Police Blotter: Pantsless Man in the Currency Exchange

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 4

Public and Pantsless

A woman complained to police about a Chicago man who dropped his pants in September inside a Currency Exchange at 5201 159th St., according to police reports, and masturbated towards the woman. She told police she met him in Chicago over the summer, and he was preparing to purchase her car. He has been sending harassing text messages ever since and occasionally calls her while masturbating, police said. She gave police his name and last known address in Chicago and said he was a felon.

Forgotten Loaded Handgun

Police said they confiscated a loaded semi-automatic handgun and box of .22 caliber long rifle rounds from a home in the 10700 block of Lockwood Avenue per the stipulations of an order of protection. A woman in the home said she found the firearm hidden in a sock in a desk drawer and asked that it be removed safely. The owner of the firearm told police he forgot he owned it. He was reminded with an inventory receipt.

TUESDAY, JAN. 3

Domestic Battery

Tracy L. Livingstone, 44, of the 5200 block of Woodland Drive in Oak Forest, was charged with domestic battery and resisting a peace officer. Police said Livingstone struck a 64-year-old woman in the head with a phone around 7:30 p.m. and proceeded to smash up the home. Responding officers reported finding Livingstone “lying on the kitchen floor, highly intoxicated and refusing ... verbal commands to sit up.” In lockup, after struggling to be handcuffed, Livingstone banged on the cell door, screaming, police said.

Quick Change Scammer

Police said they’re looking for a man who scammed a restaurant clerk in the 6000 block of 159th Street at 4:40 p.m. and drove off in his “blue beater” with an additional $70 in his pocket. Restaurant employees told police the man confused a clerk into exchanging $50 and $100 bills while purchasing a pop with a $20 bill. Video surveillance will become available to police at a later date, according to the report.

MONDAY, JAN. 2

He Said, She Said

Police responded to a call in the 5000 block of 159th Street around 6 p.m. about a 28-year-old man chasing down a van with a gun, but left without evidence or charges.

The man’s mother told police that a van had struck him in an alleyway. The man said a van almost struck him in an alleyway, and an independent witness verified the man’s account. The caller, who had been driving the van at the time, said the man chased her while carrying a “dark object” she believed was a gun.

No gun was found, and the man was released, police said.

Reported Thefts

• About $5 in change from a car parked in the 14800 block of Mission Avenue between 10:30 p.m. Jan. 5 and 8 a.m. Jan. 6.
• Undisclosed items from an unlocked Jeep parked in the 14800 block of Mission Avenue between midnight and 6:30 a.m. Jan. 6.
• A debit card from an unlocked car parked in the 14800 block of Long Avenue between 10:30 p.m. Jan. 5 and 7:30 a.m. Jan. 6 that was later swiped at a 7-11 down the street for $32.01.
• Gold rings and other undisclosed items from a locked car parked in the 14500 block of Walden Court between 10 p.m. Jan. 5 and 7:30 a.m. Jan. 6. The driver’s side window was broken.
• Two flat-screen televisions (55-inch Samsung and 42-inch Vizio), two blueray DVD players (Sony and Samsung), and diamond chain with a total value of $7,000 from two bedrooms in the 16900 block of Cicero Avenue on Jan. 4 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
• A black 2007 Lincoln with license plate number 9745040 parked in the 15600 block of Long Avenue between 10 p.m. Jan. 7 and 1 a.m. Jan. 8. The homeowner said he left his car locked, but police found no broken glass on the asphalt.

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