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the tinley junction | December 28, 2017 | 9
Police Reports
Pair caught stealing clothing, returning it to get store credit
Valerie A. Wojtecki, 31,
of Lynne Avenue in Romeoville,
and Cezanne R. Torres,
30, of Nutwood Court
in Bolingbrook, each were
charged with felony retail
theft after Wojtecki allegedly
stole items from a clothing
store on 191st Street in
Tinley Park and Torres returned
them for store credit.
The total amount of
store credit redeemed was
$149.91. Felony charges
were approved as the result
of prior convictions.
Dec. 19
• A fraudulent check reportedly
was deposited digitally
Nov. 19 at a bank on Harlem
Avenue in Tinley Park.
On Nov. 21, the cash value
of the fraudulent check,
$1,956, reportedly was withdrawn
by an unknown subject
at a currency exchange
in Dalton. Despite the bank’s
reported attempts to stop the
transaction, the funds were
withdrawn Nov. 29.
Dec. 18
• Amanda M. Wisz, 34, of
Latrobe Avenue in Oak Forest,
was charged with felony
retail theft after she allegedly
stole seven items from
a department store in the
7300 block of 191st Street
in Tinley Park. She reportedly
possessed but did not
pay for two cans of formula,
two coloring kits, a frozen
pizza, a children’s doll and
a children’s dress, the total
retail value of which was
$91.22. Felony charges were
approved as the result of a
prior conviction for theft.
Dec. 17
• A cellphone valued at $800
was stolen from the Sam’s
Club parking lot on Harlem
Avenue in Tinley Park Dec.
16. The alleged victim went
to Sam’s Club, and his wife
called his Samsung Galaxy
S7 Edge cellphone, at which
time an unidentified male
subject answered. The subject
reportedly told the victim’s
wife that he discovered
the phone in the parking lot
and requested a reward for
returning the phone. The
alleged victim told police
he spoke with the subject
three times Dec. 16, and
they agreed to a $50 reward.
Later, the subject called to
say that $50 would not be
enough to return the phone.
No further communication
was reported.
Dec. 16
• Megan M. Funk, 25, of
Lake Bluff Drive in Tinley
Park, was charged with
misdemeanor retail theft after
she allegedly stole merchandise
valued at a total of
$500.15 from a convenience
store in the 16700 block of
Harlem Avenue in Tinley
Park. Funk reportedly concealed
numerous cosmetics
within her purse before paying
for some items and exiting
and setting off the security
alarm.
• A white Mercedes-Benz
parked in a residence driveway
on 67th Court in Tinley
Park reportedly was damaged
at some point between
6 p.m. Dec. 15 and 10 a.m.
Dec. 16. The alleged victim’s
daughter discovered a
hole approximately 12 inches
long and oval in shape in
the sunroof.
• The back door of an apartment
building and a unit
door within the building on
Jean Lane in Tinley Park reportedly
were forced open
at some point between 6:30
a.m. and 9:30 p.m. Dec.
15. Approximately $30 in
change was stolen.
Dec. 15
• A resident of an apartment
on 175th Street in Tinley
Park reportedly returned to
his apartment building to
discover an unknown subject
attempting to enter the
alleged victim’s unit by prying
the deadbolt lock open.
Dec. 13
• At some point between 6
a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Dec. 13,
an unknown subject reportedly
forced his or her way
into an apartment on Paxton
Avenue in Tinley Park, rummaging
through property
contained in the bedroom.
No items were taken. Police
discovered the apartment’s
deadbolt was damaged.
• Tiasia P. S. Smith, 20, of
Chicago, was charged with
theft after refunding cigarettes
with no customers
present while working at a
gas station on 183rd Street
in Tinley Park.
Editor’s note: The Tinley
Junction’s police reports come
from the Tinley Park Police
Department. Anyone listed in
these reports is considered to
be innocent of all charges until
proven guilty in a court of law.