Thursday, March 14, 2013
Palos Hills police reports, Feb. 26 to March 1.
MARCH 1 TJ Guzier, 25, of Willow Springs, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, improper lane use, squealing tire and driving with a loud muffler, according to a report. Police spotted Guzier's vehicle at about 4:30 a.m. near the 10100 block of Roberts Road. It was traveling fast and squealed its tires. During a traffic stop, police were able to smell a strong order of alcohol on his breath. Field sobriety tests were conducted, which Guzier allegedly failed. He was given an April 23 court date. Join the conversation. Friend Palos Patch on Facebook and sign up for the daily email newsletter! FEB. 28 Police tried to stop a gold Trailblazer at about 6:45 a.m. near the area of 103rd Street and Roberts Road. The SUV made an …
Monday, December 17, 2012
A Cook County judge refused to lower the bond for 19-year-old Matthew Lefebvre on Monday, a move that would have qualified him for the county's jail-based drug rehab program.
A Palos Hills accused of providing heroin to a teen girl who overdosed twice is considering a plea deal for an alleged probation violation from a separate 2011 robbery case. Matthew Lefebvre, 19, appeared Monday in Judge Colleen Ann Hyland's Bridgeview courtroom for earlier theft case. He remains in custody at the Cook County Department of Corrections on $250,000 bond. Officials allege Lefebvre violated his probation with an Oct. 27 arrest for misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and endangering the life of a child; he was arrested again for similar charges on Nov. 7, according to court records. Police said Lefebvre had admitted to supplying the drug to a teenage girl. Lefebvre would be …
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
A Cook County judge found probable cause for the arrest of three women accused of stealing money from Carl Sandburg High School's cashier's office on Sept. 5.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
Palos Hills police reports, Sept. 4-8.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 4 A man told police at about 7:45 a.m. a pallet of Zinc slab bars went missing from his semi-tractor trailer truck parked in the area of 7801 W. 112th Place. He had parked the truck on Sept. 1 and returned on Sept. 4. THURSDAY, SEPT. 6 A woman told police at about 4:30 p.m. that she had been getting calls for three years by people laughing on the other end. Police provided the woman with telephone trap information. SATURDAY, SEPT. 8 Brooke Sofinowski, 32, of Palos Hills, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with one headlight, according to a police report. An officer reportedly saw a vehicle swerving in the lane and driving with one headlight at about 1 a.m. Police stopped the vehicle and …
Friday, August 31, 2012
James Dougherty turned himself into police and is scheduled to appear in court this October.
James Dougherty, the former City of Palos Heights building commissioner fired from his job earlier this month, has been charged with theft. Dougherty is accused of collecting $600 in payment for fines and permit fees on July 25 but not turning the money in or issuing a receipt to the business owner, police said. “We are disappointed that someone who was put in a position of trust within our city would betray that trust," said Palos Heights Mayor Robert Straz. "We immediately asked the police to investigate once this was brought to our attention. We will not tolerate this sort of behavior in our great city.” Palos Heights police started investigating Building Department after another City employee noticed a discrepancy in records. Dougherty…
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Palos Hills police reports, Aug. 21–25.
TUESDAY, AUG 21 Methadone, a painkiller also used to treat opioid dependency, was reported missing at about 2:30 p.m. from a home in the area of 10100 South 84th Tr. The victim told police he had been issued the methadone and that he didn’t know who took it. THURSDAY, AUG. 23 A Palos Hills resident was the victim of identity theft. The person told police someone had opened up a PayPal account without authorization. SATURDAY, AUG. 25 A woman told police someone had stuffed candy bars into her gas line while her car was parked in the area of 8500 W. 101st Tr. She parked her car at about 8:45 p.m. on Aug. 24 in a nearby parking lot. She didn’t discover the candy bars until she returned to her car and drove to the gas station to fill up. A $5,…
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Palos Hills police reports, Aug. 14–18.
TUESDAY, AUG. 14 A woman told police she found the right, rear tire of her vehicle slashed. Police were called around 9:15 a.m. to the area of 8500 West 102nd Terrace where the car had been parked since midnight. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 15 Police were called at about 10 a.m. to the area of 8300 West 103rd Street where a drunk man was spotted wandering in the area. When officers arrived, they were unable to find him. Someone broke a basement window in the 10500 block of 83rd Avenue. When police arrived at about 3 p.m., the victim said no one had entered the basement despite breaking the window. THURSDAY, AUG. 16 A window at the Bank of America branch at 10260 S. Roberts Road was smashed. Police were called at about 8:30 a.m. and were unable to find…
Friday, July 13, 2012
Joseph Campione, of Palos Hills, pleaded guilty to one count of theft. He was accused of stealing a jar of donations for a cancer patient from a Crestwood convenience store.
PALOS HILLS, IL – A Palos Hills man accused of stealing a canister of donations collected for a cancer patient pleaded guilty to one count of theft Friday, July 13 and as part of a plea agreement received 24 months of probation, according to the Cook County State's Attorney's office. Joseph Campione, 45, of Palos Hills, was charged with one count of felony theft after Crestwood police said he ran out of a convenience store in the 13600 block of Cicero Avenue on Dec. 5, 2011, with a jar of money that was intended to help a 27-year-old Alsip woman pay her medical bills. Campione's attorney Mike Gillespie said Friday that he felt "horrible about what he did. "But you know that goes to show how drug addiction can cause you to make some bad …
Saturday, November 12, 2011
And the Tinley Park Park District board president accused of theft has a trial date set for next year. A roundup of the week's courthouse action.
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Saturday, November 12, 2011
Major criminal and civil cases from the Southland heard in Cook County and Will County courts this week. OAK FOREST—Nicholas Sord of Orland Park is scheduled back in court on Dec. 15 to continue pretrial hearings. He was charged with aggravated driving under the influence and reckless homicide relating to the death of New Lenox resident Jessica Mejia on New Year’s Eve 2009 near 147th Street and Oak Park Avenue. The Mejia family has since filed a lawsuit against the Cook County Sheriff’s Department alleging that deputies took nude photos of Mejia while investigating the accident. OAK LAWN—Prosecutors have finished gathering and exchanging evidence in the case of Michael T. Kelly, a former Village of Oak Lawn employee accused of beating and …
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Owner of Painted Pastures to contest search warrant. Attorney for Frankfort Township man accused of murder alleges Will County Jail is videotaping his private conversations with client.
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Saturday, November 5, 2011
OAK FOREST—Norberto Rodriguez, who was accused late last year of murdering his estranged wife Irma and attempting to hide her body, is scheduled back in court on Jan. 12, 2012, to continue pretrial hearings. He pled not guilty this past January. PALOS HILLS—A tentative trial date has been set for two men accused last summer of beating and robbing a Palos Hills woman they believed was a lesbian. Mohammed Shaban, of Hickory Hills, and Akram Alshoweat, of Oak Lawn, are scheduled back in court with attorneys on Dec. 13. If all pretrial issues have been addressed at that time, a jury trial will begin on Jan. 4, 2012. The state has at most four witnesses lined up, while the defense has at least two, according to courtroom testimony heard on …
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