Busts At Hooters: Weird Crimes

Busts At Hooters

April 30: Diners at the restaurant known for being delightfully tacky decided to split without paying their checks when they finished enjoying the view.

Oak Lawn police responded to a reported dine-and-dash at Hooters at 9159 S. Cicero Ave. around 10:21. A table of three women and one man finished eating their meal and were talking amongst themselves when they all got up and left without paying their $91.30 tab, police said.

The second dine-and-dash incident occurred the evening of April 21 around 9:50 a.m., police said. An off-duty police officer advised that four adults had just fled the restaurant and were heading southbound on Keating Avenue from 92nd Street in a Chevy Tahoe.

Eight people were hit with charges from the two incidents.

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Something Up Their Sleeves

May 2: This wasn't a magic trick.

Darren L. Wright, 38, of the 8000 block of South Green Street in Chicago, and Vivian L. McGee, 28, of the 16200 block of Paulina Street in Markham, were charged with retail theft, according to a report. They are accused of grabbing bottles of liquor and hiding them in their sleeves at about 8:26 p.m. from CVS, 15840 Cicero Ave.

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Kids Joy Ride in Park District Golf Cart

May 2: A few local kids recently found an odd way to putt around town.

Two boys and a girl were spotted driving in a Chicago Heights Park District golf cart on 14th Place near Sunnyside Avenue, according to a report.

One district employee checked storage and found one of the golf carts missing, according to a report. The gate fence had been left open. A security officer recovered the golf cart in the 1400 block of Donovan Avenue, according to the report. It had been left unoccupied behind an apartment complex.

The cart is worth an estimated $5,000. No arrests were reported.

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WD-40 Can Allegedly Used To Hide Pot

April 4: One Orland Park man found another way to use a useful product: hiding his weed.

Patrick Zalesko, 19, of the 8400 block of Rob Roy Drive, Orland Park, was charged with delivery of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and speeding, according to a report. An officer spotted a car traveling at a high rate of speed at about 4:22 p.m. in the 8600 block of Wheeler Drive, according to a report. Police stopped the car and noticed an odor of burnt marijuana coming from it.

The driver, Zalesko, consented to a search, according to a report. Police found a one-hitter pipe, rolling papers and a baggie with a green leafy substance that tested positive for marijuana. A search of the car turned up a can of WD-40 with a false bottom. An officer found rolling papers, a metal smoking pipe and five baggies of a substance that also tested positive for marijuana inside the can.

Zalesko was due on April 22 in Cook County court.

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