Dine and Dash Leads to Coke Bust: Mokena Police Blotter

Four suspects from Mokena and Frankfort were arrested after eating at Denny's and then leaving without paying. The four were later stopped by Mokena Police and two suspects were carrying cocaine.

Three Frankfort men and one Mokena man might have dodged a Denny's bill, but they couldn't avoid being charged for possession of a controlled substance later the same morning. James F. Payer, 20. of the 7300 block of W. Braemar Lane, Frankfort, and Ryan A. Smith, 19, of the 8700 block of W. St. Francis Road, Frankfort, Joesph M. Pergolizzi, 29, of the 19400 block of Cherry Street, Mokena, and Andrew J. Coules, 19, of the 7700 block of W. Kingston Drive, Frankfort, were all arrested on charges of theft under $500 following an incident at Denny's, 19099 Old La Grange Road at 2:40 a.m. on Nov. 9. Smith and Pergolizzi were also charged with possession of a controlled substance. Officers in the Denny's parking lot watched as a male subject fled…

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Chowdown Showdown

Have Your Cake and Improve Your Eyesight, Too: Who Has the Best Carrot Cake?

This week, our taster took one for the team and tried carrot cake at three Lincoln-Way places.

See next week's food challenge at the bottom of this column, comment below and you could receive a $50 gift card to a local restaurant in a random drawing. For more rules and details, see the Chowdown Showdown Giveaway guidelines. Carrots are one of the sweetest vegetables on earth. It only makes sense, then, that they be used to sweeten baked goods. Not only do carrots add natural sweetness, but they offer texture and color, too. I adore carrot cake; I like mine with walnuts, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon, raisins and, of course, cream cheese icing, although some recipes might include pineapple, ginger or even coconut. Carrot cake comes in many forms: sheet cake, layer cake, cupcake, and, as I found at Pickwick, even as mini cupcakes.  …

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Michael Sewall

4:32 pm on Sunday, May 29, 2011

Kathy, you won a random drawing today to become a finalist for our monthly gift card giveaway! Toward the end of June, we'll conduct another random drawing among four finalists and the winner will get a $50 gift card to a featured local restaurant. Thank you for reading Patch!   more ›