Southland crime: Robbery in Oak Lawn, road rage in Monee, and more
Crime reports from south and southwest suburban agencies from police and court reports and news releases.
The following items were taken from police and court reports and news releases. An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt.
Alsip
BATTERY: Majed Abousweilem, 20, Alsip, was arrested and accused of assault and battery May 7 in the 3600 block of 122nd Place after pushing another person to the ground, causing him to hit his head, and then driving a car into the front yard in an attempt to hit the person, police said.
Burbank
ILLEGAL GUN: A 32-year-old Bridgeview man was arrested April 30 in the 8700 block of Laramie Street after an officer saw him standing in the street with a .45 caliber pistol holstered on his hip, police said. Hussein A. Musaed, first block of Thomas Drive, was accused of unlawful use of a weapon and violating his concealed carry license by personally transporting a loaded handgun fully exposed and accessible, police said.
PRESCRIPTION FRAUD: A 42-year-old Chicago woman who phoned in a prescription for a controlled drug to Walgreens, 5555 W. 79th St., while posing as a health care provider was charged with two felonies May 3 after the medical professional denied making the call, police said. Candace L. Turner, 42, Chicago, was charged with aggravated identity theft/use of identification to commit fraud and obtaining a substance by fraud, police said.
Evergreen Park
BATTERY: Kevin J. Kelleher, 20, 9100 block of Hamlin Avenue, Evergreen Park, was arrested May 5 and accused of battery after stopping his car, getting out and then attacking two people working in a residential front lawn in the 3600 block of 98th Street, police said.
BATTERY: Jermaine T. Jackson, 44, Chicago, was arrested and accused of aggravated battery to a police officer May 9 at Chili’s Grill and Bar, 2401 95th St., after approaching the officer investigating an incident and spitting in his face, police said.
ILLEGAL GUN: Deville D. McCants, 38, Chicago, was arrested May 11 and charged with being an armed habitual criminal after officers recovered a handgun from his front seat during a traffic stop in the 2800 block of 87th Street, police said. McCants has several gun-related convictions, police said.
Lansing
BURGLARY: Four juveniles were taken into custody April 24, cited for burglary for entering a vacant residence in the 18300 block of Wildwood Avenue, police said. They turned over to their parents, police said.
Monee
ROAD RAGE: The driver of a slow-moving car pointed a gun at a passenger blowing kisses at him in a passing vehicle on May 3 in the 6000 block of Monee-Manhattan Road, according to a complaint to police. The complainant said the driver previously had responded to being followed by tapping his brakes aggressively.
Oak Lawn
SHOPLIFTING BATTERY: An employee at Jewel-Osco, 9424 Pulaski Road, had facial pain and was unable to remember the day’s date after he was punched in the face May 3 while trying to stop a man leaving the store with alcohol in a duffel bag, police said.
ROBBERY: A 73-year-old homeless man told police one of several men who approached him hit him on the head with a wooden object while taking his cellphone and wallet May 10 in the 9100 block of Kolmar Avenue. The victim/complainant, who lives out of a car, said the men initially demanded $500.
ILLEGAL GUN: A 42-year-old Forest Park man who, witnesses said, pointed a gun in random directions and at a stopped school bus was arrested and accused of unlawful use of a weapon and reckless conduct May 10 in the 9700 block of Kostner Avenue, police said. Officers determined Chris C. Landefeld lacked a concealed carry license after recovering an unloaded 9 mm handgun and a USMC knife from his stopped vehicle, police said.
Orland Park
MOTORCYCLIST HURT: A 23-year-old Orland Park man suffered a broken collar bone when he was knocked off his motorcycle April 16 by a 61-year-old motorist from Joliet, police said. Mark R. Lemaire, who swerved into the two-wheeled vehicle, turned himself in April 17 and was cited for leaving a crash site without rendering aid or providing information, police said.
STOLEN CAR: Vehicle surveillance cameras and video from Orland Square mall security cameras led to the recovery of a car stolen out of Maywood and the driver’s arrest, police said in a report released May 8. Officers took Cornelius D. Bass, 35, 100 block of Birch Street, Park Forest, into custody at 10 p.m. March 13 inside the Cheesecake Factory, 138 Orland Square Drive, police said. A network of license plate reading cameras initially alerted officers.
QUESTIONABLE BEHAVIOR: A 37-year-old Romeoville man kicked out of a motel April 25 had three small plastic bags of suspected methamphetamine, police said. Justin Rice was arrested outside Essence Suites, 14455 La Grange Road, on an accusation of illegally possessing a controlled substance and was also served with a Kendall County arrest warrant for domestic battery, police said.
Rich Township
BURGLARY: Cook County detectives used DNA from a wine bottle to identify a man accused of ransacking a home in unincorporated Rich Township, west of Franciscan Health in Olympia Fields, sheriff’s police said. Investigators extracted the DNA after viewing security video showing a man kicking in the door of the detached garage in the 4000 block of Blackstone Avenue on Sept. 6 and drinking from the bottle after retrieving it from a refrigerator, police said. Phillips was charged May 2 with residential burglary, burglary, and criminal damage to property, police said.
Tinley Park
THEFT: A former server who used a discount coupon program to steal $5,488.50 from the North & Maple restaurant, 18401 North Creek Drive, was arrested April 17 for theft by deception/more than $500, according to police and Will County court records online. Shelby Lynn Swaw, 28, 4400 block of Richard Avenue, Oak Forest, discounted random cash paying customers’ bills by an $80 voucher code/certificate, retaining the $80 as her own, the owner said in a January 2023 complaint, police said. Swaw was indicted April 11 and is scheduled to appear at a pre-trial hearing June 6, court records show.