Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Also, a man was charged with felony DUI. An arrest is merely an accusation and does not indicate a conviction.
A manager at a grocery store in the 5700 block of Touhy (Pointe Plaza) reported May 10 that a man had entered the store on May 5 at about 9 p.m., gone to the rice aisle and began to cut open several bags of rice with a box cutter or similar tool. She did not know why he did it. The man came into the store again on May 10 and purchased several food items. The manager agreed that if and when he returned, she would contact police and a member of the store's management would tell the man he is no longer welcome in the store. Man charged with aggravated DUI; police see empty beer bottles in car, they said Romauld Woronko, 52, of Elmwood Park, was charged with aggravated DUI, a Class 4 felony, DUI and driving without a driver's license. …
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
And in another incident, a man attempted to walk out of a store wearing jeans and a belt under his own jeans and belt. An arrest is merely an accusation and not evidence of a conviction.
Natasha Wood, 30, of Round Lake Park was charged with retail theft March 29 after an incident at a store in the 8500 block of Golf Road. A security agent said he saw her go to exchange some items while she had store bags in her shopping cart, according to the police report. She selected other merchandise from store displays and put it under the shopping bags in her cart, went to the self check-out and paid for some items, leaving the others concealed under the shopping bags, the report indicated. Then she left the store without paying for $174 worth of merchandise, police said. Her court date is April 28 in the Skokie branch of the Cook County courts. Man charged with theft; police say he stole pliers to remove clothing security devices …
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
An arrest is merely an accusation and not evidence of a conviction.
Rainie Nelson, 44, of Park Ridge was charged with retail theft March 26 at a store in the 6100 block of Touhy Avenue. Police said she concealed various items of clothing, with a total value of $226, and exited the store without paying. Her court date is April 25 in the Skokie branch of the Cook County courts. Man charged with driving without a license Armando Bello-Hernandez, 32, of Chicago, was charged March 26 with driving without a valid driver's license after police stopped him in the 8400 block of Milwaukee for driving 50 mph in a 35 mile zone, according to the report. Police found he did not have a valid driver's license, they said. They cited him for speeding and being uninsured. His court date is April 15 in the Skokie branch of…
Friday, March 8, 2013
Police had to ask him three times for his driver's license, because he handed over his car manual instead. An arrest is merely an accusation, not evidence of a conviction.
Bartek Bieszczad, 21, of Park Ridge was charged with DUI March 3 just after 2 a.m. when police observed him driving 51 mph in a 35 mph zone in the 8600 block of Milwaukee Avenue, they said. They followed him and stopped him in the 8300 block of Merrill. When the officer asked for his driver's license and insurance card, Bieszczad handed them the car manual for his vehicle, according to the report. Police said they observed the odor of alcohol on his breath. The officer asked again for a driver's license and insurance card and Bieszczad handed over his bank card. After the officer asked again for a driver's license, Bieszczad handed over his driver's license, insurance card, bank card and the car manual, according to the report. When …
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
His ex-girlfriend had an order of protection against him; she was chased around the parking lot of a store in the 6100 block of Touhy, police said. An arrest is merely an accusation, not evidence of a conviction.
Nathaniel Huston, 26, of Elmwood Park, was charged Feb. 27 with battery and violation of an order of protection, after an incident in parking lot of a store in the 6100 block of Touhy Avenue just after 5:15 p.m. He approached his ex-girlfriend, a 25-year-old Chicago woman with whom he has two children, running toward her in a threatening manner, according to the police report, and she ran and he chased her through the parking lot. The woman's current boyfriend tried to run to her aid and Huston grabbed him and wrestled him to the ground, the report indicated. The Waukegan man said he was in fear of harm for himself and a witness. When police arrived, both combatants were standing near their respective vehicles, and they said Huston had …
Friday, March 1, 2013
They might not have been caught except for what they did next, according to the report. An arrest is merely an accusation, not evidence of a conviction.
