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12 | February 15, 2018 | The New Lenox Patriot News
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Police Reports
Police: Man attempts
to steal $400 worth of
energy drinks, alcohol
A man reportedly loaded
a Walmart shopping cart full
of energy drinks and alcohol,
valued at roughly $400, and
tried to leave the store, in the
500 block of East Lincoln
Highway, without paying for
them on Feb. 3.
When the man was approached
by Walmart employees,
he fled the store,
leaving everything behind,
police said.
The incident reportedly is
still under investigation.
Feb. 3
• A library patron reportedly
broke a Verilux and left before
New Lenox Police was
arriving to the scene.
Feb. 2
• A New Lenox resident’s
personal information was
reportedly stolen and used to
make fraudulent charges to
the person’s account.
Jan. 31
• A purse reportedly was stolen
from an unlocked vehicle
parked at a residence on the
800 block of Stonegate Road.
Jan. 29
• Several cases of beer reportedly
were stolen from
Murphy Oil on the 400 block
of East Lincoln Highway.
Jan. 27
• Americo Petrongelli III,
19, of 551 Shannon Court
in New Lenox, was charged
with driving under the influence
of drugs, improper
lane usage and failure to reduce
speed to avoid a crash
at West Spencer Road and
South Gougar Road.
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reports found online on the
New Lenox Police Department’s
website or releases
issued by the department and
other agencies. Anyone listed
in these reports is considered to
be innocent of all charges until
proven guilty in a court of law.
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FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION
Love in the air at Vogt
Visual Arts Center
Across the globe, there
are many words for love,
but nothing quite captures
the concept like a picture or
paintings, jewelry and sculptures.
Through Feb. 24, the walls
of the Tinley Park-Park District’s
Vogt Visual Arts Center
are to be adorned with
images of endearment for
its display called “What Do
You Love?” The opening reception
the afternoon of Saturday,
Feb. 3, gave art fans
the chance to see the show
and chat with local artists
about their inspirations.
Vogt Center instructor
Carol Chirafisi said she
loves sharing the joy of art
through her paintings and as
a teacher.
“I mostly love working in
oils and depicting concepts
that relate to people, so it’s
portraiture but it’s not in the
traditional sense,” she said.
“It’s figures and the objects
that pertain to them. It’s narrative
in a sense. It’s a composition
of many objects that
relate to a person’s life. It’s
about life, but it’s not too direct.
You have to figure the
meaning out for yourself.”
For gallery director Julie
Dekker, this show has special
meaning. She not only
does she love art in all of
its forms but also has a deep
love for the center itself. She
even included the gallery in
her wedding when she married
her husband, Kurt, on
the grounds in 2010.
Reporting by Laurie Fanelli,
Freelance Reporter. For more,
visit TinleyJunction.com.
FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE
OP police officer praised for
going ‘above and beyond’
An Orland Park police officer
was recognized Feb. 5
at the Village of Orland Park
Board of Trustees meeting
for going above and beyond
the call of duty in order to
help a resident.
During the recognition
portion of the meeting, Orland
Park Police Chief Tim
McCarthy presented Officer
Phillip Glecier to the board
members.
McCarthy said around 9
a.m. on a January morning,
Orland Park police received
a call from a senior citizen
about a “possible suspicious
person near her home … because
she saw some tracks in
the snow.”
McCarthy said Glecier
was dispatched to the home,
did an investigation and
checked the area. While he
did not find any signs that
would indicate criminal activity,
Glecier listened to the
woman’s concerns about the
lock on her storm door being
broken.
The resident wound up
writing a letter thanking the
police department.
“We don’t pat our officers
on the backs enough
for those types of things, for
which we really do receive
a lot of letters,” McCarthy
said.
Mayor Keith Pekau said
he receives several of these
types of letters, but he noted
that this instance was “above
and beyond.”
Reporting by Jon DePaolis,
Freelance Reporter. For more,
visit OPPrairie.com.
From THE FRANKFORT STATION
East falls to Bolingbrook in
last game of regular season
The stage was simple
enough, when Lincoln-Way
East faced Bolingbrook in
a big girls basketball tussle
last week.
In the final regular season
game for both teams, whoever
won was the outright
Blue Division champion in
the SouthWest Suburban
Conference.
Unfortunately for the Griffins,
it was not them. Gabby
Smith scored a game-high
17 points and pulled down
12 rebounds, as Bolingbrook
made too many big shots
and pulled down many more
second-half rebounds to pull
away for a 56-46 victory
over East Feb. 6 at Bolingbrook.
With the victory, the Raiders
(21-4, 9-1) won a share of
the SWSC Blue for the 10th
time in the 13 seasons since
it formed in 2005-2006. East
(25-4, 8-2) tied Bolingbrook
for the SWSC Blue title in
the 2013-2014 season.
H-F, which would have
won it except for the forfeits
four years ago, captured
the conference title the past
three seasons. This season,
H-F, now coached by former
Bolingbrook coach Tony
Smith, knocked off the Raiders
60-59 in double overtime
Feb. 1 in Flossmoor. That set
up the winner-take-all meeting
between East and the
Raiders last week.
But it was not to be in the
end for the Griffins, who
defeated H-F in a pair of
close games this season but
lost the previous meeting to
Bolingbrook 47-46 on Jan.
18 in Frankfort.
Reporting by Randy Whalen,
Freelance Reporter. For more,
visit FrankfortStation.com.
FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER
Police: ‘Zero tolerance,’
wrecked vehicle leads to
teen arrest
Brooke E. Beveridge, 19,
of 20141 S. Rosewood Drive
in Frankfort, was charged
Jan. 26 with causing an accident
with property damage,
failure to reduce speed to
avoid an accident and illegal
consumption of alcohol by a
minor, which carries a separate
charge of zero tolerance
for underage drinking.
According to police reports,
an officer responded
to the 19300 block of Beaver
Creek Lane after 911
dispatchers received a call
where a voice could be heard
yelling for help and requesting
an ambulance before
hanging up the call. Upon
arrival, the officer could see
a male inside the residence
and heard yelling coming
from inside. Eventually officers
were able to get one
of the subjects to answer the
door, and Beveridge and two
other subjects were found
arguing about an accident in
which Beveridge had been
involved, police said.
The officer then asked to
see the vehicle that was involved
in the accident and
reportedly found it in the
grass 15-20 feet from another
residence. The vehicle
had mud on the roof from
being flipped over; all the
airbags were deployed; the
back windshield was shattered;
and a tree had been
broken in half; police said.
The officer said he could
smell alcohol on Beveridge’s
breath and issued
several field sobriety tests,
all of which she reportedly
passed, but she was placed
under arrest for underage
consumption under the zero
tolerance law. Beveridge later
was found to have a blood
alcohol content of .071, police
said.
Reporting by T.J. Kremer III,
Editor. For more, visit Moke
naMessenger.com.
FROM THE HOMER HORIZON
Platinum Cheer Association
looks to empower youth
cheerleaders
Encouraging young athletes
to “Be Fierce. Be Brilliant.
Be Platinum,” Platinum
Cheer Association is
gearing up for its first year
of competitive cheerleading.
All eight board members
met at Front Row in Homer
Glen for their last meeting
before registration opened
Jan. 30.
Last year, the women embarked
on the opportunity to
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