Crime & Safety
Police Blotter: Battery at Seven Bridges Ice Arena
Money stolen from a purse at St. Scholastica, substance put in gas tank and more in this week's police blotter.
April 19
Substance put in gas tank
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Someone put an unknown substance in the gas tank of a car, damaging the fuel line, in the 2500 block of Waterbury Drive around 11 a.m., police said.
Aggravated driving under the influence, aggravated driving while license suspended, driving uninsured motor vehicle, endangering the life or health of a child
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Melbernice Devers, 29, from the 7200 block of Woodward Avenue, was arrested around 9:45 p.m. and charged with aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, aggravated driving while license is suspended, driving an uninsured motor vehicle and endangering the life or health of a child following a traffic stop in the 1500 block of 75th Street, police said.
April 17
Theft from Kohl’s
Liborina Lopez, 35, from the 2400 block of Concord, was arrested around 10:30 a.m. and charged with retail theft after she removed several items from Kohl’s, 1001 75th St., police said.
Theft from Kohl’s
Jacqueline Kamin, 47, from the 7900 block of Knottingham Circle in Darien, was arrested around 6 p.m. and charged with retail theft after she removed various items from Kohl’s, 1001 75th St., police said.
April 15
Battery
Martin Velazquez, 30, from the 6700 block of Vail Lane, was arrested around 1:15 p.m. and charged with battery following an incident at the Seven Bridges Ice Arena, police said.
Driving under the influence
Philip Pajewski, 36, from the 12000 block of S. Laport in Alsip, was arrested around 1:25 a.m. and charged with driving under the influence following a traffic stop near the intersection of Hobson Road and Walnut Avenue, police said.
April 14
Cash stolen from purse at St. Scholastica
Someone removed an unknown amount of cash from an employee’s purse at St. Scholastica around 3:40 p.m., police said.
April 13
Multiple items stolen from multi-family complex
Over the past two weeks, someone has stolen several items from the multi-family complex in the 2200 block of 64th Street, including bikes and a gas grill, police said.
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