Crime & Safety

Vandals Bring Christmas Train to a Halt: Will County Police Blotter

Will County Sheriff's Office reports, Dec. 5-8 • Vandals Bring Christmas Train to a Halt • Underage Alcohol Possession in Frankfort • DUI, Speeding and Pot Possession in New Lenox.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5

Vandals Bring Christmas Train to a Halt

Unknown persons cut the power cord used to light a Christmas train in the front yard of a residence on the 100 block of Kalarama Drive in New Lenox.

SATURDAY, DEC. 8

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Underage Alcohol Possession in Frankfort

James F. Wilkens, 20, of the 20700 block of S. Ellen Lane in Frankfort, was arrested for improper lane usage and illegal possession of alcohol by a minor at the intersection of E. Colorado Avenue and S. La Grange Road in Frankfort.

DUI, Speeding and Pot Possession in New Lenox

James P. Vogelsanger, 20, of the 12100 block of Blackthorne Ridge Drive in Mokena, was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and possession of less than 30 grams of cannabis at the intersection of S. Country Lane and W. Laraway Road in New Lenox.

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