Monday, April 8, 2013
Woman refused to unlock her doors, ran over cop and got away during drug arrest, police said.
An arrest warrant was obtained for a former resident that eluded arrest during a pre-arranged cocaine sting, reports said. Oak Lawn police learned from a “confidential source” that Brittany Alyssa Rotto, 23, of the 700 block of Schoolgate Road, in New Lenox, had allegedly called to ask if he wanted to purchase two eight-balls of cocaine. Sign up for the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and follow us on Facebook. Detectives arranged a sale between the confidential source and Rotto in the McDonald’s parking lot at 91st Street and Cicero Avenue. Police set up surveillance and at 9:40 p.m. March 17, Rotto’s gray Mazda entered the parking lot, reports said. Rotto called the confidential source and told him she didn’t want to do the deal at McDonald’s…
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-87.74092
W 93rd St & S Cicero Ave, Oak Lawn, IL
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41.72736
-87.74104
W 91st St & S Cicero Ave, Oak Lawn, IL
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41.72893
-87.744719
9000 S 49th Ct, Oak Lawn, IL
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Domestic disturbance leads to felony charges for 24-year-old woman who said she felt threatened; woman's mother also picked up on outstanding warrant, police say.
A 24-year-old woman was charged with aggravated battery of a senior citizen and her 43-year-old mom arrested on an outstanding warrant following a domestic disturbance, reports said. Sign up for Oak Lawn Patch breaking news alerts. Oak Lawn police responded to a report of a domestic situation in the 8800 block of South Nashville Avenue shortly before noon on Jan. 25. When they arrived, a woman identified as Amanda R. Carnahan, of Chicago, allegedly told police nothing happened and that she was getting ready to leave. Another woman had fled the scene before officers had the chance to interview her, reports said. Carnahan, her twin sister, and her mother had been staying with the mom’s 60-year-old boyfriend who lived at the address with own …
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-87.783544
8800 Nashville Ave, Oak Lawn, IL
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Registered sex offender turns up at registered address after disappearing, cops say.
A convicted sex offender in violation of not registering with police was found at his Oak Lawn address after disappearing for several weeks, reports said. Sign up for Oak Lawn Patch breaking news alerts. Leron T. Hampton, 37, was taken into custody and charged with a felony failure to register at his apartment in the 9700 block of South Pulaski Road. Oak Lawn police had attempted to locate Hampton at this address numerous times in October, until he was eventually deemed in violation of the Illinois Sex Offender's Act as "address unknown," police said. Oak Lawn police located Hampton while responding to a domestic disturbance call around 4:52 p.m. Jan. 18 at Hampton’s apartment, police said. Hampton’s father told police he came to check on …
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-87.721237
9700 S Pulaski Rd, Oak Lawn, IL
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Accident leaves 62-year-old pedestrian seriously injured on New England Avenue, police say.
A 30-year-old man was charged with a felony for leaving the scene of an accident that left a pedestrian seriously injured, reports said. Sign up for the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. Eric J. Smok, of the 9800 block of South Ridgeland Avenue, was charged with aggravated driving under the influence and leaving the scene of accident after Oak Lawn police said he struck a 62-year-old man shortly after 2 a.m. Jan. 5. Police were called to the 9500 block of South New England Avenue for a hit-and-run accident involving a pedestrian, reports said. Upon their arrival, police saw the male victim laying in the parkway. When they attempted to talk to injured pedestrian, police said the victim could only mumble. Police located the…
41.719389
-87.791824
9500 New England Ave, Oak Lawn, IL
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Friday, January 11, 2013
Man said he was feeling festive and shot of a few rounds to ring in New Year, police say.
Oak Lawn police charged a man with felony reckless discharge of a firearm after a neighbor called 911 saying he had heard gunfire shortly after midnight on Jan. 1, reports said. Sign up for the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. Police arrived to a home in the 9900 block of South Parke Avenue around 12:03 a.m. A neighbor said he had gone outside to start his car around midnight, when he heard a loud popping noise. He saw approximately two to three more muzzle flashes accompanying the loud reports. Recognizing the sound as gunshots, the neighbor saw an arm disappearing through the door next door and called 911. While speaking to the 911 operator police said the neighbor saw a man come outside the same door and yell, “…
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-87.738639
9900 Parke Ave, Oak Lawn, IL
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
Chicago man faces felony retail theft charges after police said he stole 50 items of fishing gear from a sporting goods store.
A Chicago man absconded with 50 items of fishing gear from a sporting goods store, reports said. Oak Lawn police responded to a call of a “suspicious subject” at Sports Authority, 9633 S. Cicero Ave. around 12:46 p.m. Dec. 12. Officers spoke to an employee who said he recognized a man from a previous retail theft and the he was not supposed to be in the store. Sign up for the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. Police said the employee pointed out the man, identified as David F. Pinc, 56, standing in checkout line. The employee said Pinc seemed nervous and would not face him when approached in the fishing department, reports said. After Pinc finished paying for one item in the checkout line, police said he left the store …
41.71765
-87.740717
9633 S Cicero Ave, Oak Lawn, IL
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Chicago man charged with felony retail theft being held without bond at Cook County Jail, police say.
A Chicago man was charged with felony retail theft after police said he walked out of the Jewel-Osco at 9424 S. Pulaski Ave. with a cart full of unbagged groceries, reports said. Sign up for the Oak Lawn newsletter and breaking news alerts. Oak Lawn Police said a Salvation Army bell ringer collecting donations in front of the store called police when she noticed a man identified as Joe E. Pearson, 48, allegedly pushing the cart full of groceries through the parking lot around 11:22 a.m. Dec. 10. Pearson fled through the parking lot toward Evergreen Park, reports said. The bell ringer said she’d be able to identify the man if she saw him again. Around 12:50 p.m., another caller reported a suspicious person to Evergreen Park police. The …
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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-87.750239
9900 S 52nd Ave, Oak Lawn, IL
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Police said woman got upset because neighbor "started doing laundry too early in the morning."
A squabble in a laundry room led to felony charges filed against a woman accused of grabbing and throwing wet laundry at her 88-year-old neighbor. Oak Lawn police were called to the apartment building in the 10400 block of South Mansfield Avenue around 7:30 a.m. Aug. 9. Sign up for the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. According to the report, the 88-year-old woman had started her wash at her scheduled time of 6 a.m. When she returned to the laundry room, she found her neighbor, Nijole Rackausiene, 58, shutting off the washing machine with her unfinished laundry still in it. Rackausiene began yelling it was 6 a.m. and that the woman had woken her by starting the machine, police said. The elderly woman pointed to a sign on…
41.70327
-87.765809
10400 Mansfield Ave, Oak Lawn, IL
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Monday, July 23, 2012
Oak Lawn police reports, July 6.
FRIDAY JULY 6 The daughter of an elderly couple went to the Oak Lawn police station to discuss a problem about her parents’ neighbor on the 9700 block of South 50th Court. According to the report, the neighbor is placing mothballs under the fence into her parents’ yard. The daughter also believes that the neighbor placed dog feces on her parents’ driveway and sprayed an unknown substance on her tire. The neighbor wasn’t happy with previous complaints to the village inspector and Oak Lawn police about him storing items with a bad odor in has back yard. Police said the daughter brought in a box of mothballs to show police that that the product is toxic. She wanted the village to inform her neighbor of his improper use of mothballs. Police …
Pattyann Fetta
10:52 am on Friday, April 19, 2013
I a lilltle new at this so Joseph, her's my question. Who the heck is Ernie Kolb? thanks. more ›