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Liquor store operators from Tinley
Park charged with sales tax evasion
Jacquelyn Schlabach
Editor
Attorney General
Kwame Raoul’s office
announced April 28 that
two liquor store operators
from Tinley Park were
among five Chicago area
owners to be charged with
sales tax evasion and interstate
bootlegging.
According to the statement
from Raoul’s office,
45-year-old Tinley Park
resident Ashwinkumar
Patel, of AM Wine and
Spirit in Calumet Park,
and 50-year-old Tinley
Park resident Sanjaykumar
K. Soni, of KVS Calumet
City Liquor Businesses,
Inc. in Calumet City, were
charged.
Patel was charged with
one count of theft of government
property, one
count of sales tax evasion
(Class 1), nine counts
of filing a fraudulent tax
return and one count of
wire fraud. Soni was
charged with one count of
theft of government property,
one count of sales
tax evasion (Class 1),
two counts of sales tax
evasion (Class 2) and 27
counts of filing fraudulent
tax returns.
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of a joint effort with the
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Illinois Department of
Revenue to investigate
and prosecute untaxed or
bootlegged liquor brought
in from outside of Illinois,
according to the statement.
The Secret Service assisted
the Illinois Department
of Revenue with the investigation.
A similar investigation
led to charges against
nine liquor store owners in
2015, the first of its kind
since the 2013 law that
created the crime of sales
tax evasion, and imposed
stronger penalties based
on the amount of sales tax
evaded, the statement concluded.
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Police Reports
Three women charged for retail
theft in separate incidents at Target
Cailyn D. Hicks-Lewis,
22, of Chicago, was
charged with one felony
count of retail theft April
27, after police responded
to Target, located at
7300 191st St. in Tinley
Park, in reference to a reported
retail theft where
Hicks-Lewis allegedly
stole merchandise valued
at $1,000.91, according
to the Tinley Park Police
Department. According to
the report, two loss prevention
agents observed
four individuals, including
Hicks-Lewis, exit the store
with a shopping cart containing
items that had not
been purchased. The loss
prevention agents stopped
Hicks-Lewis pushing the
cart and escorted her to
the loss prevention office.
Police viewed surveillance
video taken inside the store
that reportedly showed the
four individuals placing
unpaid merchandise inside
of Target shopping bags at
the self check out register,
where they then placed
the bags into a shopping
cart. Hicks-Lewis was allegedly
seen paying for
several additional items
and placing them on top of
unpaid items. According to
the report, the Will County
Assistant State’s Attorney
Office did not approve
charges against the three
other individuals.
Heather R. Lee, 31, of
the 1110 block of Daniel
Trail in Mokena, was
charged with retail theft
April 25, after police responded
to Target, located
at 7300 191st St. in Tinley
Park, in reference to
a retail theft incident in
which Lee allegedly stole
$356.63 worth of merchandise,
according to the
Tinley Park Police Department.
According to the
police report, a loss prevention
agent noticed Lee
trying on clothes in the
clearance section and observed
her remove several
items of clothing from the
hangers on the racks. The
loss prevention agent told
police that she folded the
items of clothing she removed
from the racks and
placed them in piles on the
floor. The police report
stated that Lee walked to
the men’s section, where
she placed one shirt into
a black backpack she had.
She then continued to put
on several layers of clothing
she removed from the
racks. Lee then returned to
the clearance section and
placed several more items
of clothing into a multicolored
backpack and had
a shopping basket with
clothing items. According
to the report, she walked
past the last point of purchase
with the shopping
basket and two backpacks
containing the items of
clothing without paying
the full retail value.
Tammy Lynn Dunne, 56,
of the 700 block of Harrison
Avenue in Hammond,
Indiana, was charged with
one count felony retail
theft April 24, after police
were dispatched to Target,
located at 7300 191st St.
in Tinley Park, in reference
to a retail theft with
an offender in custody,
according to the Tinley
Park Police Department.
According to the police
report, two loss prevention
agents observed Dunne
walking around the store
putting various high-priced
items in her cart. She was
allegedly with two other
unknown females who also
placed items in Dunne’s
cart, as well as a separate
cart that had items totalling
$897.60. According
to the report, Dunne had
a total of $1,086.48 worth
of products in her cart as
she passed the last point
of purchase. She was then
stopped by loss prevention
agents. The two other unknown
females left the cart
they were pushing and left
the building through a different
exit once Dunne was
stopped. The two females
were unable to be located.
April 28
•Person(s) unknown stole
$3,200 worth of items
from a vehicle parked outside
of a residence on Lake
Bluff Drive in Tinley Park,
according to the Tinley
Park Police Department.
The man told police that
his wife was walking their
dog in the parking lot and
noticed the rear passenger
side door and rear passenger
side tool chest open.
According to the report,
the man told police that
his tool chest doors were
unlocked but the vehicle
was locked. A Bosch hammer
drill ($700), a Bauer
hamemr drill ($300), laser
($2,000) and a Dewalt
electric grease gun ($200)
were taken from the vehicle.
The man told police
that the vehicle and tools
belong to his company
Fogarty Enterprises.
April 27
•Paul D. Krumrie, 33,
of Nasaau Street in Park
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