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8 | July 12, 2018 | The orland park prairie news opprairie.com GRAB YOUR GIRLFRIENDS AND HEAD OUT TO PRESENTED BY 22ND CENTURY MEDIA THURSDAY, AUG. 9 • 6-9 PM GEORGIOS BANQUETS QUALITY INN AND SUITES CONFERENCE CENTRE, ORLAND PARK 8800 W. 159th St., Orland Park Patrycja Bafia represents Sandburg at the Congress of Future Medical Leaders Brianne Dougherty Freelance Reporter High school senior-tobe Patrycja Bafia, of Orland Park, recently joined thousands of students from around the country at the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in Lowell, Massachusetts — a prestigious honors program that recognizes high school students aspiring to work in medicine. Bafia was recently nominated by science director of the National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists, Dr. Mario Capecchi, as a delegate to represent Sandburg High School. During this threeday Congress on June 25- 27, she had the opportunity to listen to presentations from award-winning professionals and network with students from around the country. “The speakers were so inspiring and helped us all to understand that we are bigger than what we really are,” Bafia said. “Sometimes, we do not realize how much we truly have to offer. They encouraged us to get out of our comfort zone and not be scared to fail.” This program is designed to inspire high school students to pursue their dream of becoming a leader in the medical field and provide them with the necessary resources to stay focused and motivated while they work to achieve their goals. While at the event, Bafia learned about medical research and the future of science technology, as well as received advice about medical school and even heard stories from patients and medical prodigies. After the presentations, students were able to enjoy social gatherings and dance parties in the evening, according to Bafia. “I was able to meet thousands of people my age with the same interests as me,” she said. “It was exciting to connect with students from all over. There was always so much positive energy in the room.” From the moment she opened her invitation in the Please see congress, 14 FREE ADMISSION! FREE PARKING! FREE TOTE BAGS!* *guaranteed to first 200 people at event THIS EVENT WILL OFFER: • Vendor booths for shopping • Mini workshops • Cash bar and light snacks • Sample the latest from KIND Snacks - the exclusive health bar of Ladies Night Out! • AND MORE TO COME! FO OD DRIVE Bring canned food items for the Micro Pantries in the Will County area! REGISTER FOR FREE TICKETS TODAY AT 22NDCENTURYMEDIA.COM/NIGHTOUT Sandburg senior-to-be Patrycja Bafia recently took part in the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in Lowell, Massachusetts. Photo submitted
opprairie.com news the orland park prairie | July 12, 2018 | 9 Police Reports Man allegedly tried to buy cellphone on fraudulent account Michael A. Owens, 20, of 19181 Steel St. in Detroit, Michigan, was charged June 5 with felony identity theft after he allegedly tried to finance a cellphone upgrade on a fraudulent account at a store at Orland Square. He reportedly was listed as the primary account holder but provided the last four digits of a Social Security number that was not his own. He paid the sales tax on the phone, police added. June 26 • Leah A. Zerlentes, 35, of 8321 Hillcrest Drive in Orland Park, was charged with possession of stolen property and criminal trespass to property after she allegedly tried to take items valued at a total of $171.80 from a store at Orland Square. Police said they recognized her as someone banned from the mall for “frequent shoplifting.” An officer saw her conceal merchandise in a handbag and shopping bag, and leave a store without paying for the items, according to the report. June 25 • Teshiana L. Perkins, 23, of 935 Old Forester Lane in Charlotte, North Carolina, was charged with retail theft and contributing to the delinquency of a minor after she allegedly tried to take items valued at a total of $386 from a department store at Orland Square. She and another person reportedly took items into a fitting room, concealed them and tried to leave the store without paying for them. Perkins was the legal guardian of the other individual, police said. June 11 • Daijane A. Echefula, 25, of 8237 S. Ingleside Ave. in Chicago, was charged with retail theft for allegedly taking sunglasses from a store at Orland Square. She reportedly was seen on video taking a pair of sunglasses valued at $173. She also was seen in the store with a pair of sunglasses valued at $400 that were reported missing from the store, but police only recovered the $173 pair, which was concealed in her pants, according to the report. June 9 • Gwendolyn Toran, 39, of 15213 Stoney Island Ave. in Dolton, was charged with felony unlawfully contributing to the criminal delinquency of a juvenile, as well as one count of retail theft, after she allegedly tried to take items valued at a total of $267 from a department store at Orland Square. She reportedly handed items to an individual whose name is redacted from the report. That person took a garbage bag from near the fitting room, and then they got on an elevator together with the bag and items, police said. When they got off the elevator, the bag was full of items, according to the report. The minor was to young by law to be charged with this offense, police said, noting minor was under the care of Toran but no additional information would be released about that individual. June 7 • Cordairo Mitchell, 28, of 942 Waller Ave. in Chicago, was charged with criminal trespass to vehicle and driving while license suspended after he was stopped in