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the orland park prairie | April 19, 2018 | 9
From APRIL 10
Orland Park woman, 89, dies in house fire
Bill Jones, Editor
An 89-year-old Orland
Park woman died following
a house fire April 6 in
the 7300 block of Paradise
Lane.
The incident occurred
around 5 p.m. in the home’s
kitchen, according to a press
release issued April 10 by
the Orland Fire Protection
District.
The woman was identified
by fire officials as Margaret
Keane. She was found
in the kitchen with severe
burns, according to the press
release. Paramedics reportedly
treated her and transported
her to Palos Community
Hospital in Palos
Heights. She later was taken
to Loyola Medicine’s Burn
Center by ambulance.
Orland Fire spokesperson
Ray Hanania said the cause
of the fire was a meal Keane
was cooking, but beyond
that it was still under investigation
as of April 10.
“The initial investigation
suggests her clothes caught
on fire while she was cooking,
possibly leaning over
the stove,” Hanania wrote.
The Cook County Medical
Examiner’s Office ruled the
causes of death as complications
of thermal injuries,
kitchen fire and hypertensive
cardiovascular disease,
citing the manner as an accident
in the April 10 case
ledger. She officially was
pronounced dead at 12:55
a.m. April 9 at Loyola.
Orland Park Police Cmdr.
Tony Farrell noted Keane’s
husband was home at the
time of the incident but not
in the same room, so there
was not an eyewitness to
the incident. He said while
the death is thought to be
accidental, in line with the
fire district’s and coroner’s
reports on it, there is a detective
assigned to follow up
as the department typically
does with death investigations.
The fire was contained to
the kitchen of the home, according
to the fire district’s
release.
In the wake of the fire, the
district reminded residents
to take caution when cooking.
Officials urged residents
to refrain from wearing
loose clothing and to have a
fire extinguisher nearby, as
well as to never leave food
unattended on the stove.
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Orland Park Police Dept.
participating in distracted
driving campaign
Submitted by Village of
Orland Park
Throughout the entire
month of April, the Orland
Park Police Department is
joining with the Illinois Distracted
Driving Awareness
campaign to enforce Drop
It and Drive, reminding motorists
that it is illegal to text
or use an electronic device
while driving.
Illinois’ handheld cellphone
ban went into effect
in January of 2014 and prohibits
handheld cellphone
use while driving. The law
only allows for hands-free
speakerphone devices that
feature voice-activated or
one-digit dialing.
According to the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
10 people are
killed each day in distracted
driving crashes, contributing
to the 37,000 people
killed in crashes on United
States roadways in 2016.
Contrary to what some
drivers may think, handsfree,
handheld and in-vehicle
technologies are not
distraction-free, even if
a driver’s eyes are on the
road and their hands are on
the wheel. The latest AAA
Foundation for Traffic Safety
research found the following.
• Drivers who text when
behind the wheel more than
double their odds of being
involved in a crash.
• Drivers who use invehicle
technologies, such
as voice-based and touchscreen
features, can be distracted
for more than 40
seconds when completing
tasks like programming
navigation or sending a text
message.
• Removing eyes from the
road for just two seconds
doubles the risk for a crash.
Last year’s Distracted
Driving Awareness efforts
resulted in more than
18,000 warnings and citations
statewide for distracted
driving offenses.
For more information on
the Illinois Distracted Driving
Awareness campaign
visit www.iddaw.org.
Police Reports
Teen allegedly stole glasses valued at more than a grand
Lauryn T. Anderson, 18,
of 946 85th St. in Chicago,
was charged March 27 with
retail theft after she allegedly
tried to take five pairs
of glasses valued at a total
of $1,120 from a store at Orland
Square. She allegedly
put the glasses in her purse,
after removing the price tags
for some of them, and left
the store without paying for
the items.
March 25
• Kennyada Russhay Preshon,
19, of 7921 S. Colfax
Ave. in Chicago, was
charged with retail theft after
she allegedly tried to take
various items valued at a
total of $416 from a department
store at Orland Square.
She reportedly placed men’s
clothing items on a rack, left
the store, came back, took
them into a fitting room and
then concealed them in a bag
and ran from the store. She
was tackled by a bystander
and arrested, police added.
March 24
• Ahmad S. Ghadban, 23,
of 8605 Shagbark Court in
Orland Park, was charged
with possession of a controlled
substance, suspended
driver’s license, no insurance
and one headlight, as
well as issued a municipal
violation for possession
of cannabis after the 2004
Hyundai Elantra he was
driving was stopped near the
intersection of 143rd Street
and LaGrange Road. Police
reportedly stopped the vehicle
because it had only one
headlight operating. An officer
noticed an odor of cannabis
coming from the vehicle
and spotted cannabis in
the driver’s-side area of the
vehicle, according to the report.
Police reportedly found
a bag containing 3.5 grams
of cannabis, as well as a
bag with four peach-colored
pills, in a panel to the side
of the steering wheel. Police
later identified the pills as
Adderall.
March 22
• Raul Ortiz, 25, of 822
Hauge St. in Joliet, was
charged with retail theft after
he allegedly tried to take
19 bottles of alcohol valued
at a total of $386.42 from
a grocery store in the 9300
block of 159th St. He reportedly
concealed the bottles in
his coat and tried to leave
the store without paying for
them.
March 17
• David L. Hudson, 37, of
6809 S. Laflin St. in Chicago,
was charged with retail
theft after he allegedly
tried to take 26 men’s clothing
items valued at a total of
$446.76 from a store on Orland
Park Place. He reportedly
pushed a cart with the
clothes past the last point of
purchase without paying for
the items.
March 16
• Luis G. Cazares, 20, of
18008 Alice Lane in Orland
Park, was charged with
DUI-alcohol, no insurance,
improper lane usage and
failure to reduce speed to
avoid an accident after he
allegedly drove a 2005 Nissan
Altima over a median
near Orland Parkway and
Emilie Lane. He was driving
westbound on the parkway
when he tried to make a turn
and traveled over the curb,
police said. His speech was
slurred, eyes were glossy
and his breath smelled of
alcohol, according to the report.
He also was swaying
and unbalanced, police said.
He allegedly failed field sobriety
tests and refused a
breath sample.
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.
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