Thursday, April 18, 2013
The Tinley Park intermediate school was in lockdown as police apprehended a boy with a pellet gun Thursday afternoon. No was hurt, and police say the incident is being handled as a juvenile case.
Hilda Walker Intermediate School was in lockdown Thursday afternoon, and a 15-year-old boy with a pellet gun was taken in to custody after Tinley Park police received a 911 call from a school staffer, according to village and school officials. A 911 call around 2 p.m. Thursday, April 18, reported someone with a gun was seen around the back of Hilda Walker School, said Pat Carr, director of Tinley Park's Emergency Management Agency. A school staff member witnessed the teen with the pellet gun near a park and water retention area behind the school, said Tinley Park Police Chief Steve Neubauer. The staff member told police the teen was aiming the gun at the water but had not fired it, Neubauer added. The lockdown of the school was issued once…
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Thursday, December 27, 2012
Take a look at some of the larger crimes and convictions in Frankfort this year and the people who were accused of committing them.
Most of Frankfort's highest profile crimes of 2012 resulted in suspects being caught and taken to jail. For some of the people in the photos above, they're still in court hearings, hoping to prove their innocence. For others, they were convicted of their crimes this year. The photos were supplied by the Will County Sheriff's Department, the Frankfort Police Department and other law enforcement agencies throughout 2012. For more information on the people in the photos, read the stories below. The famed White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk ignited a flurry of comments and several follow-up stories after his arrest Oct. 23 in New Lenox for DUI. Burglaries Police: Frankfort Burglary Suspect Arrested After Stealing From His Grandma Alexander Q. …
Saturday, December 22, 2012
An 18-year-old Tinley Park man had police and village residents searching for him late Friday and early Saturday.
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Saturday, December 22, 2012
UPDATED: 9:32 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 22 Spiro Chionis was found at 5 a.m. Saturday morning when he walked into a gas station at 147th Street and Kedzie Avenue in Posen, according to a news update from the Village of Tinley Park. UPDATED: 5:53 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 22 Spiro Chionis was found after 5 a.m. Saturday by Posen Police, according to Tinley Park Police. More details to come later today. UPDATED: 1:51 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 22 An 18-year-old man with autism is still missing after Tinley Park Police who was last seen Friday, Dec. 21, in the 7700 block of Marquette Drive, according to a Village of Tinley Park news alert. The teen's name is Spiro Chionis, and he is 6 feet, with black hair. He is wearing a black jacket, red sweater and black …
Friday, December 21, 2012
Bahaa Sam beat his wife with a weightlifting curling bar as their 4-year-old son watched, Will County prosecutors claimed at the Tinley Park man's hearing. Sam is charged with first-degree murder and is being held on $5 million bail.
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Friday, December 21, 2012
UPDATED: 7:27 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20 A Tinley Park man beat his wife with a weightlifting curling bar Wednesday as their 4-year-old son watched, Will County prosecutors said Thursday at a hearing for the 47-year-old man. Bahaa A. Sam was charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Nermeen Gamal Sam, 38. An autopsy report stated she was hit in the head more than 10 times. Bahaa Sam is being held on a $5 million bail. READ: Husband Charged With Murder in Wife's Death in Brookside Glen If Sam posts bond, which is $500,000, he must turn in his American and Egyptian passports to the Will County Sheriff's Office. His next court date is Jan. 11. "If he walks out those jail doors, I want those passports," said Judge Roger Rickmon. …
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Bahaa A. Sam, 47, faces first degree murder in the death of his wife, Nermeen Gamal Sam, 38, according to police. The husband has a history of domestic battery charges, court records show.
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Tinley Park resident Bahaa A. Sam, 47, has been charged with first degree murder in the death of his wife, Nermeen Gamal Sam, 38, according to police. Nermeen Sam had been beaten Wednesday by a blunt object, and her body was found outside her home in the 19700 block of Silverside Drive, near a neighbor's yard, said Tinley Park Police Chief Steve Neubauer. READ: Son to Cops: 'Daddy Killed My Mommy' Police responded at about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, to an ambulance call to the home, a police press release stated. A public works employee had spotted Nermeen Sam's body next to a tree outside and called 911, Neubauer said. Bahaa Sam was immediately taken into custody, the release stated. He was charged Wednesday night and booked in to …
An individual is in custody as Tinley Park Police are investigating the death of a woman in the Brookside Glen subdivision. The incident poses no danger to the community, police say.
