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From July 10
Orland Park man dead after allegedly eluding police
T.J. Kremer III, Contributing
Editor
An Orland Park man died
July 10 after his vehicle
ended up in a ditch late in
the evening of July 9 on the
north side of LaPorte Road
in Mokena, according to a
press release from the Will
County Sheriff’s Office.
Michael B. Anderson, 45,
was transported to Silver
Cross Hospital’s emergency
room, where he was pronounced
deceased at 12:02
a.m. July 10, according to
a press release issued the
same day by the Will County
Coroner’s Office.
An autopsy performed
that day noted the cause
of death as multiple injuries
due to a single-vehicle
crash at LaPorte Road and
114th Place in Frankfort
Township, according to the
Coroner’s Office. The final
manner of death is to be
determined by the coroner
after toxicology and medical
reports are completed,
according to the release.
Frankfort police were
following a vehicle they attempted
to stop for speeding,
according to the release
from the Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff’s deputies reportedly
attempted to assist;
however, Frankfort police
advised that they were no
longer following the vehicle
but gave the description as a
white Chevy Impala.
While on routine patrol
in the area of Route 30
and Schoolhouse Road, a
deputy reportedly spotted
the offending vehicle heading
westbound on Route
30. The deputy turned on
his emergency lights, but
the driver, later identified
as Anderson, refused to
stop, according to the release.
Anderson reportedly
continued northbound on
Schoolhouse approaching
Francis Road, attempted
to turn west onto Francis
but spun out and continued
eastbound on Francis. The
deputy then turned off his
emergency lights, stopped
following the driver and
cleared the stop, police said.
A short time later, a different
sheriff’s deputy observed
a vehicle wrecked
in the ditch on the north
side of LaPorte Road, near
East Brightway Road in
Mokena, according to the
Sheriff’s Office. The report
states that the Mokena Fire
Protection District arrived
on scene and extricated Anderson
from the vehicle.
Initial reports indicate
that Anderson was traveling
westbound on LaPorte
when he lost control of his
vehicle while crossing the
railroad tracks. The vehicle
struck a guardrail on the
north side of LaPorte and
broke free from its supports,
and the vehicle came to rest
in the ditch, police said.
According to the report,
open alcohol was found
in the Chevy Impala at the
time of the accident. Anderson
had active warrants out
of Cook County for larceny
and violating probation.
The Chevy Impala was
not Anderson’s vehicle, according
to police.
Editor Bill Jones contributed
to this story.
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Police Reports
Woman allegedly meets with friend, drives her to parking lot to fight her
Johneka Latrice Williams,
23, of 18433 Torrence Ave.
in Lansing, was charged
June 19 with battery after
she allegedly struck a
24-year-old woman she
knew twice outside of Orland
Square Mall. The victim
was left with a bloody
upper lip, a bump on her
forehead and a bump on the
back of her head, and her
left elbow hurt, police said.
The incident reportedly
started at Dave & Buster’s,
49 Orland Square Drive.
The victim received a text
from Williams that she
wanted to meet and talk, according
to the report. Williams
then arrived in a 2007
Chevrolet Cobalt, and the
victim got in the front passenger’s
seat.
Williams reportedly
drove to the mall, parked
in the lot and told the victim
she was going to fight
her because Williams was
upset with the woman. Williams
exited the vehicle, but
the other woman stayed inside
it and locked her door
police said. But Williams
allegedly went back to the
driver’s door, opened it and
dragged the woman out of
the vehicle by grabbing her
hair and pulling.
Once outside, Williams
got on top of the woman on
the ground and punched her
twice, according to police.
The victim did not fight
back but told her to stop,
according to the report. One
other person reportedly witnessed
the incident and tried
to stop it.
After the altercation, Williams
got back in the vehicle
and drove away, police
said. Lansing police reportedly
took her into custody
at her residence after she
allegedly refused to come
to the police station when
contacted.
June 27
• Jennifer L. Carriveau, 34,
of 2022 N. Newlane Ave.
in Chicago, and Jason C.
Betancourt, 39, of 1256 St.
Charles Drive in Lockport,
each were charged with one
count apiece of possession
of a controlled substance
and possession of a narcotic
instrument after police reportedly
stopped a 1994
Toyota Camry in which
they were riding in the 7000
block of 159th Street.
The vehicle was traveling
faster than 50 mph in a
40 mph zone, police said.
Betancourt, a passenger in
the vehicle, had a “significant”
criminal history for
larceny and drug offenses,
according to the report.
Carriveau, another passenger,
reportedly had four
active warrants for her arrest:
two from Cook County
for failure to appear on retail
theft charges, one from
Kane County for failure to
appear on a possession of a
controlled substance charge
and another from Kane
County for failure to appear
on a driving while licence
revoked charge.
Police found hypodermic
syringes in a backpack
owned by Betancourt, according
to the report. He
also had a bag in his underwear
that contained a substance
that field tested positive
for heroin weighing 1.2
grams, police said.
Carriveau’s purse contained
hypodermic syringes
and a charred tin cooker,
with two of the syringes
containing blood, according
to police. It also reportedly
contained five strips of Suboxone
without a perscription.
Carriveau additionally
was charged with obstructing
identification after she
initially gave police a false
name and date of birth, as
well as issued a warning for
failure to wear a seat belt.
The driver was issued a
warning for speeding and
released from the scene.
June 20
• Jesse Thomas Czyz, 20,
of 214 Madison St. in Joliet,
was charged with aggravated
unlawful use of a
weapon, possession of drug
paraphernalia and unlawful
possession of ammunition
without a FOID card, and
cited with failure to wear
a seat belt, after police reportedly
found a loaded
revolver, ammunition and
three samurai swords in a
1996 Lexus ES 300 he allegedly
was driving near
143rd Street and 108th Avenue.
He was spotted near
143rd Street and West Avenue
driving without wearing
a seat belt, police said of the
reason for the stop. Police
spotted a wooden bat on the
passenger’s side floorboard
with the knob next to the
gear shift box, according to
the report. Police reportedly
discovered 27 .22-caliber
rounds of ammunition in a
headphones case near the
center console armrest storage
area of the vehicle, and
in another headphones case
nearby two spent .22-caliber
rounds and a metal smoking
pipe with burnt cannabis
residue. Four live rounds
of .22-caliber ammunition
were found under the driver’s
seat, along with a pistol
holster, and a .22-caliber
revolver loaded with eight
rounds of live ammunition
was found under the front,
passenger’s-side seat, not
in a case but next to a cloth
holster on the floorboard,
police said. It appeared
someone tried to remove
the serial number on the
gun but it was still visible,
according the report.
Police also reportedly
discovered several rubber
Halloween masks, a megaphone
and three samurai
swords inside the trunk of
the vehicle.
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.