Friday, January 18, 2013
It appears Marcos Villarreal was trying to avoid being arrested when he pulled off surprising stunt in the front seat of his car, according to police.
Marcos Villarreal, 30, of the 100 block of E 23rd Street in Chicago Heights received a slew of charges, including endangering the life of a child, after pulling a daring stunt while driving. Homewood Police say they attempted to pull Villarreal over near the 18700 block of Halsted Street after running his plates and learning he has a suspended license. Instead of pulling over, Villarreal continued driving and managed to swap places with the passenger, according to reports. Sign up for Chicago Heights breaking news alerts. The car finally pulled over on the 18500 block of Halsted and police say they discovered a three-year-old child in the back seat. A caseworker was assigned to check up on the child, reports say. Villarreal was charged …
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Chicago Heights police reports, May 25-26.
SATURDAY, MAY 26 A security guard at FedEx Freight on Joe Orr Road told police he learned an employee had been stealing. A witness told police the employee in question removed a bottle of George Dickel Tennessee whiskey from an open box on a pallet being prepared for shipment. The employee admitted to taking a sip of the whiskey and was immediately terminated from his position, according to the report. He was also told he would be arrested if he returned to the property, police said. FRIDAY, MAY 25 A District 170 employee told police a Ford Escort sped through the playground at Washington-McKinley School with children present. The employee described the driver as a heavy set woman wearing a wig, who has a distinct limp, according to the …
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The Homewood woman didn't stop for pedestrians or cars on her March 14 trip around the north end of Chicago Heights, according to police.
Chicago Heights Police were controlling traffic at the scene of a car accident near the intersection of Vollmer and Chicago roads, when a Homewood woman caught their attention. Marissa L. Bell-Taylor, 18, of the 18200 block of Hart Drive, was arrested and charged with reckless driving after police saw her speed past emergency vehicles, going 60 mph in a 30 mph zone, according to the report. Bell-Taylor continued at the same speed for three blocks even as police followed her with emergency lights and sirens on, police said. Bell-Taylor then entered a parking lot at Prairie State College and continued at 50 mph without slowing or yielding to pedestrians who were heading into the school, police said. Bell-Taylor turned down another aisle and …
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
An Oak Forest man and a Steger man were charged in the Aug. 26 incident in Chicago Heights.
Two men were arrested after their reckless driving endangered several Chicago Heights children at an area apartment complex on Aug. 26, Chicago Heights police said. Steger resident Rafael Miranda, 46, became angry after Randell G. Kasten, 47, of Oak Forest, got into an altercation with Miranda's adult son at the intersection of Joe Orr Road and Halsted Street, according to the police report. Kasten attempted to pepper-spray Miranda's son, upsetting the Steger man who then chased Kasten's car into the parking lot of Thornwood Apartments at 19460 Chicago Heights-Glenwood Road, police said. The two drivers continued through the complex parking lot and into a park at around 7:30 p.m., nearly striking several children, a witness at the …
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Science Guy
8:44 pm on Thursday, June 7, 2012
C4HN is also 3-cyano-1,2-propadienylidene. Maybe they were chemists? more ›