Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Couple saw prowlers hide in neighbor's yard. Police discover fresh pry marks, reports say.
A couple may have interrupted some prowlers after the wife spotted a man lurking in her neighbor's back yard, reports said. Oak Lawn Police responded to a call of suspicious person running from a residence in the 9500 block of South Kolmar Avenue around 8:44 a.m. April 22. Sign up for Oak Lawn Patch breaking news alerts and follow us on Facebook. The caller said she was sitting in her upstairs office when she observed a gray or dark beige car pull up in front of her house. Police said she saw two male blacks get out of the car and run to the rear of their neighbor’s house across the street. One of the men was wearing all black clothing and the other a blue jacket and jeans, reports said. The caller’s husband went to check the house across …
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9500 S Kolmar Ave, Oak Lawn, IL
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
Men gave themselves up after cops surrounded home. Stolen property recovered at scene, cops say.
Two men accused of stealing guns, ammo and lawn mowers from a Brandt Avenue home on April 9 have been charged with residential burglary, Oak Lawn Police said. Anthony Grasso, 20, and James Pelikan, 25, were both taken into custody after the two gave themselves up after police surrounded a home in the 9600 block of Brandt Avenue the next day. Sign up for Oak Lawn Patch breaking news alerts and follow us on Facebook. Four shotguns, nine boxes of 12- and 20-gauge shotgun shells, assorted handgun ammo, gold and silver dollars, a 32-inch flat-screen TV and two lawn mowers were reported stolen from a home in the 9700 block of Brandt Avenue sometime between 11:30 a.m. and 2:20 p.m. April 9. An observant neighbor provided police with a description…
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9700 Brandt Ave, Oak Lawn, IL
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9600 Brandt Ave, Oak Lawn, IL
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Schools put on soft lock down as police take two men into custody for questioning in possible home burglary near 97th Street and Brandt Avenue.
Two men were taken into custody on Wednesday morning after a brief pursuit that put neighborhood schools on soft lockdown. An alert Oak Lawn K9 police officer spotted a red SUV that matched the description of a vehicle reported near the scene of a burglary in the 9700 block of West Brandt Avenue on April 9. When the officer stopped to talk to the driver around 11:10 a.m. Wednesday, the driver ran into a house in the 9600 block of West Brandt. Sign up for the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and follow us on Facebook. Police said that one of the men taken into custody lived at the home. The officer called for back-up, then looked into the backseat of the SUV where he noticed property matching some stolen guns from Tuesday’s burglary, police said. …
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-87.74478
9600 Brandt Ave, Oak Lawn, IL
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Monday, March 18, 2013
Oak Lawn police reports, Feb. 28 to March 4.
MONDAY, MARCH 4 While a couple was out to dinner, burglars used a crowbar to pry their way into the couple’s home in the 5600 block of West 99th Place sometime before 7:30 p.m. Police said three bedrooms were ransacked. The homeowner said he was missing some watches, his social security card, costume jewelry and $1,000 in cash. Police said that the homeowner’s wife’s wallet was stolen at another restaurant in Worth where they were dining five to seven days before. The couple did not file a police report for the stolen wallet. THURSDAY FEBRUARY 28 A senior citizen was taking out his trash cans in the 10700 block of South Georgia Lane when a dark gray crossover vehicle pulled into his driveway around 9:18 p.m. Feb. 28. The driver of the …
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5600 W 99th St, Oak Lawn, IL
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10700 Georgia Ln, Oak Lawn, IL
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Friday, January 18, 2013
Oak Lawn police reports, Jan. 11 to Jan. 14.
MONDAY, JANUARY 14 Burglars used an ornamental rock to break into Amerimex service station at 9600 Southwest Highway. The owner discovered the break-in when he showed up for work around 8:04 a.m. Police said that glass sections of the front entry door had been broken out around the doorknob. It is believed the burglars reached in and unlocked the door from the inside. An ornamental rock had been moved from its usual position outside the shop, the owner said. SATURDAY, JANUARY 12 Someone walked off with a cash register containing $10 from Interstate Muffler at 4800 W. 111th St. sometime before 8:31 a.m. Police said the burglars kicked in the front door. The manager said the alarm system was armed when he arrived for work and does not …
Friday, January 11, 2013
Kenneth N. Jackson, of Oak Lawn, was charged with two counts of residential burglary Wednesday after he was charged for a separate burglary last October.
