Blotter: Man Uses Fake Credit Card for Down Payment; A Repeat Shoplifter

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 11

Thousands Spent on Credit Card

A man called the cops around 6:10 p.m. after he realized someone used his Discover card without his permission. Two separate withdrawals — one totaling $1,000 and the other, $3,500 — were made in December and a purchase of $376.68 was made at a TJ Maxx store in Palatine, according to the police report.

Possession of a Fraudulent License

arrested James Henley Jr., 57, of the 4100 block of Cambridge Circle in Country Club Hills around 6:30 p.m. in the 18800 block of South Oak Park Avenue in Tinley Park. He was charged with possession of a fraudulent driver's license.  

MONDAY, JAN. 9

Man Uses Fake Credit Card for a Down Payment

A manager at CarMax called Tinley Park police after a customer put $500 down to buy a vehicle and suspiciously left before the transaction was complete.

The man gave the salesman a driver's license and two documents from the Social Security Administration, as well as a copy of his earnings statement, police said. The 2009 Toyota Camry he was buying was priced at $16,998. But before finishing the transaction, the man left in his own car, the report said.

" … The subject called on the phone and told (the manager) he had to leave because his wife had an emergency and he would come back to CarMax tomorrow," the report said. 

Police looked up the driver's license and didn't find any record attached to the name the man gave. The other documentation also appeared fraudulent, the report said. 

CarMax had no loss as of Friday and still had the $500 from the man. 

Gym Bag Stolen

Sometime between 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., someone stole a gym bag from an unlocked locker at LA Fitness, 18400 Convention Center Drive in Tinley Park. The thief then used the victim's keys to open his Ford F150, in which a black iPhone and $100 cash were hidden. The man's gym bag and clothes were left by the truck, but the money and phone were gone. 

THURSDAY, JAN. 5

A Repeat Shoplifter

Police said that on four separate occasions, a man has entered Jewel Osco, 17117 Harlem Ave., Tinley Park, and taken toiletries, teeth whitening strips and razors. A security staff member picked up on the thefts while reviewing surveillance footage that shows the man stashing items in a black shoulder bag. The store's total loss was $589.04, the report said.

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