Category: Regional Mayhem

A Harvey man was charged with battery after police said he touched a woman without consent at a bus stop near Orland Square Mall on July 16. Alex Washington, 42, of the 14700 block of Center Avenue, approached the woman at the bus stop and made unsolicited remarks, police said. He then placed a bag […]

Two men were charged with stealing a Freightliner truck from a Harvey lot on July 14, then abandoning it miles away. Von McCue, 38, of the 4000 block of Tower Drive, Skokie, and Ahmad Alghananin, 29, of Chicago, were arrested near 152nd Street and 73rd Avenue after witnesses reported seeing them park a “suspicious” vehicle […]

A Palos Park man was charged with DUI and related traffic violations after police said they found him driving impaired on July 12.  David Johnson, 62, of the 12700 block of Deerwood Drive, was stopped near 156th Street and LaGrange Road following a report of a driver under the influence, police said. Officers noted slurred […]

Cedric Shanks, 37, of Chicago, was charged July 8 with possession of cannabis, possession of a controlled substance, speeding 15–20 mph over the limit, and driving without insurance after being stopped for traveling 54 mph in a 35-mph zone near 146th Street and LaGrange Road, police said. Officers reported smelling cannabis when they approached the […]

Delveon McClain, 18, of South Holland, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of tobacco products by a minor, and possession, sale and use of fireworks July 8 after a traffic stop in the 800 block of Orland Square Drive, police said. Officers found an unlabeled pill bottle in McClain’s vehicle containing numerous […]

Asmaa Elhalawany, 30, of Orland Hills, was charged with driving under the influence, improper lane usage, and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident after driving her car into a retention pond June 30 near 163rd Street and LaGrange Road, police said. Officers who helped remove her from the vehicle reported smelling alcohol on […]

A 26-year-old Joliet woman was charged June 26 with driving under the influence after police stopped her vehicle on LaGrange Road.

A 50-year-old Orland Park woman was charged with fleeing and attempting to elude police after allegedly stealing a bottle of alcohol from Jewel on June 19.

A Westmont woman was yicketed June 16 after police found an infant unattended in a parked minivan outside a store in the 9500 block of 142nd Street.