The following items were taken from police and court reports and news releases. An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt.
Burbank
AGGRAVATED BATTERY: Levell C. Bess, 45, Chicago, was arrested March 17 and accused of aggravated battery, aggravated assault, resisting arrest and trespassing after kicking and attempting to punch a paramedic at Speedway, 7859 Harlem Ave., police said.
MOB ACTION: Bella Ramos, 18, 7700 block of Beloit Avenue, Bridgeview, and Sirenity Galvez, 18, Chicago, were arrested March 24 and charged with mob action and contributing to the deliquency of a minor in the 5100 block of 80th Place, police said.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: Armando J. Maldonado, 37, Chicago, was arrested and accused of aggravated assault March 24 in the 4800 block of 85th Place after threatening an individual with a knife at a structured-living facility, police said.
Chicago Ridge
AGGRAVATED BATTERY: Anthony Kernats, 40, Chicago Ridge, was arrested March 29 and accused of aggravated battery to a police officer and aggravated assault to a police officer after attempting to stab an officer and later hitting two officers with a thrown knife in an apartment building in the10200 block of Southwest Highway, police said. Officers responding to noise complaints used a Taser on Kernats, a tenant, after he exited a utility closet and threw the knife, police said.
Evergreen Park
BURGLARY: Lashawn J. Rankine, 26, East Chicago, Indiana, was arrested March 21 and accused of residential burglary at a vacant house in the 9400 block of Springfield Avenue after officers encountered him on the property with a leased moving van, police said.
IDENTITY THEFT: Aisha D. Conley, 37, Marion, Iowa, and Brandon D. Loving, 35, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, were arrested and accused of identity theft March 23 after officers recovered Illinois assistance benefits cards registered to other people and a credit card processor, police said.
Homewood
IDENTITY THEFT: Grace McMurtry, 45, 3200 block of Charlemagne Avenue, Hazel Crest, was arrested March 10 and subsequently charged with aggravated identity theft/victim at least 60 after using the victim’s bank account to make credit card payments totaling $7,867.62, police said.
Midlothian
MAN SHOT: Two masked gun-wielding individuals wounded a man at about 1 a.m. April 6 outside a bar in the 14600 block of Waverly Avenue, police said. The victim was taken to an medical facility for a neck wound, police said.
New Lenox
TRAILER THEFT: A semi-trailer transporting merchandise valued at $125,000 from a warehouse in the 2200 block of Berens Drive to California was reported missing March 31 after failing to reach its destination.
TOOLS STOLEN: Tools valued at $14,700 were reported missing April 3 from three trailers in the 2400 block of Laraway Road.
Oak Lawn
SCHOOL LOCKDOWNS: Area schools were placed on lockdown at about 10:15 a.m. April 3 after a resident in the 9400 block of Parkside Avenue reported encountering an armed individual in his backyard. An area search resulted in the arrest of Ryan Dace, 36, 24200 block of Timberline Trail, Crete, police said. Dace is scheduled to appear in Cook County court, Bridgeview, May 21, charged with assault and trespassing, police said.
AGGRAVATED BATTERY: Police say one man slashed another in the face with a knife during an early morning March 23 argument over a $9 bag of marijuana at an undisclosed residential location.
DEALING ALLEGED: Hamed E. Taha, 26, block of Keeler Avenue, Oak Lawn, was arrested March 30 and subsequently charged with possession of more than 5,000 grams of cannabis with intent to distribute after officers recovered 27.4 pounds of marijuana in 28 vacuum-sealed bags, $516 cash and a 9 mm pistol at 87th Street and Lamon Avenue and determined he lacked gun permits, police said.
Orland Park
WEAPON POSSESSION: Darnell D. Stevenson, 24, 4600 block of Blarney Drive, Matteson, and Dekwan A. Turner, 23, 500 block of Oglesby Avenue, Calumet City, were arrested March 10 outside of Orland Square mall after officers recovered a .40 caliber firearm with attached laser sight and loaded magazine, two additional magazines, 7½ ounces of cannabis in 58 bags, 33 black market opiate-based pain pills, $377 cash and a digital scale, and determined neither had a gun permit, police said. Stevenson was subsequently charged with being an armed habitual criminal, possessing up to 499 grams of cannabis with intent to deliver and possessing a controlled substance and Turner was charged with possessing up to 499 grams of cannabis with intent to deliver, police said.
Park Forest
BURGLARY: Security cameras at the former Rich East High School building on March 20 show several individuals stripping copper wire and removing ceiling tile before spraying the camera lenses, police said.
DUI CRASH: Kameesha A. Vazquez, 21, Merrillville, Indiana, was arrested and accused of driving under the influence of drugs, failing to reduce speed to avoid a collision and driving without proof of insurance after an officer determined she had been smoking marijuana during a March 23 crash investigation on Westwood Drive near Well Street, police said.
Steger
ARMED ROBBERY: Cash and cigarettes were taken at gunpoint at 1:02 a.m. April 6 at a gas station in the 3500 block of Chicago Road, police said. No one was harmed and the cash, with dye pack, was recovered at a truck weigh station in Sauk Village on Lincoln Highway, police said.
Tinley Park
BURGLARY CHARGED: Jeremy D. Bartel, 40, Chicago, was charged April 5 with burglary, criminal property damage and resisting arrest 4½ hours after breaking into a tabletop gaming retail store in the 8000 block of 171st Street, police said. Bartel was taken into custody 20 minutes after an officer saw him smash the glass front door and enter the building, police said.
University Park
STABBING: Larry J. Gray, 44, 700 block of Red Oak Lane, was arrested March 29 and charged with aggravated domestic battery, according to court records online.
