Driver found asleep at the wheel charged with DUI
Ameer Z. Abdelrahman, 20, of Oak Lawn, was charged with driving under the influence of drugs after police found him asleep at the wheel at 11 p.m. Oct. 28 at 91st Street and South Cicero Avenue.
Officers said he appeared to be under the influence of cannabis and told them he had smoked it before driving. Police said he refused a blood test.
Police noted he is under the legal age for cannabis possession. They reported finding several packages of cannabis and a cannabis vape pen in the vehicle.
Abdelrahman was also charged with possession of cannabis in a vehicle and illegal stopping on a roadway. He is due in court Nov. 24.
Hometown man charged with driving on revoked license
Christopher M. Mepham, 33, of Hometown, was charged with driving with a revoked license after a traffic stop at 6:04 p.m. Oct. 28 in the 4900 block of West Columbus Drive.
Police said his license had been revoked for driving under the influence of alcohol, and his vehicle was held pending seizure.
Mepham was also charged with driving without insurance, possession of cannabis in a vehicle, failure to signal and disobeying a stop sign. He is due in court Dec. 10.
Man accused of threatening to kill Jewel manager
Marc W. Schade, 35, of Chicago, was charged with assault after police responded to a report of an aggressive panhandler at 1:29 p.m. Oct. 28 in the parking lot of Jewel, 8801 S. Ridgeland Ave.
A store manager told police customers reported that Schade harassed them. The manager said that when he asked Schade to leave, Schade threatened to kill him.
Police said Schade was also charged with disorderly conduct and two counts of resisting arrest for struggling with officers and calling them names. He is due in court Nov. 16.
Woman charged with pointing knife at man at bus stop
Tracy R. Glenn, 52, of Oak Lawn, was charged with aggravated assault after a patrol officer said he saw her point a knife at a man waiting for a bus at 95th Street and South Cicero Avenue at 7:55 a.m. Oct. 27.
Glenn told police the man had threatened her adult children, who were not present. The man told police he never said anything to her.
She is due in court Dec. 3.
Man found asleep in car charged with cocaine possession
Albert Gutierrez, 48, of Schererville, Indiana, was charged with manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance after police found him asleep in a car with the door open at 4 a.m. Oct. 27 in the 10400 block of South Cicero Avenue.
Officers said the car was parked across several spaces in front of a closed business.
Police said they found 14.5 grams of cocaine in four containers in the car, along with three alprazolam pills. Gutierrez was charged with five counts of possession of a controlled substance. They said the cocaine packets each weighed about 3.5 grams. He was also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia after police said they found a scale and written notes about drug sales. Gutierrez was due in court Oct. 28.
Ohio man charged with driving without valid license
Khaled A. Motei-Alnaser, 44, of Fairborn, Ohio, was charged with driving without a valid license after a traffic stop at 1:08 a.m. Oct. 27 in the 10000 block of Southwest Highway.
Police said he was also charged with driving without insurance and failing to use headlights when required. He is due in court Dec. 4.
Police report information is provided by law enforcement agencies. Charges are not evidence of guilt. They are a record of police actions taken. Persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law.
Compiled by Dermot Connolly