Monday, May 13, 2013
Forest Park police reports said the men just purchased needles from Walgreens.
Three men were charged with heroin possession May 2 in the Forest Park Walgreens parking lot after buying needles in the store. Mazvydas Deltuva, 21, of Willowbrook; Rame Gjukaj, 22, of Westmont; and Matthew W. Vanek, 23, of Hinsdale, were all charged with possession of a controlled substance. A patron came into Walgreens, 7200 Roosevelt Rd. in Forest Park, and told the manager that there appeared to be people doing drugs in a car in the parking lot. When police arrived, the men in the car made "furtive movements," and one passenger exited the car. Police found an aluminum can on the ground as well as a baggie of suspect heroin. Police searched the car and found another baggie with heroin residue, as well as a pack of hypodermic needles…
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Hinsdale police reports, Feb. 20-26.
MONDAY, FEB. 25 A 16-year-old male Hinsdale Central student from Willowbrook was charged with possession of cannabis, police said, after an employee of the school determined he had the drug at 10 a.m. and called police. The substance field-tested positive for cannabis and the student was cited for violating a local ordinance. He was released to appear in court. SUNDAY, FEB. 24 Leon Francisco, 45, of the 2900 block of Willow Street, Franklin Park, was charged with DUI, police said, after he appeared to be under the influence of alcohol during a 2:13 a.m. traffic stop in the 100 block of East Ogden Avenue, and refused an ensuing breath test. Francisco was charged with DUI, improper lane use, and operating an uninsured motor vehicle. He was …
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
The women were charged with the Class 4 felony on Jan. 22 after police stopped a car they were passengers in.
Two women were charged with heroin possession in Burr Ridge after police found them with the drug during a Jan. 22 traffic stop near the intersection of Madison and 87th Street, according to a Burr Ridge Police Department release sent out Wednesday afternoon. Marie F. Kucera, 22, of the 0-10 block of Bay Rum Court, Burr Ridge, and Ashley M. Barta, 23, of the 600 block of Sheffield Lane, Bolingbrook, were each charged with one count of possession of a controlled substance and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia, police said. Officers found small packages containing heroin and needles used to inject the drug on them during a traffic stop at 5:19 p.m. The two were passengers in a vehicle police stopped for failure to signal. Police …
Friday, December 28, 2012
Clarendon Hills police reports, Dec. 20-26
MONDAY, DEC. 24 A resident from the first block of Golf Avenue reported at 1:24 p.m. that someone cut the electric cords on Christmas lights that were lighting two trees in front of their home some time that morning or afternoon, police said. SATURDAY, DEC. 22 William J. Meidinger, 19, of the 4600 block of Clausen Avenue in Western Springs, and Corey J. Jefko, 18, of the 4500 block of Gilbert Avenue in Western Springs, were charged with possession of cannabis after a traffic stop for driving with one tail light near the intersection of Stonegate and Ogden avenues at 1:46 a.m., police said. Meidinger, the driver, was also charged with driving without a valid license and without insurance, police said. Both were released to appear in court…
Friday, December 21, 2012
Clarendon Hills police reports, Dec. 13-19.
MONDAY, DEC. 17 Someone stole $600 in cash from a resident of The Birches, 215 55th Street, between 2 p.m. Sunday and 1 p.m. Monday, police said. The money was located in a storage bin in the resident's closet at the time it was taken. The case is under investigation and police said they are questioning staff. A resident from the 200 block of Coe Road reported at 6:13 p.m. that his or her home was burglarized between 4 p.m. and 6:10 p.m., police said. The back door of the house was open and some costume jewelry was missing. The case is under investigation and there are no suspects at this time. SATURDAY, DEC. 15 Police stopped a man who fled Jewel-Osco, 303 Holmes Avenue, after he was observed filling a bag with the medication Prilosec at…
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Hinsdale police reports, Oct. 30-Nov. 5
SATURDAY, NOV. 3 Someone pumped $63 worth of gas at the Mobil station at 8 W. Chicago Ave. and left without paying at 9:18 p.m. Nov. 3. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 31 A burglar entered a home under construction in the 5500 block of South Park Street and stole from it approximately $3,360 worth of electrical wire and copper pipe between 5:15 p.m. Oct. 30 and 7:42 a.m. Oct. 31. TUESDAY, OCT. 30 A 16-year-old boy from Hinsdale was charged with several drug offenses after he was seen leaving a Hinsdale Central bathroom that smelled strongly of burnt cannabis at 10:41 a.m. Oct. 30, police said. He was found to be in possession of both cannabis and a white pill for which he did not have a prescription, police said. The juvenile also had a cannabis pipe, as…
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Three thefts that took place while cleaning-service workers had access to the homes were also reported by Hinsdale Police.
Possession of a controlled substance—James C. Brandt, of 635 S. Park Ave. in Hinsdale, was arrested when he was found to be in possession of a substance that tested positive for heroin after police officers responding to a suspicious vehicle report found the suspect behind the wheel of the vehicle in the 10 block of East Hickory Street at 1:02 a.m. Dec. 17, according to the Hinsdale Police Department. Deputy Chief Mark Wodka said Brandt's car was parked in front of the house of the person who made the suspicious vehicle report. Officers determined during a talk with Brandt that he was likely in possession of a controlled substance, Wodka said, though the suspect was not under the influence at the time. Wodka said Brandt, 22, has one prior …
Teri D. Springer
1:03 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
Wow...a high school student at HT found to have pot....now that's news.....NOT. more ›