Dajuan Blackwell, 21, of Des Plaines was charged with Class 3 felony retail theft and Treyvon Dean, 19, of Evanston was also charged with Class 3 felony retail theft after a security agent for a store in the 8500 block of Golf Road phoned police Feb. 21 just before 12:30 a.m. Store security agents had approached and tried to stop a man later identified as Dean when they observed him wheeling a 55-inch TV out of the store and into the parking lot without paying for it, according to the report. When the agents confronted him in the parking lot, he abandoned the TV and got into a silver minivan, which exited the parking lot. Police located the vehicle in the 8000 block of Ballard Road and observed a 60" Vizio LED television box in the …
Thursday, February 7, 2013
One of the rings was the victim's wedding ring. Also: man charged with DUi after rear-ending another vehicle. An arrest is merely an accusation, not evidence of a conviction.
A Niles woman, 50, reported to police Jan. 29 she was missing from her purse about $1,500 cash, two gold and diamond rings (one of which was her wedding ring) and a gold chain with a gold cross pendant. She had seen the money in her purse the day before, and the jewelry three days prior. She suspects a 26-year-old female family member, who she says has a key to her home and sometimes stays there, and at other times stays with a boyfriend in Skokie. On Jan. 29, she was in her kitchen and, from the window, saw the 26-year-old outside with her boyfriend. They did not try to come in at that time. Like Niles-Morton Grove Patch on Facebook The woman also said that sometime in the past week, someone scratched "I hate you" into her vehicle's …
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Offenders cut the cables on a store display and removed four laptops. In another incident, a man scratched and damaged four cars in a parking lot, police say. An arrest is merely an accusation, not evidence of a conviction.
On Jan. 30, a security agent for a store in the 8500 block of Golf Road discovered four laptop computers missing from a store display, according to a police report. She reviewed security video, which showed offenders taking the merchandise just after 1 a.m., police said. Two of the offenders used pliers to cut the security cables before removing the laptops. Security footage showed them getting into a silver Audi in the parking lot, and a third offender also getting into the car. The third offender was also seen on video inside the store, looking at the computer area before the other two offenders entered that area, police said. The cumulative value of the laptops was $2,722. Police are investigating. Man charged with felony criminal …
Friday, February 1, 2013
And in another incident, a man violated an order of protection. An arrest is merely an accusation and not evidence of a conviction.
A doctor with offices in the 7900 block of Milwaukee Avenue contacted police Jan. 25 to say she got a phone call from a Chicago pharmacy notifying her that they had received 33 electronic prescriptions for narcotics from her office, according to the report. The prescriptions had the correct identifying information for the doctor and were written to several different patients' names. The doctor told the pharmacy she had not written them, police said. She called the Drug Enforcement Agency and left a message, then contacted the Illinois Department of Medical Regulation, which advised her to make a police report. Police contacted the DEA and recorded a report. Man charged with driving on a suspended license James Mitts, 26, of Chicago was …
Thursday, November 24, 2011
The following information was supplied by the Niles Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Theft: Approximately $6 was taken Nov. 22 from the locker at a fitness center in the 6300 block of Touhy Avenue. Criminal Damage to Property: Locks were cut off several trailers parked in a lot in the 6900 block of Austin Boulevard. Estimated loss was $130. Theft: A 10-1/2 ton Carrier air conditioning unit was taken Nov. 22 from the rear of a building in the 8100 block of Milwaukee Avenue. Estimated loss was $4,000. Retail Theft: An employee of a business in the 5700 block of Touhy Avenue noticed that security wires were cut and two cell phones were stolen on Nov. 22. Estimated loss was $1,000. Theft: An estimated $10,000 worth of dry cleaned clothing was taken from a van parked in the rear of a business in the 7400 block of Harlem Avenue…
Pete
5:30 pm on Wednesday, February 6, 2013
How is criminal damage like that a felony. Is anything a mistomeanor any more. Well what he did was was wrong but if they keep handing out charges like this none of us will be able to get a job. Please,,,,we all do stupid things an act before we think , but a felony. PLEEEEASE !!!!!!! Seems like they just wana stick it to u one way or another these days ....... more ›