Police Blotter: New Meaning for 'Hemp Pants'; Baseball Hat with Gang Colors Confiscated

THURSDAY, JAN. 12

Window Broken While Driving

A Hickory Hills man told police he was driving near 98th Street and Cicero Avenue around 1:45 p.m. when his rear window suddenly shattered. The driver said he did not see who might have cause the damage and could not find the object that shattered the window.

Hit and Run

Kiara C. Walker, 22, of the 1400 block of 109th Place in Chicago, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident, operation of uninsured motor vehicle and driving too fast for conditions. Police said Walker caused a three-car accident at 91st Street and Cicero Avenue around 7:45 p.m. and fled. When stopped a few blocks away, she told officers she left because she had been “scared.” No injuries were reported.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 11

Marijuana Dumped in Pants

Ricardo Mosqueda, 30, of the 9200 block of Tripp Avenue in Oak Lawn, was charged with possession of cannabis. Police said they stopped a car in the 4100 block of 95th Street around 9:30 p.m. While talking to Mosqueda, a passenger in the car, police learned he had an outstanding village warrant for traffic offenses.

While being taken into custody, Mosqueda told police that before the car was pulled over he had broken a bag of marijuana and hid the contents in his pants. Officers reported gathering up about one gram of marijuana from the ground and from inside the man’s shoes.

Employee Theft

Alicia K. Battle, 23, of the 10900 block of Prospect Avenue in Chicago, was charged with theft. Security agents told police that Battle, a clerk at a store in the 4100 block of 95th Street, stole a $100 gift card on Jan. 10 and used it the next day. She was fired and banned from the store, according to the report.

THURSDAY, JAN. 5

Gang Colors

Police said they arrested John T. Gram, 19, on an outstanding Lake County warrant for criminal damage to property and confiscated his Pittsburgh Pirates baseball hat. Gram, of the 11600 block of Nashville Avenue in Worth, is a self-admitted member of the Satan Disciples street gang, whose members use black and yellow colors to identify themselves, according to police. He was stopped outside the Citgo gas station near 95th Street and Nashville Avenue around 6:45 p.m.

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