Domestic Battery, DUI: Police Blotter

MONDAY, July 23

Domestic Battery, Again

Keith R. Stermin, 33, of the 11600 block of Blackhawk Court, was arrested for domestic battery after officers responded to an anonymous tip of a domestic disturbance. The victim told police that Stermin had just returned home from a previous arrest for the same type of incident when he began grabbing at her and hit her, according to reports. Police took Stermin into custody and transported him to the Will County Adult Detention Facility.

THURSDAY, July 19

Drugs and Driving, Not a Good Combo

Charlestta S. Bandy, 36, of the 4200 block of E. Linwood Boulevard, in Kasas City, Mo., was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance, driving under the influence of drugs, and driving without headlights when required, improper lane usage and bringing a controlled substance into a penal institution, following a stop by Mokena Police.

Officers said that they saw Bandy leave the Shell gas station, 19100 S LaGrange Rd., and drive straddling the center line and white lines on the road. During a traffic stop, officers noted a small bottle containing an unknown yellow liquid in it, which Bandy said was alcohol. Bandy was given standard field sobriety tests, which she failed, and was taken to the Mokena Police Department.

While at the police department, Bandy admitted the yellow liquid was PCP and that she was dipping her cigarettes in it and them smoking them to get high.

She was then charged and taken to the Will County Adult Detention Facility, where officers located another bottle of PCP on her person.

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