The following items were taken from police and court reports and news releases. An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt.
Chicago Heights
GUN POSSESSION: Enrique Rodriguez-Lopez, 19, 1000 block of Chicago Road, Chicago Heights, is scheduled to appear in Cook County court at Markham Nov. 17, charged with aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon, according to Cook County sheriff’s police. Deputies arrested Lopez during an Oct. 18 stop after recovering a loaded 9 mm pistol, as well as a sandwich bag containing 35 loose bullets, sheriff’s police said.
Evergreen Park
ARMED ROBBERY: Two people displayed handguns while a third vaulted the counter and took two cash register drawers at 6:35 a.m. Oct. 9 at a convenience store in the 2700 block of 95th Street before driving away in a white vehicle recovered abandoned on Chicago’s South Side, police said. Investigators learned from Chicago police it was the third holdup at gunpoint that morning, police said.
Harvey
ATTEMPTED MURDER: Solomon Alexander, 25, Chicago, is scheduled to appear in the George N. Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on Nov. 11, charged with attempted first-degree murder, according to police and Cook County sheriff’s records online. Alexander shot a man on Nov. 21, 2024 outside the man’s residence, disabling the man and then fired more shots at him as he lay on the ground, police said. He is being held without bond in Cook County Jail, according to sheriff’s records online.
Homewood
DUI CRASH: Lorae Harper, 50, 100 block of Craig Drive, Chicago Heights, was arrested Sept. 21 and accused of drunken driving and failing to reduce speed to avoid a collision during a crash investigation at Halsted Street and Ridge Road, police said.
ARMED ROBBERY: Devon Smallwood, 35, Freeport, is scheduled to appear in Cook County court at Bridgeview Dec. 3, charged with armed robbery and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, according to police and Cook County sheriff’s records online. Officers arrested Smallwood at a gas station in the 17500 block of Dixie Highway at about 11:30 p.m. Nov. 1, after he displayed a handgun and demanded $300 cash from the clerk, police said.
Lansing
GUN POSSESSION: Shawntell Curry, 51, 1700 block of Memorial Drive, Calumet City, was arrested Oct. 21 and subsequently charged with unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon after officers recovered a loaded 19 mm pistol while frisking him and determined he was a felon during a stop in the 17400 block of Torrence Avenue, police said.
Lockport
BURGLARY CHARGED: Kenyon O. Givens, 25, 900 block of Patricia Lane, Crete, is scheduled to appear in Will County court Nov. 17, charged with burglary and criminal damage to property, according to Will County court records online. Givens broke into a vehicle in October 2023 in the 15900 block of 147th Street and took a laptop computer and five pairs of shoes, police said. He was indicted Oct. 31, 2024 and arrested Oct. 16 on a warrant, court records show.
Oak Lawn
AGGRAVATED BATTERY: Pierre D. Ellis, was arrested Oct. 10 and subsequently charged with aggravated battery and felony retail theft after grappling with officers while resisting arrest during an investigation that began at a pharmacy in the 4700 block of 95th Street and ended at 94th Street and Cicero Avenue, police said.
ROAD RAGE: John B. Gray, 68, 4400 block of 127th Street, Alsip, was arrested Oct. 18 and subsequently charged with unlawful use of a weapon after brandishing a loaded .45 caliber handgun with a loaded magazine at another motorist during an argument at 109th Street and Cicero Avenue, police said. Investigators also asked state police to review Gray’s gun permit and concealed carry license, police said.
Orland Park
REVOKED CRASH: A Tinley Park man with a revoked license drove into a pedestrian trying to prevent him from fleeing a two-vehicle crash at 151st Street and 80th Avenue Oct. 10, police said. Frank M. Norton, 67, 7500 block of 159th Street, was arrested Oct. 13 at the Orland Park police station and charged with battery, driving on a revoked license, failing to reduce speed to avoid a collision, hit-and-run and failing to produce proof of insurance, police said.
DUI CRASH: Brian J. Creevy, 46, 7700 block of 158th Court, Orland Park, was arrested Oct. 12 during a two-vehicle crash investigation at 76th Avenue and Tiffany Drive after mixing a codeine-based medicine with alcohol, police said. Creevy is scheduled to appear in Cook County court Nov. 14, charged with driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, failing to reduce speed to avoid a collision and failing to produce proof of insurance, police said.
Thornton
COMMERCIAL BURGLARY: Several individuals forced open the rear door of a bar and grill in the 100 block of Margaret Street a little before 1:30 a.m. Oct. 27 and then broke into video gambling machines inside, police said. Harvey police recovered a sport utility vehicle the individuals used for transport, police said.
Tinley Park
DRUG BUST: A Riverside County, California, man accused of possessing more than 11 pounds of marijuana is scheduled to appear in Will County court Nov. 21, charged with cannabis trafficking, according to Will County court records online. An Illinois State Police investigation led to the arrest of German Velasco, 52, Corona, California, on Sept. 24, and his booking into the Will County jail by Tinley Park police, according to court and sheriff’s records online.
