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 Mokena this year and the people who were accused of committing them.
Most of Mokena'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 Mokena 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. Sex Abuse of a Child Mokena Man's Mug Appears Five Times in One Year Timothy J. Ignowski, 21, was charged July…
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, …
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Donovan Campbell, 42, of Mokena, who has been charged with the assault of a Tinley Park restaurant manager, will have his day in court, starting Jan. 15.
The assault trial of a Mokena man accused in the beating of a Tinley Park restaurant manager will begin in January in a Bridgeview courtroom, officials agreed at a hearing Friday, Nov. 2. READ: Victim Was Aggressor in Outriggers Assault, Defense Says That hearing also delivered a potential boost to the claim that Donovan Campbell, 42, was acting in self-defense when he got into a physical altercation with the manager about his bill on March 18, 2011. Judge Colleen Ann Hyland ruled that the defense can call a witness to testify that she has also had a run-in with the manager about her own bill. Authorities say Campbell's altercation began when he became upset over his bill at Outriggers. Donovan slapped the manager in the face and punched …
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Thursday, October 11, 2012
The defense attorney for a Mokena man accused of assaulting a Tinley Park restaurant manager wants a witness to testify that the manager has had previous confrontations with customers.
The defense attorney for a Mokena man accused of assaulting a Tinley Park restaurant manager argued Wednesday, Oct. 10, that a woman who had a previous run-in with the alleged victim should be allowed to testify at a trial. READ: Defense in Outriggers Assault Case Files 'Material' Against Victim Donovan Campbell, 42, is claiming self-defense for his role in the March 18, 2011, incident. Authorities say the altercation began when Campbell became upset over his bill at Outriggers. Donovan slapped the manager in the face and punched his chest when asked to leave, police said. Witnesses told police that Campbell then put the 55-year-old manager in a choke hold and wrestled him to the ground. The manager suffered eight broken ribs and a …
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Five Indiana men were accused of felony mob action, among other charges, during a Monday afternoon court appearance. Two men who prosecutors say were targeted in the Ashford House attack were charged separately.
Bail was set Monday for five Indiana men who stood as a group in connection with a Saturday afternoon mob-style attack in Tinley Park. Two among those targeted in the attack, who officials say are associated with white supremacist organizations, were also charged. They appeared before a judge separately. Dylan J. Sutherlin, 20, Cody Lee Edward Sutherlin, 23, and Alex R. Stuck, 22, all of Bloomington, Ind.; joined Jason W. Sutherlin, 33, of Gosport, Ind.; and John S. Tucker, 26, of Spencer, Ind., in front of Cook County Associate Judge Terence B. Smith. A group of about a dozen showed in court to support the suspects. Several of them collectively gasped when the highest bail amount—$250,000 for Jason Sutherlin because of his criminal …
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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 ›