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Sunday, December 2, 2012

POLICE BLOTTER: Teens Swipe Vodka, Crimes of Opportunity

Oak Lawn police reports, Nov. 9 through Nov. 26.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26 Someone swiped a laptop computer from a mobile home on the 9000 block of South Cicero Avenue sometime before 4:08 p.m. The owner told police he walked to the store and when returned, a neighbor told someone had tried to get into his trailer. When he went inside, he noticed that his computer was gone. Police said nothing else was missing. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24 A store manager chased two teens through the Jewel parking lot at 4650 W. 103rd St. around 4:26 p.m. The teens were spotted taking two bottles of vodka and running out of the store. Police said the teens were described as male, black and under the age of 20. The two entered a car and were last seen heading westbound on 103rd Street. The vodka was valued at $120. …

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Village of Oak Lawn Police Department and Lorraine Swanson

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U.N. Owen

1:44 am on Monday, December 3, 2012

YEAH! SEND THEM ******S BACK TO THEIR "HOOD' AND LETS TAKE BACK OURS!!!   more ›

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Oak Lawn Man Charged With Burr Ridge Burglary

Kenneth Jackson has been charged with a residential burglary from May as well as aggravated battery of a police officer.

Burr Ridge Police Chief John Madden announced Monday the arrest of an Oak Lawn man charged with residential burglary and aggravated battery of a police officer, according to a Burr Ridge Police Department release sent Monday morning. Kenneth Jackson, 53, whose last known address is in the 9800 block of south Keeler Avenue, Oak Lawn, was taken into custody at 3:45 a.m. Friday near the intersection of 57th and Elm streets in Hinsdale, where he was located on foot. Subscribe to the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. "Jackson was under surveillance as a possible suspect in earlier burglaries," Burr Ridge Deputy Chief Tim Vaclav said in an email Monday. A warranted search of Jackson’s home Saturday night turned up evidence from…

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Burr Ridge Police Department (in Burr Ridge Patch) and Burr Ridge Police Investigate Two Burglaries in the Past Two Weeks (in Burr Ridge Patch)

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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

POLICE BLOTTER: Thief Hits Car Lot, Attempted Break-ins

Oak Lawn police reports Sept. 21-26.

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 26 An elderly homeowner told police that he and his wife left their home on the 10100 block of South Kilbourn Avenue around 2 p.m. When they arrived home after 8:30 p.m., they discovered their front door wide open. Police said the couple went inside and checked their whole house but nothing appeared to be stolen or damaged. Officers cleared the house. The exterior doors showed no signs of forced entry and there was nothing unusual in the garage. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 25 A woman said someone tried to enter her home on the 10800 block of South Pulaski Road sometime between 9:30 a.m. and noon. Police said the home’s window air-conditioning use was pushed inward without ever leaving the window frame on the first floor. A baby …

Pat F

11:15 am on Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Mancaris?? Employees watched a man under the hood of a Challenger and waited until he was done?? Then they went to check?? Wonder which employee's relative or friend it was??   more ›

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Burglar Filches Jewelry, Lizards from Home

Oak Lawn police find metal shavings in doorjamb. Burglar rifled through home's bedrooms, reports said.

Someone drilled into a home in the 9200 block of South McVicker Avenue sometime before 2:30 p.m. Sept. 25. Sign up for the Oak Lawn Patch newsletters and breaking news alerts. Oak Lawn police met with the daughter who said she came home to an open back door. When she walked inside she saw that the dining room window had been broken with a landscaping rock from the back yard. Police said there were metal shavings in the doorjamb and on the back porch. The homeowners told place that numerous pieces of jewelry totaling $4,300 were stolen from the bedrooms. The burglar also swiped four chameleons from their cages valued at approximately $1,000, and a check for $819. The homeowner told police that a few days before the burglary, someone came …

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Village of Oak Lawn Police Department

Rebecca

9:45 am on Sunday, September 30, 2012

I agree. Selling on Craigslist is potentially dangerous if you don't take precautions. Meet in a public place, don't give too much information, don't let strange people into your home. People put too much faith in strangers...or maybe it's just that they're naive. It's the same with people who post on Social Network sites that they're going out of town. You just told the entire internet when you …   more ›

Sunday, September 23, 2012

POLICE BLOTTER: Cat Burglar Swipes TV, Woman Hears Doorknob Turn

Oak Lawn police reports Sept. 11-16.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 16 A homeowner on the 10100 block of South Mulberry Avenue reported hearing her locked, front doorknob of her home turn around 7:06 p.m. When she looked outside her kitchen window, she saw a man with broad shoulders wearing a dark hoodie standing by the door. She went to the back of the house and lookout out her bedroom window. The man looked at her and ran away through the back yard, reports said.  Oak Lawn and Burbank police searched the area with police dogs with negative results. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 A homeowner in the 10100 block of South Karlov Avenue reported her flat-screen TV stolen around 11:15 a.m. Police said someone broke into the house during the overnight hours by throwing a landscape brick through the “…

In this Article:

Village of Oak Lawn Police Department and Lorraine Swanson

Aj

3:54 am on Monday, September 24, 2012

it's not the lack of police, if you call they are there within two minutes! People can't be afraid to call and neighbors need to be more aware and look out for each other! Get license plate numbers of suspicious cars and good details of people snooping around!   more ›

Thursday, September 13, 2012

POLICE BLOTTER: Defending the Beer, Weird Cable Guy

Oak Lawn police reports Sept. 5-6.

