Olympia Fields Police Blotter: Accused Credit Card Thief Dodged Cops for More Than a Year

SUNDAY, MAY 8

'McDonald's Needs Your Help'

Three young females flagged down police near McDonald's in the 2400 block of Lincoln Highway and said, "McDonald's needs your help. There are boys in the drive-thru giving them and other customers trouble." At McDonald's, Kevin C. Wright, 25, of Richton Park, was arrested and charged with obstructing a peace officer after he repeatedly attempted to walk up behind an officer. An employee at the restaurant told police she had called for help because Wright had gotten out of his vehicle and approached the drive-thru window with a glass bottle.

SATURDAY, MAY 7

Flat-Out Drunk

Robert D. Defrance, 30, of Matteson, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after police stopped him on Lincoln Highway for swerving between lanes, according to reports. Police said Defrance's blood alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit. Defrance kept falling asleep at the station, and after getting his photo taken he "fell flat out onto the ground," police said.

A Light Nap

Fernando Morales Jr., 31, of Olympia Fields, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after police saw him sleeping at the wheel in the intersection of Governors Highway and Crawford Avenue as the light went through two full cycles (two green lights), police said.

FRIDAY, MAY 6

Duckin' and Dodgin' and Credit Card Fraudin'

On March 14, 2010, an Olympia Fields woman told police her credit card had been stolen and used at a Walmart store in Orland Hills. The woman accused Delisa Tolbert, of the 400 block of Brookwood Drive, of taking the card. On Oct. 27, 2010, police revisited the case, and an outstanding warrant from Orland Hills police for unlawful use of a credit card backed up the woman's story. Police tried to stop Tolbert near her house, but she quickly drove into her garage, closed the garage door and refused to answer the door. On March 16, police were still attempting to contact Tolbert but she still refused to answer the door or phone, according to reports. On May 6, police identified Tolbert on the street and brought her into custody. She was charged with theft along with her warrant from Orland Hills.

Wrong ID and Warrants Out of Two Towns

Latrina S. Phillips, 28, of Chicago Heights, was arrested and charged with driving an uninsured vehicle and driving on a suspended license after she was stopped for having an obstructed view, according to reports. Police said Phillips initially gave police a state ID with her sister's name on it, but she eventually gave them her own. Police found out Phillips had two outstanding warrants from Park Forest and Matteson for possession of cannabis and driving on a suspended license, respectively.

THURSDAY, MAY 5

Smell-good Theft

An employee of Walgreens, 20950 Governors Highway, told police an unknown man took about $100 worth of perfume from the store without paying.

SUNDAY, MAY 1

Pole Crasher

Maurice L. Rice, 35, of Country Club Hills, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and aggravated speeding after police saw him travelling at 93 mph on Crawford Avenue, according to reports. Police said Rice then turned onto Vollmer and struck a utility pole. Rice had a cut over his right eye and was treated for it at St. James Hospital.