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the Mokena Messenger | July 20, 2017 | 9
Police Reports
Police: Man possessed
opiate, amphetamine
Scott A. Bogard, 38, of 19812 Glennell
Ave. in Mokena, was charged June 30 with
felony possession of a controlled substance
after he allegedly was found to possess a
substance that field tested positive for an
opiate weighing 1.6 grams and a substance
that field tested positive for amphetamine
compounds weighing 0.6 grams.
Police received a call about a potential
hand-to-hand drug exchange at the Mokena
Speedway, located at 19724 S. Wolf
Road. According to the report, an off-duty
Will County Sheriff’s deputy told police he
observed Bogard and another suspect complete
a drug transaction. Police later reportedly
discovered four small bags of white
powder and a small bag containing a gray
“rock-like substance” on Bogard’s person.
July 4
• William E. Vahl, 58, of 1 Thornwood
Mall in University Park, and Sherry F. Gomez,
58, of 1328 Ridgewood Ave. in Joliet,
were each charged July 4 with retail theft
after Gomez allegedly exited a department
store in the 11300 block of Lincoln Highway
without paying for 17 cans of baby
formula.
After leaving the store, a loss prevention
officer at the store reportedly observed Gomez
enter a green Chevrolet Lumina driven
by Vahl and attempt to leave the area. After
police initiated a traffic stop, they discovered
the cans of infant formula valued
at $118.93 and a glass smoking pipe with
burnt residue. Gomez was also charged
with possession of drug equipment following
the discovery of the smoking pipe.
June 30
• Ashley E. Wiziecki, 26, of 2315 E. Olive
St. in Arlington Heights, was charged June
30 with failure to reduce speed to avoid a
collision, driving on a suspended license
and causing a collision that resulted in personal
injury after she allegedly caused a
collision in the 19100 block of LaGrange
Road. After arriving on the scene, police
reportedly discovered that Wiziecki, who
had been driving a black Jeep Grand Cherokee,
had a suspended driver’s license.
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.
FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION
Frankfort man wins taekwondo
championship in special abilities
division
When Matthew Frame sets
his mind to something, he gets it
done.
The 25-year-old Frankfort
man recently kicked off summer
by winning world championship
titles for the third consecutive
year at the American Taekwondo
Association International’s Tournament
of Champions, held June
20-25 in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Frame, who has autism,
competed in the men’s special
abilities division, in the 18- to
29-year-old bracket. He won
world championships in the Creative
Forms and Sparring events.
“I’ve been training hard and
staying focused, staying cool
without losing control,” Frame, a
third-degree black belt, said July
6 while at the Frankfort Black
Belt Academy.
Frame trains at the academy
twice a week.
“I’ve been here for nine years,”
he said. “I love competing and
[setting] goals, and learning to
defend myself.”
Reporting by Jon DePaolis, Freelance
Reporter. For more, visit
FrankfortStation.com.
FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT
Tuminello brings talent,
leadership to St. Norbert
Providence Catholic cheerleading
coach Laura Duesing
remembers the first time she met
Natasha Tuminello.
It was roughly four years ago,
when the teenager tried out for
the squad her freshman year.
“She made an immediate impression
on me, just by the way
she handled herself,” Duesing
said. “We were just really drawn
to her personality. She was very
kind and humble, but you could
tell that this was a person who
was grateful for the opportunities
that she was going to have.”
But before Tuminello would
go on to those successes — including
three Top 4 finishes at
state and two sectional championships
— Duesing just had
a feeling about the New Lenox
teenager.
“I had no doubt,” Duesing said.
“I knew when I saw her that this
was going to be someone who
would go on to do very well, not
just athletically but in all aspects
of her life.”
Tuminello — who just graduated
from Providence in the
spring — has committed to continue
her cheerleading career at
St. Norbert College in De Pere,
Wisconsin.
When it came time to start
thinking about college, St. Norbert
appealed to Tuminello for
many reasons. For one thing,
in addition to cheering for the
school’s football and basketball
teams, St. Norbert students also
serve as cheerleaders for the
Green Bay Packers.
Reporting by Jon DePaolis, Freelance
Reporter. For more, visit
NewLenoxPatriot.com.
