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14 | January 19, 2017 | The Mokena Messenger News
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Police Reports
Police: Woman failed to yield, caused collision
Havva Kiana-Haresabadi,
30, of 21408 Sage Brush Lane
in Mokena, was charged Jan.
9 with driving without a valid
license and failure to yield
while turning left after police
were dispatched to Wolf
Road and Lincoln Highway
in response to a vehicle collision
that caused a personal
injury. When police asked to
see her driver’s license and
proof of insurance, Kiana-
Haresabadi reportedly produced
an international driving
permit that expired one
year from the date of issuance,
which was November
2015. The alleged victim of
the collision told police that
she was driving through the
intersection when the gray
Ford Kiana-Haresabadi was
driving turned left into the intersection,
causing the collision,
according to the report.
Jan. 5
• LeJuan F. Johnson, 20,
of 15708 St. Louis Ave. in
Markham, was charged Jan.
5 with driving without a
valid license and improper
lighting after police reportedly
observed the gold
Dodge Stratus he was driving
traveling on 191st Street
near La Grange Road without
headlights activated. After
initiating a traffic stop,
police reportedly discovered
that Johnson did not have a
valid driver’s license.
Dec. 30
• Police were reportedly dispatched
to Crossmark Site
Utilities in response to a
theft. The complainant told
police that he arrived at the
shop and later checked the
storage container on the
premises to find that several
items were missing. The
items missing were two Stihl
chop saws, valued at $1,000;
a torpedo heater, valued at
$500; a Rigid pipe threader,
valued at $1,000; and a rotating
laser, valued at $500.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Mokena
Messenger’s police reports
come from the Mokena Police
Department. Anyone listed in
these reports is considered to
be innocent of all charges until
proven guilty in a court of law.
New Lenox police arrest men
who allegedly brought 94
pounds of cannabis to Mokena
James Sanchez, Editor
Following an “intensive”
cannabis trafficking investigation,
two men were arrested
Jan. 10, after they delivered
94 pounds of cannabis
to an undercover police officer
in Mokena, according
to a press release issued Jan.
11 by the New Lenox Police
Department.
Jacob S. Burkham, 39, of
Santa Barbara, California,
and Joseph J. Sanders, 26, of
Crows Landing, California,
From Jan 11
Burkham
Sanders
both were charged with one
count each of possession of
cannabis, a Class 1 felony,
as well as delivery of cannabis
and cannabis trafficking,
both Class X felonies.
New Lenox police conducted
the arrest, with the
help of the Department of
Homeland Security, at the
Super 8 Motel near 191st
Street and La Grange Road
in Mokena, according to Sgt.
Louis Alessandrini.
Burkham and Sanders reportedly
were transported to
the Will County Adult Detention
Facility pending a
bond hearing scheduled for
Wednesday, Jan. 11.
For more on this and
other Breaking News, visit
NewLenoxPatriot.com.
MFPD responds to December calls of service
Submitted by Mokena Fire Protection
District
The Mokena Fire Protection District responded
to a total of 235 calls of service for
the month of March, including the following:
• Emergency medical services: 102
• Auto collision response: 22
• Request for citizen assist: 20
• Carbon monoxide alarm: 8
• Dive/water incident response:
• Commercial fire alarm: 19
• Gas leak: 2
• Mutual aid response: 37
• Residential fire response: 1
• Structure fire: 2
• Commercial trouble alarm: 21
For more information on the Mokena Fire Protection
District, visit www.mokenafire.org.
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Local authorities confiscated 94 pounds of cannabis following an arrest of two California
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School
From Page 9
in 1960, the Mokena Woman’s
Club opened Mokena’s
first kindergarten the same
year, and began offering
scholarships to students in
1962. The club is a member
of the General Federation
of Women’s Clubs of
Illinois.
Southeast Missouri State
University
Lincoln-Way Central student
earns scholarship
Matthew Helmke, of New
Lenox, has received the University
Scholarship and Midwest
Achievement Award to
attend Southeast Missouri
State University for the 2017-
2018 academic year.
Helmke is the son of Michael
and Michelle Helmke
and will be a 2017 graduate
of Lincoln Way Central
High School.
Many scholarship opportunities
exist at Southeast
Missouri State University.
For more information, visit
www.semo.edu.
Compiled by Editor Tim Carroll,
tim@mokenamessenger.com.