Police say owner of car surprised thief who was in the middle of stealing catalytic converter.
Oak Lawn police chased a man down Cicero Avenue up to the Ford City Shopping Center after he threatened another man with a saw in a shopping center parking lot, reports said. Sign up for the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. Officers responded to a reported theft in the HOBO parking lot at 8716 S. Cicero Ave., around 3:37 p.m. Nov. 24. A 20-year-old store employee told police that he had just finished his shift and was walking to his car, when he heard a loud noise and noticed a shadow beneath his car, police said. When he walked to the driver’s side of his car, a man in his 30s wearing black pants and a black hoody came out from under his car. Police said the would-be thief tried to get into a Honda SUV when the employee…
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Man leaves cousin behind in van to get clipped, cops say.
A convicted burglar was charged with felony possession of burglary tools after police found saws, blades, battery chargers and several catalytic converters in a rented U-Haul van on Dec. 30, police said. Oak Lawn police said they saw a van with no lights pull out of the U-Haul rental lot at 4650 W. 95th St. where it began heading westbound. Suddenly, the van pulled into the White Castle lot at 95th Street and Cicero Avenue. A man got out of the van and began heading toward the restaurant when police asked him what he was doing driving without his headlights on. Police said the man told them he was meeting his cousin who had rented the van. The man was unable to produce the renter’s agreement and did not have his ID with him. Police checked…
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U.N. Owen
12:07 am on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Yet another example of how dangerous the surrounding areas are getting, its only a matter of time before crazy people like these start to come to Oak Lawn, we've got to do our part to keep them out of our city and take back our neighborhood!!! P.S. wow, great job mr. soon-to-be ex-supervisor letting these dangerous criminals get away! more ›