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Something fowl afoot in Brookfield
For at least the second time this year, Brookfield police have found themselves having to deal with a wayward chicken. It seems a chicken had been wandering around a home in the 8900 block of Southview and the home owner asked police for help. They gave him an animal carrier and said to bring it…
Read MorePolice Reports July 31
COUNTRYSIDE Damage to property Sometime between 9:40 a.m. and 5 p.m. July 21 unknown offenders damaged a rear door and window of a residence on the 5th Avenue Cutoff. Home burglarized and damaged Sometime between July 13 and July 20 offenders forced entry into a residence in the 9800 block of Joliet Road and stole…
Read MoreBrookfield man arrested for attacking police, domestic battery
A Brookfield man was charged last week with attacking police and domestic battery after he was arrested at his girlfriend’s home in the 4300 block of DuBois, police said. Phillip M. Davis, 41, was arrested after police found his unoccupied truck running in front of her home and upon investigating found him in the home…
Read MoreSheriff’s police arrest man in Stickney bar stabbing
A 36-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder for a stabbing that occurred July 20 at a bar in unincorporated Stickney, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart said in a release. Jorge Rivera, of the 4300 block of Keating Avenue in Chicago, appeared in bond court last week and bail was set at $750,000.…
Read MorePolice Reports July 25
Man shot in drive-by on 46th Street A 21-year-old man reported being shot in the hip as he drove westbound on 46th Street at Laporte Avenue about 5 p.m. July 21. He called police from a parking lot in the 5000 block of South Cicero Avenue, where he said he drove after hearing shots and…
Read MoreMan charged with theft of horror films boxed set
Orland Park Police Orland Park police charged Eric T. Nilsen, 35, of Orland Park, with retail theft after he allegedly stole a boxed set of DVDs of the “Friday the 13th” slasher films from an electronics store in the 15800 block of South La Grange Road at 8:36 p.m. June 26. Security staff at the…
Read MoreMan allegedly filming people at pool faces disorderly charge
Palos Heights Police Palos Heights police charged Thomas F. Kelly, 41, of Palos Hills, with two counts of disorderly conduct after he allegedly took video footage of a number of patrons at the municipal pool in Community Park, 12000 S. 76th Ave., at 2:33 p.m. last Sunday. Two women at the pool, ages 27 and…
Read MorePolice Reports July 18
Teen is shot in Central Park yard A 16-year-old West Lawn boy was shot in the left thigh while standing with friends in a yard in the 7100 block of South Central Park Avenue at 9:40 p.m. on Monday. The shooting is thought to be gang-related. The unknown offender was seen getting out of a…
Read MoreCops probe theft of $6,000 cash from Palos Park home
Palos Park Police A 75-year-old Palos Park man told police on July 7 that he believes a cleaning woman stole $6,000 cash from his home in the 12600 block of South 90th Avenue last November. The victim told police that he did not report the theft for seven months because he wanted to convince the…
Read MoreLandlord charged with battery
Orland Park Police Orland Park police charged Wayne F. Prychocki, 67, of Orland Park, with battery and aggravated assault after he allegedly poked a 28-year-old tenant in the chest and then threatened him with a broken rake, in an apparent dispute outside Prychocki’s apartment building in the 15300 block of South Treetop Drive, police said.…
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