An 18-year-old Skokie man and a juvenile face felony expenses of possessing a stolen motorized vehicle, and presumably different offenses, after they have been arrested March 1 simply after 1 p.m. inside a stolen 2014 Jeep Cherokee parked on the North Riverside Park Mall, 7501 Cermak Highway.
The arrests are the newest examples of North Riverside police figuring out stolen automobiles coming into the mall property utilizing license plater reader cameras. Police have recovered a number of stolen automobiles and have made a number of arrests because of knowledge captured by the cameras and transmitted to officers on patrol.
Jonathan Curtis, who was behind the wheel of the Jeep when police swarmed the automobile within the east car parking zone, additionally was charged with aggravated illegal use of a weapon after police reported recovering a loaded 9 mm handgun on his particular person throughout a pat down following his arrest.
The proprietor of the Jeep reportedly informed police the automobile was stolen after being left working and unlocked whereas the proprietor was working an errand on the north facet of Chicago on the morning of Feb. 28.
Inside minutes of the automobile theft, Curtis and the juvenile reportedly used the sufferer’s bank card to buy 10 reward playing cards totaling $1,600 from a Jewel-Osco. The next day, they allegedly used these reward playing cards to buy lots of of {dollars} in merchandise in Chicago and at North Riverside Park Mall.
Police reported recovering reward playing cards on each Curtis and the juvenile and recovered newly bought merchandise from the Jeep.
In keeping with the police report, Curtis tried to drive away from police as they approached within the mall car parking zone, putting a parked SUV and the entrance finish of a police squad automobile. Police reportedly smashed out the passenger facet window of the Jeep and dragged Curtis out of the automobile.
Police additionally charged Curtis, who as of March 6 remained in custody at Cook dinner County Jail, with felony injury to authorities property.
Packages stolen
- A lady who lives in an house constructing within the first block of Forest Avenue, Riverside, went to police on Feb. 27 to report that on Feb. 24 two packages containing clothes and a mirror have been delivered to her constructing whereas she was at work.
When she returned residence, neither bundle could possibly be discovered.
- A 44-year-old Brookfield resident went to police on Feb. 27 to report {that a} bundle delivered to his residence earlier within the month had been stolen.
The sufferer informed police that the bundle was alleged to arrive on Feb. 9. When it didn’t he contacted UPS and was knowledgeable that they’d certainly delivered the bundle, leaving it on the entrance step of his residence.
DUI, reckless driving
North Riverside police charged a 26-year-old Cicero lady with aggravated dashing, reckless driving and driving drunk after officers pursued her white Chevy Malibu because it sped eastbound on Cermak Highway from fifth Avenue at speeds in extra 60 and 70 mph on March 5 at about 3:10 a.m.
In keeping with police, the driving force sped via purple lights at First Avenue and Harlem Avenue earlier than coming to a cease within the left visitors lane on Cermak Highway close to Kenilworth Avenue in Berwyn.
She reportedly appeared intoxicated and was uncooperative with police whereas she was in custody, refusing sobriety assessments. Police additionally cited her for failure to yield, disobeying a purple gentle and working a automobile with expired registration.
Automobile leaves roadway in entrance of college
Paramedics transported a 96-year-old Riverside man to the hospital for medical analysis after he reportedly drove his Dodge van over a pedestrian cease signal in the course of the roadway on the intersection of Longcommon and Herrick roads and dragged it for a few block and a half earlier than turning onto Woodside Highway, leaping the curb and driving on the parkway in entrance of Central Faculty on Feb. 26 at about 9:05 a.m.
Nobody was damage and the van wasn’t severely broken. Police discovered the van parked on Maplewood Highway. The driving force appeared disoriented, police stated, and couldn’t bear in mind how the crash occurred or how he ended up on Maplewood Highway.
Police cited him for injury to village property.
Aggravated dashing
A 39-year-old Chicago lady was charged by North Riverside police with aggravated dashing on March 4 at round 12:40 a.m. after a police officer on patrol reported observing her white Jaguar touring at 70 mph in a 35-mph zone whereas northbound within the 2400 block of First Avenue.
The automobile, which had expired registration, additionally reportedly drove via a purple gentle because it turned eastbound onto Cermak Highway. Following a visitors cease, police additionally issued the driving force citations for dashing, disobeying a purple gentle and expired registration.
Doing doughnuts at Central/Hauser
Riverside police responded to the rear car parking zone of the Central Faculty/Hauser Junior Excessive campus, 56 Woodside Ave., on March 4 round 4:05 p.m. after somebody referred to as to report a white Ford Mustang with silver racing stripes doing doughnuts on the asphalt.
Police have been unable to find the automobile. The witness was capable of present police with a video, however the automobile had no entrance license plate and the video didn’t seize the rear plate.
This stuff have been obtained from police stories filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, Feb. 26-March 5, and signify a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Until in any other case indicated, anyone named in these stories has solely been charged with against the law. These instances haven’t been adjudicated.
