Palos Heights Police Blotter: DUIs and Retail Theft

SUNDAY, MARCH 18

DUI on Harlem Avenue

Theaier Kartoum, 23, of the 7900 block of Nagle in Burbank, was charged with drunken driving and driving without insurance. Kartoum was stopped at 1:19 a.m. for not wearing a seat belt, police said. He failed a breath test and was not able to produce insurance information, police said.

SATURDAY, MARCH 17

DUI on Harlem Avenue

Ryan Wayne, 26, of the 8100 block of Binford Drive in Orland Park, was charged with drunken driving. He was stopped at 12:10 a.m. for speeding and showed signs that he had been drinking, police said. Wayne failed a breath test, police said.

FRIDAY, MARCH 16

DUI on Harlem Avenue

Jesse Zaragoz, 51, of the 7400 block of 157th Street in Orland Park, was charged with drunken driving and driving without insurance. At 12:08 a.m. he was stopped at a DUI checkpoint and failed a breath test, police said.

Dash and Drink

Lamont Simms, 47, of the 14500 block of Green Street in Harvey, was charged with retail theft. Simms was arrested at Dominick's, 6401 W. 127th Street, for attempting to take a bottle of liquor, police said. 

DUI on Harlem Avenue

Gabriel Patton, 26, of the 9100 block of Bell in Chicago, was charged with drunken driving. He was stopped at 2:01 a.m. at 129th Street and Harlem Avenue after swerving over the lane line and subsequently failed field sobriety tests, police said.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16

DUI on Harlem Avenue

Tiffany Wrobleski, 37, of the 1200 block of Home Avenue in Berwyn, was charged with drunken driving. She was stopped at 3:57 a.m. and failed field sobriety tests, police said. 

Driving on Drugs

Jason Isom, 29, of the 18900 block of Meadow Creek Drive in Mokena, was charged with driving under the influence of drugs. He was stopped at 2:58 a.m. in the 6400 block of Route 83 for improper lane usage, police said. He showed signs of being under the influence and was unable to provide insurance information, police said. 

DUI on Harlem Avenue 

Michael Youchison, 25, of the 7200 block of Sholer in Bridgeview, was charged with drunken driving and driving without insurance. He was stopped for speeding at 12:30 a.m. and showed signs of being drunk, police said. 

Police report information is provided by the  and other law enforcement agencies. Charges are not evidence of guilt. They are a record of police actions taken on a given day, and persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court. If you or a family member are charged or cited and the case is subsequently adjudicated, we encourage you to notify the editor. We will verify and report the outcome.