Blotter: Mohawk Man Crashes Into Cosmetics and a Suspected Inside Job

SUNDAY, FEB. 12

Mohawk Man Crashes Into Cosmetics

 arrested an 18-year-old Palos Park man around 4:20 p.m.—about 24 hours after staff at Kmart said they saw him cruise a motorized shopping cart into a cosmetics display and flee.

Police watched store surveillance footage Sunday of Jon A. Kuzdas, of the 10400 block of Palos West Drive. They said he entered the Tinley Park store located at 16300 Harlem Ave. around 5:30 p.m. "The video showed a male white with a black mohawk style haircut wearing a black jacket with white bones," the report said. " … The subject drives around the store and strikes a cosmetics display, causing the cosmetics to fall to the ground. The subject then gets off the motorized shopping cart and leaves the store."

Officers tracked down Kuzdas by identifying the registered owner of the car he left in, the report said. He told officers it was an accident and that he notified staff before leaving the store, the report said. He was charged with one count of criminal damage to property. His bail was set at $1,500.

THURSDAY, FEB. 2

Retail Thefts at Ulta

Felicia M. Tate, 26, of the 7300 block of South Wood Street in Chicago, was arrested around 6:15 p.m. at Ulta Cosmetics, 7350 191st St., , and charged with retail theft using a theft detecting shielding device.

Lawanda D. Poore, 42, of the 1100 block of West 107th Street in Chicago, was arrested around 6:15 p.m. at Ulta Cosmetics, 7350 191st St., Tinley Park, and charged with retail theft using a theft detecting shielding device.

MONDAY, JAN. 30

A Suspected Inside Job

A local woman reported several items missing from her condo, including a sapphire and diamond ring, diamond heart ring, four miscellaneous diamond rings, several watches, valuable coins and more. She said she believed the items were stolen by her nephew's son who was living with her between Dec. 15 and Dec. 30. She said that after he moved out, she began to notice items missing from the unit. He may have still had access to it, she said.

SATURDAY, JAN. 29

DUI

James E. MacLelland, 35, of the 16800 block of Forestview Drive in Tinley Park, was charged around 2:30 a.m. with driving under the influence of alcohol and improper lane use. Police pulled over MacLelland near Oak Park Avenue and 178th Street, where they saw him leaving Carm's Beef, they said.

The business was closed and officers thought his being there was suspicious. When they began following MacLelland, he crossed over the solid yellow median line twice, they said. He refused to perform any field sobriety tests or to give officers a breath sample. At the station, he told officers he didn't know how to spell his last name, according to the report. They said he smelled like alcohol and admitted to drinking five beers at a local bar.

SATURDAY, JAN. 21

Parked Vehicle Prevents Snow Removal

Police placed a tow notice on a vehicle that was "impeding Tinley Park Public Works' ability to remove the snowfall from the street" in the 7100 block of 177th Street in Tinley Park. The vehicle was issued two citations—abandonment of vehicle prohibited and parking further than 12 inches from a curb. The tow notice gave the owner 10 days to remove the vehicle, according to the report.

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