienda de ovillos de lana en la pintoresca Belfast, situada en la isla del Príncipe Eduardo, Canadá, la propietaria Kim Doherty solía enviar madejas de lana a clientes estadounidenses al otro lado de la frontera sin mayores problemas.

Los pedidos de madejas solían estar exentos de impuestos de importación para paquetes con un valor inferior a 800 dólares, lo que significaba que podían importarse sin pagar aranceles y evitar el proceso aduanero.

Pero desde el 29 de agosto, cuando el gobierno del presidente Donald Trump eliminó la exención, el costo de enviar madejas a sus clientes estadounidenses se ha disparado. La factura de un ovillo de lana de 21 dólares ahora incluye entre 12 y 15 dólares en comisiones de corretaje que cobra UPS, su transportista, además de impuestos estatales y un arancel del 6,5%, lo cual casi duplica sus costos.

“Tuvimos pedidos que llegaron a los clientes y están en shock por el hecho de que tienen que pagar”, dijo. “Y es sorprendente cuánta gente de verdad no sabía cuál iba a ser el impacto”.

Eliminar la llamada exención de minimis —bienes de bajo valor que podían importarse exentos de aranceles u otros impuestos— tenía como objetivo frenar el narcotráfico y evitar que productos de baja calidad de vendedores de descuento como Temu y Shein inundaran el mercado estadounidense.

Pero con el inicio de la importante temporada anual de compras de fin de año, esto afecta a pequeñas empresas y a sus compradores, quienes ahora enfrentan costos más altos.

Chad Lundquist, de Fort Lauderdale, Florida, pidió aceite aromático en un sitio web llamado Oil Perfumery en octubre, pero no sabía que la empresa tiene su sede en Toronto, Canadá. Su total fue de 35,75 dólares, que incluía una tarifa de envío estándar de 8 dólares. Pero cuando su paquete llegó, recibió una factura de 10,80 dólares de FedEx.

“No valió la pena pagar un arancel de 10 dólares por una compra de 27 dólares”, dijo Lundquist. Oil Perfumery no respondió a una solicitud de comentarios.

Él no es el único comprador inquieto. Tres meses después del fin de la exención, los vendedores extranjeros reportan caídas drásticas en sus ventas en Estados Unidos. Algunos pagan los aranceles ellos mismos en lugar de traspasarlos a los consumidores. También intentan enfocarse en los clientes nacionales para reemplazar a los estadounidenses, y ajustar sus líneas de productos para resaltar los artículos más vendidos en un intento por impulsar sus ventas.

Martha Keith, fundadora de la marca británica de papelería fina Martha Brook, con sede en Londres y con una pequeña oficina en Melbourne, Australia, dijo que las ventas en Estados Unidos de su tienda en el sitio web Etsy —su principal canal de comercio electrónico, además de su propio sitio web— aumentaron un 50% durante el año anterior al fin de la exención. No obstante, las ventas cayeron drásticamente cuando entraron en vigor los aranceles y continúan en declive, a pesar de que ella misma paga los impuestos de importación y las tasas aduaneras para que los clientes no se vean afectados. Las ventas han bajado aproximadamente un 30% en este periodo de un año en comparación con el anterior.

“El problema parece ser que la confianza de los clientes afecta su deseo de realizar pedidos a empresas fuera de Estados Unidos debido a la confusión sobre cómo los afectarán los aranceles”, dijo Keith.

También está en problemas porque vendió un calendario de Adviento de papelería fina de 109 libras esterlinas (144 dólares) a unos 200 clientes estadounidenses antes de la entrada en vigor de los aranceles, y ahora tiene que enviarlos. El envío y los aranceles costarán un total de 25 libras esterlinas (33 dólares), lo que significa que Keith tendrá que encontrar 5.750 libras esterlinas adicionales (7.590 dólares) para cubrir el envío de los calendarios de Adviento ya vendidos.

“Todo esto ha sido una pesadilla para empresas como la nuestra, y una verdadera lástima, ya que el mercado estadounidense era un área de crecimiento muy valiosa para nosotros, especialmente a través de Etsy”, agregó.

El momento fue particularmente malo para Sue Bacarro, quien, junto con su hermana, es copropietaria de Digi Wildflowers, una tienda en Etsy que vende mantas bordadas para bebé, regalos y colchas personalizadas para bodas y aniversarios, ubicada al otro lado de la frontera con Detroit, en Windsor, Ontario.

