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the orland park prairie | October 20, 2016 | 13
Police Reports
Two charged with felonies after allegedly trying to take baseball jerseys
Christopher Campos,
20, of 9147 Central Ave.
in Oak Lawn, and Cristian
A. Santiago, 20, of 9624
Kolmar Ave. in Oak Lawn,
each were charged Sept. 22
with one felony count of
retail theft after they allegedly
worked together to try
to take four baseball jerseys
valued at a total of $480 from
a department store at Orland
Square. They reportedly
each grabbed two jerseys
and entered separate fitting
rooms. Campos then entered
the room where Santiago
was, and the items were concealed
in shopping bags, police
said. The two reportedly
tried to leave the store before
they were stopped.
Sept. 26
• Nadia Ashrafi, 44, of 9850
El Cameno Lane in Orland
Park, was charged with failure
to give information after
striking other property, no insurance
and failure to notify
SOS of address change after
she allegedly struck the side
of a building while driving a
2000 Honda Odyssey in the
9800 block of 151st Street.
The vehicle reportedly did
damage to the brick exterior
of the building, knocked
three satellite dishes down
and knocked a gutter downspout
to the ground. A natural
gas meter also was knocked
off the residence, causing
a gas leak, police said. The
gas company reportedly
was called to the scene and
stopped the gas leak.
A green, plastic piece
from a bumper and a Honda
hubcap were found at the
scene, police said. A vehicle
with heavy front-end damage,
matching a description
provided by witnesses, was
spotted on southbound La-
Grange Road and stopped,
police said. Ashrafi was
driving, and someone identified
both she and the van,
police said.
Sept. 25
• LaDaisha A. Martin, 18,
of 1637 Stewart Ave. in
Chicago, was charged with
retail theft and obstructing
identification after she allegedly
tried to take six jewelry
items and two miscellaneous
accessories valued at a total
of $45.98 from a store at Orland
Square. She reportedly
concealed the items in a bag
and tried to leave the store.
She also had an active Cook
County warrant for failure
to appear on a retail theft
charge related to Chicago
Ridge, police said. She reportedly
gave police a false
name and date of birth.
Sept. 23
• Kortnei Sharice Seales,
22, of 14419 S. Dearborn
in Riverdale, was charged
with theft, as well as receiving
goods/services in violation
of the Credit/Debit Card
Act, after she allegedly used
someone else’s debit card
three days prior to making
purchases valued at a total
of $14.89 at three different
restaurants at the food court
at Orland Square. She reportedly
then gave the card to a
man while she was working
at a department store at Orland
Square. He tried to use
the card to purchase shoes,
but it was declined, police
said.
Sept. 22
• Keante Isiah Marshall,
18, of 4645 182nd Place in
Country Club Hills, was
charged with felony retail
theft after he allegedly tried
to take 10 clothing items valued
at a total of $510 from
a department store at Orland
Square. He reportedly took
the items into a fitting room,
concealed them in a shopping
bag and tried to leave
the store.
Sept. 19
• John Murray Jr., 62, of
7244 S. Coles Ave. in Chicago,
was charged with forgery,
identity theft and retail
theft after he allegedly tried
to use a suspended accounted
and identification linked
to another person’s information
to buy four gift cards
with a total value of $175,
while also trying to take
a watch valued at $64.95,
from a store on Orland Park
Place. He also was charged
with another count each of
forgery and identity theft for
allegedly trying to use temporary
paperwork for an account
to make purchases at
the same store on Sept. 12.
Murray on Sept. 19 allegedly
concealed the watch in
his pocket after removing it
from its packaging. He then
tried to buy the aforementioned
gift cards on a charge
account that was suspended,
then left the store before he
was stopped and arrested,
police said. He reportedly
had a different name on the
driver’s license he was carrying.
