LocalJune 26, 2024Kelly Rose
The following information was taken from police and court reports and press releases. An arrest does not constitute a conviction.
Burbank
ILLEGAL DRUGS: Members of the South Suburban Emergency Response Team seized 500 grams of packaged powder containing suspected methedrine-amphetamine and an electronic scale during a raid at 4:30 a.m. June 19 at the home of Latoya Harris, 47, 7600 Leclaire Avenue, police said. Harris was charged with illegal manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance, police said.
Chicago Mountain
ILLEGAL WEAPON: Emilio C. Cazares, 55, of Cicero, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence and violating the sobriety clause of his license to carry a concealed weapon after officers recovered a handgun during a traffic stop June 20 in the 3700 block of 59th Court, police said.
Evergreen Park
DEAL CHARGE: Julian D. Lewis, 34, of Chicago, was arrested and charged with manufacturing/delivery of more than 30 grams of cannabis. His vehicle was seized during a traffic stop May 26 in the 9300 block of Western Avenue after officers recovered several plastic bags of suspected marijuana and a digital scale, police said.
ILLEGAL WEAPON: Robert J. Campbell, 55, of Chicago, was arrested June 3 and charged with unlawful use of a weapon after he brought a handgun to OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center while a patient, police said. Campbell did not have a state-required gun owner's license, police said.
ILLEGAL SHOOTINGS: Amir Almasri, 29, of Bridgeview, was arrested June 3 and charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm after he fired a shot at several suspected shoplifters who fled Smoke City Tobacco, 3336 95th St., police said.
TRAFFIC RAGE: Jamesha R. Jeffries, 33, 2600 block of 89th Street, Evergreen Park, was arrested June 10 in that block and charged with assault after she walked up to another woman's car, argued with her and then physically attacked her, police said.
AFTER-FIGHTING BODILY INJURY: Russell W. Green, 44, of Chicago, was arrested June 15 at a grocery store in the 2500 block of 95th Street and charged with felony assault after he followed another person into the store, continued the argument and displayed a knife, police said.
THEFT: Tommie C. Shaw, 55, of Normal, was arrested June 17 and charged with theft of less than $500 at Advantara Rehabilitation Center, 10124 Kedzie Ave., after an investigation using video camera recordings showed he took belongings from patients, police said.
Frankfurt
IDENTITY THEFT: Gwendolyn M. Dampier, 24, 2300 block of 119th Street, Blue Island, was arrested June 11 and charged with aggravated identity theft and theft over $500, according to Will County court records. Dampier used her position as a home health aide in October to steal a Frankfort resident's debit and credit cards and use them to make unauthorized charges for $4,000 of clothing and delivered food and to pad a friend's account in the Cook County Jail, police said.
Glenwood
THEFT: Angelic C. Eicke, 43, of Hastings, Iowa, was arrested by the Iowa High Patrol on June 17 as she drove home in a 2021 Freightliner after being fired at the Cedar Rapids-based company's terminal at 425 194th St., Glenwood. She is charged with first-degree theft, according to online court records from Scott County, Iowa.
Oak lawn
SHOP BREAK-IN: Several men arriving in a car stolen from Chicago entered the J and Q Smoke and Vape store, 9632 Pulaski Road, through a broken window at 3:10 a.m. June 13, police said. A witness reported the group drove away seconds before police arrived, police said.
Restaurant break-in: It took three masked individuals just two minutes to smash the glass door of Dunkin', 8940 Cicero Ave., with a brick around 3:30 a.m. June 20, enter the business, steal two change machines and two trays of doughnuts and flee, police said. Drive-thru employees reported the break-in, which was also captured on security cameras.
ARMED ROBBERY: Three masked men, one displaying a handgun, got out of an SUV in the 9900 block of Merton Avenue on June 20 and took a wallet, identification, two cellphones and cash from two people, police said. One of the men punched one of the people in the face before fleeing in the SUV, police said.
Palos Heights
IDENTITY THEFT: Alberto J. Rios, 39, of Queens, New York, was arrested June 17 at First Merchants Bank, 7101 W. 127th Street, and charged with identity theft after attempting to open a fraudulent bank account using another person's identification, police said.
Park Forest
ILLEGAL AMMUNITION: A 30-year-old Bolingbrook man who works as a security guard was charged with illegal possession of a firearm and illegal possession of ammunition at an apartment complex in the hundred block of Sycamore Avenue on June 22, police said. Officers arrested Vincent M. Richardson after finding him in possession of two 9 mm cartridge magazines with a replica 9 mm Glock and no state-required permits at the Autumn Ridge Apartments, police said.
Steger
GUNSFIRE: Justin A. Buckner, 33, of Calumet City, was arrested and charged with recklessly discharging a firearm during an argument over a cellphone in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 400 block of West 35th Street on June 17, police said. No one was injured, police said.
Tinley Park
ARSON SUSPECTED: Firefighters responded to multiple fires in a vacant power plant building at the former WA Howe Developmental Center, 7600 183rd St., and reported seeing four juveniles fleeing.
