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retirement to age 70, you get
an 8 percent raise every year
if you don’t take it.”
“Most people file at the
earliest age possible; 33
percent of people do take
their income from Social
Security at age 62.” Turkos,
a regional vice president at
Nationwide Financial, explained.
“Most people do
that because they need the
money. The second biggest
reason is because someone
told them to.”
Social Security is a program
designed to provide
older Americans and disabled
persons with a portion
of the financial support
needed to cover essential
retirement costs. The program
offers numerous benefits,
such as lifetime retirement
income, payments
indexed for inflation, certain
spousal and survivor
benefits, and preferential
tax treatment.
Initially, Social Security
was designed to help older
Americans living in poverty
during the Great Depression;
however, more and more
Americans solely rely on
their monthly Social Security
check as their only means
of income.
“It’s not just a check anymore
that you get. If you’re
going to do proper planning
for retirement, you really
need to look at Social Security
because if you think of
retirement income as a stool,
Social Security would be
one leg of that stool,” Diamond
said.
“It does pay to wait. There
is an incentive to wait,”
Turkos said.
If you or a family member
would like to view your own
Social Security statements,
you can go to ssa.gov/myaccount.
To find out more information
about Social Security
and how you can better prepare
for it, call (708) 995-
7727 or go to diamondfsinc.
com.
Police Reports
Police: Pair charged in connection
with string of vehicle burglaries
Richard Lee Witcher, 18,
of 17849 John Ave. in Country
Club Hills, and Osha
R. Calhoun, 22, of 17736
Rosewood Drive in Lansing,
were charged June 13 with
burglary from a motor vehicle
and credit card fraud.
According to police reports,
Mokena Police was
advised that three subjects
had been taken into custody
by Will County Sheriffs
Police and were in possession
of burglary proceeds,
some of which belonging
to Mokena residents. Will
County Sheriffs Police further
advised Mokena Police
to come to the scene and
take custody of the subjects,
Witcher and Calhoun. The
third subject, a minor, was
also taken into custody.
Upon arrival, the officer
was able to match the subject’s
vehicle and physical
likeness from several past
surveillance footage images.
All three subjects were
then taken into custody by
Mokena police and transported
to Mokena Police
Department. Mokena police
were made aware that Will
County detectives would be
responding to Mokena Police
Department to conduct a
parallel investigation.
As a result of questioning,
police believe the pair to be
behind illegally entering 10-
15 vehicles
A search of the vehicle
later resulted in locating
several checks, a wallet with
credit cards, two phones and
chargers, and $800 in cash in
the pocket of a pair of pants
in the vehicle. The items recovered
were determined to
be property of Mokena residents.
June 14
• Zachary A. Monahan, 40,
of 252 S. Cooper Road in
New Lenox, was charged
with battery.
According to police reports,
an officer was dispatched
to the 1100 block of West
Lincoln Highway for a disturbance
involving Monahan
and an employee at the location.
Upon arrival, the officer
spoke with the victim, who
reportedly told the officer
that he was on his way out of
the building when Monahan
told the victim that he would
see him later and, when
asked why, Monahan began
to hit the victim.
The officer spoke with Monahan,
who told him that he
believed the victim was the
same man who had slashed
Monahan’s face in an unsolved
case in New Lenox
about two years ago.
Monahan was then placed
under arrest.
June 11
• Michael D. Murray, 29,
of 19352 S. Wolf Road in
Mokena, was charged with
criminal trespass to property.
According to police reports,
an officer was dispatched
to the 19000 block of South
Wolf Road in response to a
person trespassing. Upon
arrival, the officer spoke
with the complainant, who
informed him that the trespasser,
Murray, had been ordered
on June 9 to stay away
from the property, after Murray
was arrested that day for
trespassing, as well.
The officer was able to locate
Murray nearby and
place him under arrest.
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.
Wolf Road
closure set
to begin
July 12
Submitted by the Village of
Mokena
Wolf Road will be closed
for repairs to the bridge
deck over Hickory Creek
between Plattner Drive and
Abbey Road in Mokena
starting July 12.
This Illinois Department
of Transportation project,
which will consist of fulldepth
deck slab repairs,
complete bridge deck concrete
overlay and striping,
is expected to take almost
a month to complete, with
Wolf Road scheduled to
open again for through traffic
by Aug. 10.
During the course of
construction, north/south
traffic will be detoured to
LaGrange Road, while La-
Porte Road and U.S. Route
30 (Lincoln Highway) will
continue to carry east/west
traffic.
For additional information,
contact the Village at
(708) 479-3900.
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