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Orland man allegedly threatens man with knife

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Orland Park police arrested Luke S. Harr, 23, of Orland Park, and charged him with aggravated assault after he displayed a knife and allegedly threatened a man in the driveway of a residence in the 10800 block of Crystal Meadow Court, police said. Harr was arrested in a parking lot of Walgreen’s, 11981 W. 143rd St., at 9:03 p.m., shortly after the alleged incident, police said. A passenger in the vehicle Harr drove reportedly told police that he and Harr went to the victim’s residence because they thought a friend of theirs lived there, police said. Harr pulled the knife from his pants pocket after the victim angrily approached the men with a collapsible baton, according to the police report. The victim told police he was concerned since a recent incident when he believed someone may have tried to break into his house. Harr had a court date of April 16 at the 5th Municipal District Cook County Courthouse in Bridgeview.

In other Orland Park police news, Eric A. Piet, 19, of Orland Park, was arrested at 6:26 p.m. March 31 and cited with possession of alcohol by a minor after the vehicle he was driving was pulled over for not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign on Fun Drive, police said. Police allegedly found an open 12-pack of beer in the trunk of the vehicle and there were eight bottles remaining, according to the police report. Piet has a hearing date of May 8 in Orland Park.

Manier Samara, 23, of Orland Park, was arrested at 5:04 p.m. March 28 and charged with driving while license revoked and operation of an uninsured motor vehicle after he was stopped in the 14000 block of 80th Avenue, police said. Samara was also cited with having a defective (cracked) windshield and for having no front license plate, according to the police report. He has a court date of May 7 in Bridgeview.

Jeffrey Boston, 41, of Orland Hills, was arrested at 3:11 p.m. March 29 on an Orland Park police warrant on a charge of driving while license suspended, police said. Boston turned himself in at the police station, 15100 Ravinia Avenue; one day after police called and notified him of the warrant, according to the police report. He has a court date of May 1 in Bridgeview.

Patrick J. Janota, 31, of Orland Park, was arrested on an Orland Park warrant from January 2011 on a charge of disorderly conduct, police said, Janota turned himself in to police at the police station at 7:39 p.m. March 8, according to the police report. He has a court date of April 24 in Bridgeview.

David A. Nendza Jr., 39, of Palos Heights, was arrested at 10:32 a.m. March 29 after he was transferred from the Palos Heights lockup where he detained on a 1996 Orland Park warrant on a charge of DUI, police said. Nendza has a court date of May 16 in Bridgeview.

Juan A. Zavala, 21, of Oak Lawn, was arrested and charged with DUI at 11:10 p.m. March 29 after the vehicle he was driving was stopped near 158th Street and La Grange Road, police said. Zavala has a court date of May 16 in Bridgeview. He was also cited for driving in the wrong lane and improper lane usage and he has a hearing date of May 8 in Orland Park, police said. A passenger in the vehicle, Daniel Isa Judeh, 20, of Oak Lawn, was cited with underage consumption of alcohol by a minor and possession of drug paraphernalia after police found a metal grinder and a glass pipe in the center console of the vehicle, according to the police report. Judeh also has a hearing date of May 8 in Orland Park.

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