FROM THE HOMER HORIZON
Shady Oaks Camp celebrates its
70th anniversary
In 1947, some 50 parents
of youths with cerebral palsy
opened a camp in the woods of
unincorporated Homer Township
where their children could spend
a few weeks together in summer.
Situated on 35 acres they had
purchased for $18,000, Shady
Oaks Camp for Individuals With
Cerebral Palsy, as it was then
known, was literally in the middle
of nowhere. The camp provided
a quiet, secluded place for
the children to enjoy a camp experience
at a time when few services
of the sort were available to
people with disabilities.
Fast-forward 70 years, and
Shady Oaks is regarded as a oneof-a-kind
summer camp, where
campers, staff and volunteers
continue to return year after year.
Today’s version of the nonprofit
camp serves people of all ages
and with all disabilities, whether
physical or intellectual, and operates
on an annual budget of
between $300,000 and $350,000.
On July 9 Shady Oaks held its
70th annual Open House on its
property at 16300 Parker Road.
Campers and their parents, along
with staff members, donors and
volunteers, took part in what
was essentially an old-fashioned
summer picnic under the oaks
from which the camp gets its
name. There was a DJ, a water
balloon-tossing contest and
a musical performance by staff
members and campers.
Reporting by Jason Maholy,
Freelance Reporter. For more, visit
HomerHorizon.com.
FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE
Police seeking help in identifying
armed robbery suspects
The Orland Park Police Department
is seeking the public’s
help in identifying two suspects
from an armed robbery that reportedly
took place this past
weekend.
Orland Park police were dispatched
at 3:16 p.m. July 8 to
the parking lot near Macy’s at
Orland Square for a report of an
armed robbery, according to a
press release issued July 10 by
the department.
Two women reportedly returned
to a vehicle after shopping
together. One placed her purse in
the backseat as she entered the
car, when a male described as
black and wearing a hood opened
the rear door of the vehicle and
removed the purse, police said.
The man then entered the passenger’s
side of a green Ford
Mustang that was nearby and
occupied by an additional male
described as black, who was
driving, according to the press
release. One of the women yelled
to the men to stop, at which time
she saw that the man who took
the purse was holding a handgun,
police said.
The Mustang had been reported
stolen earlier that same morning
out of Tinley Park.
Both men were described as in
their late teens or early 20s. Farrell
added that both men were an
“average build for the age range
given” but that he had no further
description of them available.
The Orland Park Police Department
is requesting that anyone
who can help identify the
suspects in this case to call (708)
349-4111.
Reporting by Bill Jones, Editor. For
more, visit OPPrairie.com.
FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND
Old-school barber shop brings
clean cuts to Lockport
There is a long pause as Angelo
Roman Jr. thinks about which
haircut he likes to style the most.
“Let’s see,” said Roman —
co-owner of the new Barber
Capital in downtown Lockport.
“Probably — it’s one of the most
popular cuts and I like doing it
because you can style it — the
comb over.”
He begins to flip through
stylebooks kept at the new shop,
showing the different comb over
haircuts and how they can be
done. Mood music flows through
the shop, which Roman and his
wife, Brenda, own together and
officially opened earlier this year.
“We’ve thought about it for
years,” Brenda continued. “It’s
always been his dream since we
met. … So, when the opportunity
presented itself, we jumped on it.”
Angelo grew up on the north
side of Chicago, where his grandfather
owned Luquillo’s Barber
Shop in Humboldt Park. There,
he started by sweeping the floors
and later learned barbery, falling
in love with the trade.
“I had great respect for my
grandfather,” Angelo said. “Everyone
showed him so much love
and respect. … I loved it. Every
chance that I got, I wanted to be
there.”
This love turned into a dream,
and the dream turned into a reality,
when Roman and his wife
opened Barber Capital. The new
barber shop keeps it “old-school”
with antique decorations, and
provides a full range of services
for clients.
“What separates me from a lot
of the other, newer barber shops
is that I try to keep the old-fashioned
vibe with a new vibe, as
well,” Roman said.
Reporting by Editorial Intern
Claudia Harmata. For more, visit
LockportLegend.com.