Crime & Safety
Soapy Water Scammer / 'Invited Guest' Throws Fists / Redbox Attack: OMGPD
A roundup of Southland crime stories.
This week in the annals of crime-n-shame:
Man Posing as New Neighbor Bamboozled Old Lady, Stole Her Jewelry
- The man claimed he had just moved in across the street and he needed a bucket of hot, soapy water, but did not say why.
Dad of Slain 9-Year-Old Won’t Help Chicago Police
- “F-- off,” Pierre Stokes tells investigators trying to solve his son’s murder, reports Mark Konkol for DNAinfo Chicago.
Ungentlemanly Behavior Outside Atlantis Gentlemen’s Club
- A 28-year-old man was shot in the parking lot at about 3 a.m. Monday.
Home Invader Claims He Was ‘Invited Guest’: Prosecutor
- Man broke down door at Alsip motel and beat up ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend hiding in bathroom, prosecutors said.
ALSO WORTH A LOOK
- Drunken Man Punches Redbox Kiosk: Prosecutors
- 10-Year-Old Boy Shot by 8-Year-Old Brother on South Side
- Cheating in Girlfriend’s Car Blows Up in Boyfriend’s Face When She Catches Him: Prosecutor
- DNA Links Oak Lawn Man to Homer Glen Burglary
- Anyone Recognize These Attempted Shoplifters?
- Midlothian Man Fatally Struck by Car
- ‘Valued Car Wash Employee’ Found Slumping Behind Wheel: Police
- Trio of Burglars Drop Loot in Resident’s Yard: Police
- Barber College Student Buys Jewels Using Fake Credit Cards: Prosecutor
- Gun, Hollow Point Rounds, Found in ‘Documented’ Gangbanger’s Car: Prosecutors
- Stranger Enters Oak Lawn Community High School
- Cops Nab Man With Vodka Box Full of Pot and Loaded .38 in Trunk: Prosecutors
- Beecher Man Jailed on Child Porn Charges
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