POLICE BLOTTER: Mom of Sick Child Picked Up on Warrant, Soliciting Rides on Roadway

TUESDAY, JUNE 19

Deceptive Practice Leads to Warrant Arrest

A mother who filled fraudulent prescriptions for her sick child, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for driving on a suspended license, reports said. reported to Hope Children’s Hospital at 4440 W. 95th St. on a deceptive practice call around 9:40 a.m. The doctor told police that the child’s mother, Cynthia Aburish, 43, of Chicago, allegedly impersonated a nurse and ordered two prescriptions for her child at the Walgreen’s pharmacy in Worth. Police said that Aburish used the doctor’s name to fill the prescriptions. The doctor was advised that because no crime was committed in Oak Lawn, police logged Aburish’s information for Worth Police, reports said. According to police, Aburish admitted to filling the fraudulent prescriptions and knew exactly what her child needed because “it was nearly impossible” to get refills by going through her child’s doctor." Police ran Aburish’s name and learned that she had an outstanding warrant out of Markham. Prescription bottles with her child’s name were also found in Aburish’s purse, police said.

SUNDAY, JUNE 17

Citied for Pedestrian Solicitation and Vagrancy

Anthony J. Mazar, 54, of Bridgeview, was citied on a village ordinance for vagrancy after police found him standing in the roadway at 111th Street and Cicero Avenue begging for money, reports said. Mazar was issued a cited for unlicensed peddling at the same corner on June 13 and was warned he would be arrested if he returned, police said. While on patrol around 12:40 p.m., police said they saw Mazar begging for money from motorists. When the officer approached Mazar, reports said he grew irate and went on a “profanity-based rant.” Mazar was arrested and taken to the Oak Lawn police station where he was issued citations for pedestrian solicitation and vagrancy. He was being held pending a bond hearing.

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