Monday, April 8, 2013
Woman refused to unlock her doors, ran over cop and got away during drug arrest, police said.
An arrest warrant was obtained for a former resident who eluded arrest during a pre-arranged cocaine sting, reports said. Oak Lawn police learned from a “confidential source” that Brittany Alyssa Rotto, 23, of the 700 block of Schoolgate Road, in New Lenox, had allegedly called to ask if he wanted to purchase two eight-balls of cocaine. Sign up for the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter, New Lenox Patch newsletter and Tinley Park Patch newsletter. Follow us on Oak Lawn Facebook, New Lenox and Tinley Park Facebook. Detectives arranged a sale between the confidential source and Rotto in the McDonald’s parking lot at 91st Street and Cicero Avenue. Police set up surveillance and at 9:40 p.m. March 17, Rotto’s gray Mazda entered the parking lot, …
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Will County Forest Preserve Police arrest a Mokena man for allegedly fondling a New Lenox woman on Old Plank Trail, Sun-Times Media reports.
A 26-year-old Mokena man was arrested for groping a woman jogger Monday in New Lenox. The woman told Will County Forest Preserve police that he yelled "April Fools" then groped her while she was jogging along Old Plank Trail. Sun-Times Media reports that while the woman was running about 12:45 p.m. on Old Plank Trail between Constitution and Schoolhouse roads, she passed Adrian Garcia. When she slowed and began walking to cool down, a man wearing a white hoodie attacked her. “He ran up behind her, grabbed her breast and yelled ‘April Fools,’” she said. “She started yelling at him and said she would call the police so he took off.” Read more about the woman's help in arresting the man in the Sun-Times Media. Garcia is facing charges of …
Monday, March 4, 2013
A Palos Hills man claiming to be a white supremacist kicked and spat at police.
A Palos Hills man claiming to be a white supremacist kicked and spat at police who chased him down after he attempted to run over a customer in the parking lot at Walgreens in Frankfort. James Schoepf, 46, Palos Hills, was stopped Feb. 23 by Mokena police as he was fleeing the parking lot at Walgreens at Route 30 and Harlem Avenue in Frankfort. Police said the incident at Walgreens started as a "theft in progress." According to the report, Mokena police responded the alert when a car matching the description was spotted headed north on LaGrange Road at LaPorte Road. He reportedly led police on a chase that ended on Lakeview Way in Mokena. Police said he leaned over to the passenger side of his vehicle and appeared to reaching for something…
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Mokena Police Department reports, Nov. 4-6 • Pot Possession and a Runaway Arrestee • Alleged Trespassing and Accusations at St. Mary Church • Father-Son Fight Leads to Arrests for Both.
Editor's Note: This article was edited after publication. SUNDAY, NOV. 4 Two Mokena men face a slew of charges after one was discovered with pot in his car and the other gave Mokena police the runaround. Scott R. Stec, 22, of the 10700 block of Crystal Creek Drive, is charged with aggravated battery and resisting and obstructing a peace officer, after he aggressively attempted to evade arrest, according to police reports. Marko Blagojevic, 21, of the 10600 block of Revere Road, is charged with possession of cannabis and possession of drug equipment, after police discovered the drugs and accessories in his car. An officer on patrol was driving westbound on Crystal Creek Drive, when he saw a vehicle parked at 1:50 a.m. on a driveway on the …
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
A judge ruled has missing photos are a moot point in the trial of Joseph Messina of New Lenox, charged with punching a Joliet resident into a coma outside of a Mokena bar in 2009.
A defense motion for mistrial with prejudice was denied Monday in the aggravated battery case of 24-year-old Joseph Messina, of New Lenox. A Will County judge also denied an opportunity for a motion for a mistrial that would impeach the prosecution. Messina is accused of punching a Joliet man to the ground in a bar fight and knocking his head against the pavement. Since then, Eric Bartels, 29, has remained unable to speak or see. Will County Judge Sarah Jones said after having reviewed the testimony and case law provided, it became "very obvious" that both the state and the defense were unaware of photos pertaining to Messina's hands until June when police investigators indicated that they were part of the stream of evidence. …
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Mokena police reports, Jan. 17-22
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
SUNDAY, JAN. 22 Krystal C. James, 24, of the 3800 block of Grand Avenue in Chicago, was charged with aggravated battery to a police officer. Police said they were called to the Super 8 Motel shortly after midnight and found a man pinning James to a bed on the second floor, complaining that she was drunk and “out of control.” Once released, James allegedly “put her hand in the face” of one officer and during questioning threw a plastic clothes hanger, striking another officer just below the eye. Police said a Mokena man and Wilmington woman were each charged with domestic battery following a drunken fight. Officers responded to the 10100 block of Kirkstone Way Court around 4:15 a.m. and got conflicting explanations about the cuts on each's …
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Police said Matthew M. Warner, 45, tussled with cops after his second arrest. He's charged with DUI, aggravated battery and felony criminal damage.
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
All in the matter of hours, a Frankfort man was arrested twice in Mokena on Dec. 16 and slapped with 13 offenses related to drunken driving, fighting and destruction of police property. Police said they stopped a car in the 19900 block of LaGrange Road at 1:20 a.m. for squealing tires during a turn and swerving between lanes. Officers smelled alcohol, according to the report, and asked the driver if they knew why they stopped him—to which he replied, “Yeah, I was kind of all over the road.” Matthew M. Warner, 45, of the 21300 block of Windy Hill Drive in Frankfort, was arrested, police said, after failing field sobriety tests and telling police he had mixed as many as five beers with unknown painkillers before getting behind the wheel. On …
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jim
9:17 pm on Saturday, May 11, 2013
I believe your 100 percent right!! While uniformed people waste there time on personal vendetta on issues that are much more important than things that should really be handled. People make mistakes and your right there are bigger fish to catch in the game of drug cartel!!! Bless Her and Hopefully she will change some choices in life! more ›