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 6 A 37-year-old man was walking home from the liquor store around 8:30 p.m. when two men near 107th Street and Komensky Avenue confronted him. One of the robbers said, “Hey, dude, we’re taking your beer.” The man put the beer on the sidewalk. As the robber knelt down to pick up the beer, police said the man punched him in the side of his face, knocking him to the ground. The would-be robber immediately got up and fled southbound with his buddy down Komensky. The man did not have his cell phone so he ran home to call 911. Fortunately, the robbers, described as males in their early 20s, did not steal the beer. WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 5 Someone tried to force their way into an apartment in the 10000 block of South Mayfield …

In this Article:

Village of Oak Lawn Police Department and Lorraine Swanson

Pat F

12:05 pm on Thursday, September 13, 2012

Love the beer story!! But, remember next time make sure you double bag it!! When he asks for the beer, swing it around and bust him in the head with the beer!! Anyway glad you were victorious and only wish you could have nailed his partner too!   more ›

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Man Hiding in Bushes Picked Up On Warrant, Cops Say

A 23-year-old Oak Lawn wanted on a burglar warrant was charged with criminal trespassing after police said he jimmied open a window and climbed in an apartment building's laundry room.

Police found a man standing behind some bushes near an apartment building on the 9500 block of South Keeler Avenue after receiving a call of tall man entering a ground floor window around 11:16 a.m. Aug. 29, reports said. Sign up for the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. Miguel A. Martinez Jr., 23, of the 9700 block of South Tripp Avenue, was wanted on a felony arrest warrant out of the Cook County Sheriff’s office for residential burglary and was placed under arrest. Martinez told police he had lived in the building in the past and was there to see his sister’s boyfriend, who he had called earlier in the day on his mother’s cell phone, police said. Police confirmed that man of the name that Martinez had given them …

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POLICE BLOTTER: Obstructing Identity, Junking Without a License and Shoplifter Hides Beef Sandwiches and Benadryl in Purse, Cops Say

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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Police Investigate Spate of Burglaries

Three residential burglaries reported in Oak Lawn between August 17-20, cops say.

Oak Lawn police are investigating three burglaries that occurred between August 17 and August 20, reports set. A door left ajar tipped off a condo owner in the 4500 block of West Rumsery Avenue that something was amiss. The condo owners arrived home around 1 p.m. August 17 and found the front door open with fresh pry marks along the doorframe. The condo owners told police the deadbolt was locked when they left home. Subscribe to the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. Once inside, the burglar went into the bedroom and ransacked the dresser. The condo owners reported $190 in cash stolen, along with two diamond rings that belonged to the condo owner’s late wife. A 66-year-old woman returned home from work only to discover …

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Village of Oak Lawn Police Department

Borninol

7:21 pm on Wednesday, August 29, 2012

I couldn't agree more! Shoot first, ask questions later!   more ›

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Blotter: Scorned Woman, Burglars Take A Swim

Oak Lawn police reports, July 27 to July 29.

SUNDAY, JULY 29 A 24-year-old man told police that his 40-year-old girlfriend slashed all four of his tires on his 1986 Olds Cutlass sometime between 4 and 9:15 a.m. The boyfriend’s car was parked in a lot on the 9300 block of South Harlem Ave. Police said there were taunting text messages to him from his girlfriend that said, “Have fun walking to work,” and “the hell storm has just begun.” As police were talking to the boyfriend, the girlfriend drove by in her car. Police checked the area with negative results. The boyfriend said she would not return back to the scene, and told the cops “to go ahead and press charges.” FRIDAY, JULY 27 An employee at the Lawn Aqua Swimming Club at 4500 W. 111th St. reported that someone has been sneaking …

In this Article:

Village of Oak Lawn Police Department and Lorraine Swanson

Friday, July 27, 2012

Mapping It Out: Burglaries During the Past Month

We've plotted some of the local burglaries that have occurred in the past few weeks.

SUNDAY JULY 22 A couple left their home on the 9300 block of Sayre to attend a wedding around 7 p.m. When they returned home the next day at 12:20 a.m. they noticed something amiss in their home. The wood bar bracing the sliding glass door had been removed the front door’s top lock was disengaged. Two computers and a smart phone were missing from the bedroom. The homeowner tried to call the smart phone but it went straight to voice mail. THURSDAY JULY 19 Police responded to an alarm call on the 4800 block of West 97th Street about 4:08 p.m. Officers saw the back door kicked in and boot print on the door. The home was searched, but nothing appeared missing or ransacked. The homeowner arrived hom and confirmed that nothing was damaged or …

RobertS

1:40 pm on Friday, July 27, 2012

Police are great, but what is really needed are neighborhood watches. People need to be aware of people that are watching homes, going into yards, etc. The best defense is a good offense. If the police are necessary, if people are observant, they will be able to give better details when/if something happens.   more ›

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