An Oak Lawn man was charged with a Burr Ridge residential burglary for the second time in just more than three months after he was taken into custody Wednesday, Burr Ridge Police Chief John Madden announced Friday in a release. Kenneth N. Jackson, 53, whose last known address is in the 9800 block of South Keeler Avenue, Oak Lawn, was charged with two Class 1 felony counts of residential burglary, the police department release reads. One burglary happened in the 0-10 block of Longwood Drive in Burr Ridge during the overnight hours between Oct. 1 and Oct. 2, and another took place in Orland Park last August. Jackson's name might sound familiar. On Oct. 5, he was charged with a different Burr Ridge burglary that took place on May 22 in the 0…
Monday, January 7, 2013
Deputy fire chief faces multiple charges after police say he attacked a woman in a Tinley Park home invasion.
A Tinley Park woman was attacked in her home in the early morning hours of Saturday by a man wielding a knife. Police arrested a man matching the description of the attacker in the condominium parking lot who they identifed as Gary M. Swiercz. Connect with Patch: Evergreen Park / Oak Lawn / Beverly-Mt. Greenwood Swiercz, a 49-year-old Chicago Ridge deputy fire chief, was taken into custody and charged with attempted murder, home invasion, aggravated unlawful restraint, aggravated attempted criminal sexual assault and residential burglary, police said. Swiercz appeared in Cook County Circuit Court on Sunday where assistant state's attorney Dan Calandriello said that the deputy fire chief broke into his neighbor's home in his Tinley Park …
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Oak Lawn police reports, Dec. 14 through Dec. 26.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26 Thieves broke the window of a Dodge van parked on the 10100 block of South Mansfield Avenue sometime before 7:38 p.m. A GPS unit was stolen. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25 A family came home from a Christmas party around 10:58 p.m. only to discover that their home in the 10000 block of South Cook Avenue had been burglarized. Police said the family had been gone about six hours. The burglars entered through the door off the back deck by kicking in the door. The blinds had also been drawn when they’re usually left open. Burglars ransacked the bedrooms. About $7,000 worth of diamond and silver jewelry was stolen. The family thinks a friend’s brother who is a drug addict may be responsible, police said. The friend’s brother …
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4200 W 95th St, Oak Lawn, IL
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4900 W 91st Pl, Oak Lawn, IL
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10100 Mansfield Ave, Oak Lawn, IL
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10000 Cook Ave, Oak Lawn, IL
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10000 Harnew Rd W, Oak Lawn, IL
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Oak Lawn police reports, Dec. 13.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13 A homeowner reported one of her decorative trees missing from her front yard in the 10800 block of South Kenneth Avenue. The homeowner said all the trees in her front yard were accounted from when left home around 6 a.m. When the homeowner returned home later in the evening, she discovered that one of the trees was missing. Police say someone disconnected the missing tree by unplugging it from a second larger tree. The tree is approximately two feet tall, white, and contains numerous multi-colored lights. The officer drove around the area looking for tree and noticed several identical or similar trees in the yards of nearby homes. A 35-year-old woman came home to her apartment in the 9500 block of South Kolin Avenue …
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9500 S Kolin Ave, Oak Lawn, IL
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10800 S Kenneth Ave, Oak Lawn, IL
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Friday, December 14, 2012
DNA evidence recovered from a flashlight recovered at scene of burglary against elderly couple leads to charges against jailed Alsip man.
Oak Lawn police solved a year-old residential burglary against an elderly couple by tracing DNA evidence on a flashlight that was dropped at the crime scene. Police charged Mark Stanko, 27, of Alsip with one count of felony burglary stemming from an Oak Lawn burglary on Aug. 4, 2011. Sign up for the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. Stanko is currently being held in the DuPage County after he was arrested for similar crimes in Palos Heights and Willowbrook, an Oak Lawn police press release said. According to police, an unknown male entered the home in the 9900 block of 52nd Avenue through an unlocked window around 3:42 a.m. Aug. 5. The elderly couple in their late 60s awoke to an intruder standing in their bedroom. Police…
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9900 S 52nd Ave, Oak Lawn, IL
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RobertS
4:47 pm on Thursday, May 2, 2013
Regarding firearms, they're also a great way to relieve stress... a day at the gun range is like a great massage! I call it 40 caliber therapy! :-) more ›