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Monday, February 25, 2013

3 Adults Charged in Disturbance at Chuck E. Cheese's

Oak Lawn Village Manager Larry Deetjen orders another meeting with Chuck E. Cheese's parent company to discuss security concerns before Tuesday's village board meeting.

Three adults were arrested on multiple charges of battery, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct stemming from a disturbance at Chuck E. Cheese’s on Saturday night. Sign up for Oak Lawn Patch breaking news alerts and follow us on Facebook. Oak Lawn Village Manager Larry Deetjen confirmed the arrests, stating that proactive safety measures taken by the village kept a bad situation from becoming worse. In wake of Saturday's spate of arrests, Deetjen said he is calling for another meeting with the franchise's parent company--CEC Entertainment of Irving, TX-- to discuss ongoing safety concerns at the Oak Lawn Chuck E. Cheese's before the village board meets on Tuesday. An off-duty, Oak Lawn police officer was parked in a police cruiser …

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Dave W.

5:50 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Classy AND intelligent, huh, tmarc75?   more ›

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Chuck E. Cheese's Says Security Issues Will Be Addressed

Oak Lawn and corporate officials from CEC Entertainment look at options to improve and enhance safety of customers and employees.

  Corporate executives from the company that manages Chuck E. Cheese’s met with village officials on Tuesday in response to a shooting last month in the restaurant’s parking lot. Village Manager Larry Deetjen gave CEC Entertainment until the end of the business day to commit in writing to address security issues before the Oak Lawn Village Board meeting. Subscribe to the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. "They're responsive, but not where we need to be," Deetjen told village board members. It is the second time in less than a year that executives from the company’s headquarters in Irving, TX, have flown out to personally meet with village officials to discuss security issues at the Chuck E. Cheese’s at 4031 W. 95th St. In…

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Liopleurodon

8:44 am on Thursday, January 10, 2013

So we as taxpaying residents should foot the bill for the wastes of oxygen that Chuck E Cheese attracts to out village? Deetjen doesn't fund the police, the residents do. As a resident, I refuse to pay my hard earned money to subsidize the security a business that attracts customers that are bad news for my village. If EP wants it they can have it.   more ›

Monday, January 7, 2013

Village Mulls Chuck E. Cheese's Options After Parking Lot Shooting

Oak Lawn village manager says that time for a "proactive" response from Chuck E. Cheese's corporate management after December parking lot shooting is "running out."

  Oak Lawn Village Manager Larry Deetjen says he has "mandated" a meeting with corporate representatives from CEC Entertainment to come to Oak Lawn and discuss the most recent spate of violence that occurred in the parking lot of the company’s Oak Lawn Chuck E. Cheese’s franchise on Dec. 22. Sign up for the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. “I’ve always stressed that Oak Lawn is a family community and we won’t condone this type of activity,” Deetjen said. “I want to see a proactive response on [CEC’s] part under the village business license and liquor license.” The evening of Dec. 22, a 20-year-old Chicago resident and admitted member of the Gangster Disciples street gang, was celebrating his child’s birthday with family …

Dr. Linda Lorincz Shelton

9:11 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

I've done home visits in the inner city & the gang members actually protected me because they cared about kids. My patients are in the Guinness Book of World Records as "lightest surviving triplets" - weighing a total of 4 lb 4 oz together in 1990 now grown with good jobs (a Navy cryptologist) & my patients in the inner city respected my good medical care of kids. I don't like the crimes they do…   more ›

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