Antes del anuncio de que la exención de minimis sería eliminada, realizaron un pedido grande de inventario para prepararse para la temporada navideña y la demanda de principios de 2026. Pero cuando la exención terminó, “el inventario no se movía como se esperaba y sospechábamos que los clientes dudaban en comprar debido a los posibles impuestos de importación”, dijo Bacarro.

Las ventas —70% de las cuales provienen de estadounidenses—, finalmente comenzaron a repuntar cuando Digi Wildflowers agregó un banner prominente en su sitio web que decía: “los aranceles de importación a Estados Unidos corren por nuestra cuenta”.

“De cara a esta temporada navideña, mantenemos ese mensaje en primer plano a través de banners, redes sociales y comunicación directa”, añadió Bacarro, quien además expande su línea de productos.

Pero no todas las empresas pueden, o quieren, pagar la cuenta de los aranceles.

Kim Doherty, quien dirige la fábrica de lana en la isla del Príncipe Eduardo, no planea pagar los aranceles ni los cargos de sus clientes.

“No estoy en condiciones, como pequeña empresaria, de hacer eso. Los márgenes de utilidad ya son bastante reducidos”, expuso Doherty, y agregó que, “por principio”, no debería tener que hacerlo.

En este momento, sus envíos a clientes estadounidenses representan aproximadamente el 10% de lo que eran. Así que trabaja para ampliar su oferta de hilos de lana a clientes canadienses en su tienda física y en festivales de fibras.

“Ya veremos qué pasa”, dijo. “Estoy bastante segura de que mis clientes estadounidenses compraban sin siquiera pensarlo, pero ahora evaluarán las compras que realizan, sabiendo que tendrán que pagar cargos adicionales sobre lo que vean”.

Algunos negocios de Etsy se han visto obstaculizados por la suspensión temporal de las entregas a Estados Unidos por parte de los servicios postales internacionales debido a la confusión en torno al fin de la exención de minimis.

El negocio de Selene Pierangelini, Apricot Rain Creations, con sede en Brisbane, Australia, que vende cristales, velas y productos de bienestar espiritual en Etsy, dependía del servicio postal Australia Post para realizar entregas a clientes estadounidenses. Más de tres cuartas partes de su base de clientes proviene de Estados Unidos. Australia Post suspendió su servicio a ese país durante aproximadamente un mes, y lo reanudó el 22 de septiembre.

Cambió temporalmente a FedEx y UPS, empresas privadas de envíos que son más caras que Australia Post. Desde que se reanudó el servicio, Australia Post trabaja con Zonos, un proveedor de tecnología para envíos transfronterizos, para ofrecer una calculadora de envíos que le permite prepagar los aranceles y las tarifas. Y por ese servicio ellos cobran una tarifa de 1,69 dólares más el 10% del arancel total.

Hasta ahora, los artículos que envía desde Australia han tenido un arancel del 10%, el impuesto de importación base del país. Aumentó sus costos de envío para ayudar a cubrir el gasto. Es manejable, pero complicado, dijo.

“No sabes realmente cuánto será (el costo) hasta que el paquete pasa por la aduana en Estados Unidos y recibes una factura que se paga automáticamente de tu cuenta”, apuntó.

Y sus ventas no se han recuperado. Antes de los aranceles, sus ventas a Estados Unidos representaban aproximadamente el 85% de sus ventas totales, y ahora rondan el 35%. Tiene la esperanza de que la gente solo esté en espera de las ofertas de la temporada de compras de fin de año: el Black Friday (Viernes Negro) y el Cyber Monday (Ciberlunes, enfocado en tecnología).

Mientras tanto, ha reanudado las ventas a Europa, que había suspendido en 2024 debido al aumento en las regulaciones. Además, ha lanzado una campaña de mercadotecnia en Facebook y explora servicios de impresión bajo demanda de proveedores estadounidenses para la producción y la entrega de pedidos.

“Esta situación resalta la fragilidad de las pequeñas empresas cuando dependen de un solo mercado”, dijo Pierangelini. “Si bien ha sido un shock, también me ha impulsado a diversificarme, algo que espero que fortalezca y haga más resiliente mi negocio a largo plazo”.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/pequeas-empresas-extranjeras-luchan-por-sobrevivir-tras-el-fin-de-la-exencin-de-aranceles-en-eeuu/ 

Rand Paul Warns Trump War In Venezuela Will ‘Fracture’ MAGA Movement

Tyler Durden
Wed, 11/26/2025 – 12:20

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/rand-paul-warns-trump-war-venezuela-will-fracture-maga-movement 

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.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/southland-crime-robbery-in-mokena-cocaine-dealing-in-orland-park-and-more/