the 15800 block of LaGrange Road while allegedly driving a 2012 Mitsubishi Outlander reported stolen. June 6 • Ramone D. Patterson, 33, of 1608 W. Sherwin Ave. in Chicago, was charged with retail theft after he allegedly tried to take two items of socks valued at a total of $21.60 from a department store at Orland Square. He reportedly concealed them in a bag and tried to leave the store without paying for the items. June 3 • Robert N. Wise, 38, of 4048 S. Lake Park Ave. in Chicago, was charged with felony retail theft after he allegedly tried to take four bottles of whiskey valued at a total of $81.96 from a grocery store in the 9300 block of 159th Street. He reportedly concealed the bottles in a bag and tried to leave the store without paying for them. He was seen on video surveillance doing this, according to the report. The felony charge was because of an “extensive” background, including robbery, and nine convictions for retail theft. May 30 • Jonathan Martinez-Salazar, 19, of 1333 Park Ave. in Chicago Heights, was charged aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, failure to wear a seat belt, defective windshield and no valid driver’s license after the 2002 Honda CRV he allegedly was driving was stopped near 171st Street and 80th Avenue. Police reportedly spotted him driving westbound on 159th Street without a seat belt and with two “large” cracks in the windshield, before he turned southbound onto 80th Avenue from the center lane. The driver reached toward the rear seat, according to the report. There was a live .22-caliber round on the rear, passenger’s-side floorboard, and a revolver loaded with six rounds was found inside of the vehicle, police said. Martinez-Salazar had no valid FOID card, according to the report. May 24 • Apraises Miracle Sanders, 18, of 3647 173rd Court in Lansing, was charged with retail theft after she allegedly tried to take two pairs of pants valued at a total of $100 from a store at Orland Square. She reportedly concealed the pants in her purse and tried to leave the store without paying for them. She used a pair of scissors to cut the price tags off of the items, but the anti-theft devices triggered when she tried to leave the store, police said. • Joshua N. Chancellor, 19, of 15330 Dorchester Ave. in Dolton, was charged with theft after he allegedly tried to take $600 from a department store at Orland Square where he was employed. An audit revealed deposits were short on three occasions: $100 May 9, $300 May 12 and $200 May 15, according to the report. Chancellor reportedly was seen on video removing from the bag en route to the nightly drop box, leaving the bag unsecured in the register and later moving currency from the bag to his pants pocket, before securing the bag in the drop box at the end of his shift. May 23 • Adnan A. Shukair, 37, of 19736 Silverside Drive in Tinley Park, was charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance, as well as one count each of possession of cannabis-intent to manufacture/deliver, disobey a traffic control light and unlawfully stopped in the roadway after he allegedly was sleeping behind the wheel of a 2000 Lexus LS 400 in the 14600 block of LaGrange Road. The vehicle was in the middle lane on LaGrange Road, and an officer spotted a bag with a green, leafy substance, a silver grinder and a cannabis pipe in the center console, according to the report. The vehicle smelled of cannabis, police added. Shukair released the brake when police woke him, and the car lurched, according to the report. An officer reportedly had to reach inside the vehicle to put it in park. A search of the vehicle reportedly led police to two bags containing cannabis, one Mason jar containing cannabis, two digital scales, one container with 20 peach-colored tablets, a cannabis bowl, silver grinder, cannabis pipe, a bag containing a clear crystal substance, 79 bars of a substance redacted in the report, a bag containing 6 blue tablets and a disposable cellphone. Police also found $1,334 in cash in Shukair’s possession, as well as a paper note with “I need that thing” and “large quantity,” according to the report. Two bags containing cannabis weighed 3.5 and 5.4 grams each, while cannabis in the jar weighed 86.4 grams, police said. The crystal substance reportedly weighed 29 grams. The green, leafy substance fieldtested positive for cannabis, according to the report. Police said the other substances are suspected to be MDMA and buspirone. 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. business From Page 4 and provide continuing education for the staff with The Midwest Institute for Robotic Surgery at Silver Cross Hospital. Silver Cross is the only hospital in the tri-state area with the unique robot allowing for more precise back and neck surgery. Home to some of the most highly skilled surgeons in the United States, the Institute at Silver Cross performs more surgeries using robotic-assisted technology — including hysterectomies and complex procedures to treat colorectal cancer — than anyone else in the Chicago area. Surgeons from around the world come to Silver Cross to observe advanced procedures. Since 2012, Silver Cross has performed more than 5,000 robotic-assisted surgical procedures, with patients experiencing less pain and scarring, a shorter hospital stay and quicker recovery than with traditional open surgery. The 28th annual Silver Cross Charity Golf Classic is scheduled to be held Monday, June 24, at Crystal Tree Country Club. For more information, call the Silver Cross Foundation at (815) 300-7105. To make an online donation, visit www.silvercross.org. Compiled by Bill Jones, bill@opprairie.com.
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