He also had temporary
charge papers for an account
opened under another
name, fraudulently, and that
account was suspended for
suspicious purchases, including
on Sept. 12, police
said. Murray reportedly was
observed on video making
purchases with the temporary
papers.
The image on file with
the Secretary of State for
the driver’s license carried
by Murray was not his, and
the person whose number is
associated with the driver’s
license number was contacted,
police said.
Editor’s note: The Orland Park
Prairie’s police reports come
from the Orland Park Police
Department. Anyone listed in
these reports is considered to
be innocent of all charges until
proven guilty in a court of law.
FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT
Arrowhead Ales wins
seven trophies at Southland
competition
Arrowhead Ales Brewing
Company owner and master
brewer Mike Bacon entered
the Pints & Pork Challenge
earlier this month with possibly
the least amount of
brewing experience against
seven in the competition.
But by the time the contest
ended, he left with seven
trophies — three for first
place and four second place
— recognizing his beer, pork
and pairings.
“It’s kind of reassuring to
a lot of people around here
and who we’ve entered
against that we are players
in the game and we’re here
and we mean business,”
Bacon said.
Bacon ran the risk of not
using a standard style of
beer, like an IPA, wheat beer
or stout. Instead, he entered
his Jive Turkey sweet potato
ale, which is his take
on a pumpkin pie-type of
beer. And he paired it with
his pork entry — an egg roll
stuffed with shredded pork
shoulder.
With the beer — which is
available at Arrowhead for
a limited time — Bacon envisioned
the doughiness and
crunchiness of the egg roll to
work like the pie crust on the
pallet.
Reporting by James Sanchez,
Editor. For more, visit
NewLenoxPatriot.com.
FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION
IEPA announces Tinley
vehicle emission testing
facility to close Nov. 1
The vehicle emissions
testing facility along Duvan
Drive in Tinley Park is to
close, effective Nov. 1, according
to a spokeswoman
for the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency.
“Illinois EPA is streamlining
the vehicle emission
testing program as a result
of a new testing contract that
will take effect as of Nov.
1,” IEPA spokeswoman Kim
Biggs said in an interview.
Biggs said the state mandates
a testing facility be located
no more than 12 miles
from a resident’s home.
“[The new contract] will
result in significant cost savings
to [Illinois], and while
it does include some test
station locations that will be
closing, there will also be
some new inspection repair
facilities that will no longer
require appointments for
residents who want to use
those facilities,” Biggs said.
Locations for these new facilities
are still being finalized,
she said. The next closest station
is located in Markham at
3824 W. 159th Place.
Tinley Park Mayor Dave
Seaman said he does not
anticipate much backlash to
closing of the facility.
“Testing only occurs once
every two years,” he said.
Reporting by Brittany Kapa,
Assistant Editor. For more, visit
TinleyJunction.com.
FROM THE HOMER HORIZON
Garden Patch Farms commits
to fresh food alongside Fall
Fest
Garden Patch Farms in
Homer Glen is a personal
business for co-owner Lexie
Miller, and not just because
it runs in the family.
The food she and her
brother and fellow co-owner,
Tony Ndoca, sell in their
farm’s store — from justlaid
eggs to apples — often
make it to her own table.
“Not only does it save at
the grocery store, but we’re
big believers in growing
what you eat,” Miller said.
That homegrown aspect
is what makes Garden Patch
Farms different, they said.
Its free Fall Fest runs every
weekend through the end of
October, and its store and
other activities are open daily
for the season.
Garden Patch offers pickit-yourself
apples, pumpkins,
and other goods and
produce, which it sells both
at its store and farmers’ markets.
The Fall Fest includes a
bounce house, straw maze
and hayrides, along with a
petting zoo with animals
from the Monee animal
sanctuary Erin’s Farm.
“What we do here, we
think is good,” Miller said.
“I think we bring a lot of
value to what people find at
[our] store.”
Reporting by Kirsten Onsgard,
Assistant Editor. For more, visit
HomerHorizon.com.