Crime & Safety
Police Blotter: Off-Duty Cop Witnesses Theft of Alcohol
Oak Forest police reports, April 9-15
SUNDAY, APRIL 15
Retail Theft
Samantha Villareal, 41, of the 9300 block of Hunter Drive in Orland Hills was charged with retail theft. Security at a grocery store in the 5600 block of 159th Street told police that Villareal put two bottles of alcohol in her purse around 2:30 p.m. and left without paying. She was stopped outside the store, according to the report.
THURSDAY, APRIL 12
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Trespassing After Warning
Christopher P. Zekas, 40, of the 9300 block of Central Avenue in Evergreen Park was charged with criminal trespass to property. Police said they escorted Zekas away from a home in the 15300 block of Kilpatrick Avenue around 4 p.m. where he was not wanted. He was escorted again off the property—and booked at the station—for returning to the home around 10 p.m. and drunkenly banging on the door, according to the report.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11
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Domestic Battery
Jeffery A. Fussell, 47, of the 5000 block of 159th Street in Oak Forest was charged with domestic battery after a woman alleged that Fussell hit her in the back of the hand with his hand. Police said they spoke with Fussell around 9 p.m., coming back to his home, where he denied the allegation.
MONDAY, APRIL 9
Off-Duty Cop Witnesses Theft
Erik A. Rodriguez, 22, of the 14300 block of Ridgeway Avenue in Midlothian and Conrado Delbosque, 24, of the 6600 block of Mozart Avenue were charged with retail theft. An off-duty detective told his colleagues that he had seen two men hide bottles of alcohol in their waistband and leave a store in the 5500 block of 159th Street around 6 p.m. They were stopped two blocks east, according to the report, and $32.50 worth of liquor was recovered in the car.
Police Blotter information is provided by the Oak Forest Police Department. 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.
