Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Dennis Joyner, the Park Forest man accused of shooting a man to death at a Chicago Heights gas station, was arraigned in a Markham courtroom on Tuesday, Oct. 16.
An attorney for a Park Forest man who is accused of fatally shooting another man over a rental dispute said Tuesday, Oct. 16 that his client pleads "not guilty to each and every charge" of first-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon. Police say Dennis Joyner, 60, a retired state trooper was in a dispute with Robert Fortson, 40, over a rental property that Joyner owned. The dispute ended with Joyner shooting Fortson several times at the Mobil gas station in the 400 block of Lincoln Highway, according to police. Sign up for daily Chicago Heights news alerts. Joyner reportedly laid his gun down after the shooting and waited for police to arrive at the scene. However, Sam Adam Jr., Joyner's attorney, told Patch at Joyner's last court …
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
The new attorney for Dennis Joyner, 60, who is accused a shooting a man over a rental dispute, asked a Cook County judge to move Joyner to the medical ward of the county jail because he has a chest defibrillator and severe gout.
A Park Forest man accused in the shooting death of a Chicago Heights man over a rental dispute will be moved to the medical ward of the Cook County Department of Corrections. Prosecutors have charged Joyner with two felony counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and eight felony counts of murder in the shooting death of 40-year-old Robert Fortson. Sam Adam Jr., the defense attorney for 60-year-old Dennis Joyner, told Cook County Judge Darron E. Bowden during a preliminary hearing in the Markham courthouse Wednesday, Oct. 3 that Joyner has a defibrillator in his chest and suffers from severe gout. Adam recently joined the case and appeared in court next to the unshaven Joyner, clad in bright yellow Department of Corrections garb. The…
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Police reports that a 19-year-old Chicago Heights woman has been killed. According to authorities, people of interests are being questioned.
Updated at 10:30 a.m., Nov. 14 A 19-year-old Chicago Heights woman was killed early Saturday morning after sustaining multiple gunshots, according to Chicago Heights Police. At about 12:28 a.m. police said they responded to shots fired on the 200 block of west 14th Place, near her home, where they observed the unresponsive victim, Danielle Simmons. The Simmons was standing about two blocks from her home with a group of people when she was shot in the neck, according to a report by NBC 5 Chicago. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office ruled her death a homicide. After transporting her to St. James Hospital and Health Center, she was pronounced dead at about 1:08 a.m., police said. According to authorities, the Simmons’s body has been …
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Chicago Heights police reports, Aug. 26
FRIDAY, AUG. 26 A Chicago Heights woman discovered that someone unsuccessfully tried to steal her car. The woman checked her 1995 green Oldsmobile Cutlass parked in the lot of 14 Olympic Village around 7:45 a.m. and found the driver's door pried open and the steering column damaged, police said. Nothing was taken from inside the vehicle, according to the report. A Chicago Heights resident reported that several items were stolen from her home. The woman said the burglar apparently forced entry into the residence on the 100 block of W. 19th Street, stealing a black chandelier, a Panasonic DVD player and a stereo, according to the report. A Chicago Heights woman sought help after she was struck by a male neighbor, police said. The woman, who…
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Chicago Heights police reports, Aug. 21
SUNDAY, AUG. 21 A Hazel Crest woman reported to Chicago Heights police that a person or persons unknown removed the wallet from her purse while she was at Sweet Bytes restaurant/cafe, 529 Ashland Ave. The woman’s Blackberry cell phone and Chase debit card were taken, along with $40 in cash, and the emptied wallet was found in the restaurant’s parking lot, according to the report. A Chicago Heights man was charged with domestic battery after he bit a woman following a night of hard drinking, according to a police report. Richard D. Fryer, 33, of the 19000 block of Glenwood Road, is accused of biting his female companion after the two drank and quarreled. An officer noted marks on the woman’s triceps and left arm and a distinct bite mark on …
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