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
One woman is dead and a person is in custody Wednesday in what was described as "a domestic case" in the Brookside Glen neighborhood. "Police are stressing that the incident does not pose a danger to the community," a village press release stated. READ: Bus Routes Canceled Due to Police Investigation Tinley Park Police running a death investigation at a house in the 19700 block of Silverside Drive after responded to a call at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17., the release stated. The body of the woman was found in a neighbor's yard, according to a Sun-Times Media report. The names of woman and the man in custody have not been released. Cars slowed down as they approached two houses near the intersection of Silverside and Brookside Glen …
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Patch goes through the timeline of Tuesday's events as two convicted bank robbers escaped from a downtown Chicago prison and made their way to Tinley Park.
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
UPDATED (10:59 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19): The FBI announced Wednesday morning that it is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the capture of Joseph "Jose" Banks and Kenneth Conley, according to an agency press release. Anyone with information on the two men should contact the FBI Chicago office at 312-421-6700 or other local law enforcement. Two convicted bank robbers who escaped a federal prison in downtown Chicago on Tuesday morning and fled to Tinley Park were still at large. Law enforcement officials searched the village and surrounding communities throughout the day for Joseph "Jose" Banks and Kenneth Conley, following tips and information from the public. Patch breaks down what happened Tuesday, who was involved, …
The man whose girlfriend is accused of running over him didn't rat her out to Tinley Park Police when he was initially questioned about the incident, according to a police report.
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
The 21-year-old man who suffered severe burns after his girlfriend allegedly drove over him last week originally told police an unknown vehicle had hit him, dragging him down 175th Street, according to police reports. Christine A. Meyers, 23, was charged with aggravated domestic battery Sunday, Dec. 16, after prosecutors claimed she drove over her boyfriend after picking him up from a bar early Friday. The incident resulted in burns on the man's chest, back and scrotum, the latter injury needing surgery to repair. READ: Man's Burns Require Surgery After Girlfriend Drives Over Him But the boyfriend's initial report to Tinley Park Police paints a drastically different picture of what happened. According to the report, the man had been …
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Sarah Lynn Smith was charged after a traffic stop in Tinley Park.
Sarah Lynn Smith, 20, of the 22000 block of Princeton Circle in Frankfort, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, disobeying a traffic control device and driving with a suspended license after a traffic stop, according to the police report. Police pulled Smith over just before 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 7, after she was traveling east on 183rd Street and illegally turned right on red, heading south on Harlem Avenue, the report stated. A license check by the officer revealed that Smith had a suspended license, and she was put under arrest, the report continued. A search of Smith's car—a 2005 blue Ford Taurus—uncovered a metal pipe used to smoke pot that had residue on it, the report stated. Smith was released on $1,500 bond. This article…
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Alexander Q. Stewart, 20, of Frankfort, faces felony theft and burglary charges for a string of village break-ins, police report. Stewart also is accused of stealing a $1K diamond ring and other items from his grandma before Mokena Police arrested him.
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Saturday, October 6, 2012
A Frankfort man suspected by that village's police force in a string of home burglaries also has been connected to breaking in to his grandmother's Tinley Park home and stealing a $1,000 ring, some gold coins and costume jewelry, according to police reports and court records. Alexander Q. Stewart, 20, of the 8100 block of Parkview Lane, was arrested around 5 p.m. Sept. 28—hours after he allegedly burglarized his grandmother's apartment—and initially charged with felony theft, felony burglary, identity theft and possession of stolen property, according to a Frankfort Police report. The identity theft and possession of stolen property charges were later changed to unlawful possession of a credit or debit card and two counts of misdemeanor …
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8:25 pm on Friday, April 19, 2013
Americans don't need to be disarmed. I myself am thankful that the police acted as quickly as they did in this situation. My child is a student at this school and I am pleased with how the staff and police responded. If parents would be more active in their children's lives maybe this boy wouldn't have done something this stupid. Until all if the animals / criminals start to abide by the laws … more ›