Crime & Safety
Man Accused of Shooting Up Buys Ice Cream Cone Before Arrest: Weird Crimes
Passenger considers jumping out of moving car during traffic stop • Stabbing suspect picked up for alcoholic lemonade theft • Driver busted for pot after driving man with bullet wound ... This week's roundup of the Southland's weird crime news.
By Nick SwedbergTuck and Roll Is A No-Go
June 5: A passenger in a car stopped in Homewood tried to perform a Hollywood-style maneuver to avoid police.
Xavier Allen, 17, of the 300 block of Iris, Chicago Heights, was charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, according to a report. An officer was on patrol at about 10:16 p.m. near the intersection of Serena Drive and Holbrook Road and saw a car cross the double yellow road lines.
When police tried to pull the car over, one of the passengers tried to jump out of the moving vehicle, according to the report. Once the car was stopped, an officer patted down the driver and several passengers.
An officer conducting a search of the car recovered a small black, semi-automatic handgun that was loaded with six live rounds, according to the report. Allen, one of the passengers, was arrested and charged with the felony.
Read more on Homewood-Flossmoor PatchStabbing Suspect Picked Up On Hard Lemonade Theft
June 10: A six-pack of cranberry-flavored alcoholic drinks led to the arrest in Evergreen Park of a Chicago man wanted for allegedly stabbing his mother to death.
Michael Spaulding, 32, was arrested Monday by Evergreen Park police after the manager at Bleeker’s Bowling Lanes called to report a stolen pack of Mike's Hard Lemonade, police said. A short time after the arrest, Chicago police came to pick him up.
Spaulding was wanted for allegedly stabbing and killing his 67-year-old mother earlier in the day, according to media reports. He appeared in front of a Cook County judge Tuesday.
Police said Spaulding was finishing a bottle of Mike's Hard Lemonade when he was stopped.
Spaulding was ordered to be held without bail Tuesday, according to reports.
Read more on Evergreen Park PatchMan Accused of Shooting Up in Parking Lot After Grabbing Sweet Treat
May 20: A man who just bought an ice cream cone at McDonald's was stopped by police investigating a report that people were doing drugs in the parking lot.
Jeffrey K. Madsen, 22, of the 15500 block of Eamon Court, Manhattan, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, according to an Orland Park police report.
An officer saw a woman walking from a parked purple car at about 4 p.m., in a parking lot at McDonald's, 14445 LaGrange Rd., according to the report. Police were called a short time earlier to the fast food joint by witnesses who said man and a woman were shooting up in a purple car parked in the lot. The officer followed the woman inside and watched as she spoke with a man who was standing by the bathroom.
The two people were asked to step outside, and they followed the officer back to the parking lot after getting the ice cream cones they ordered, according to the report.
During the conversation, the officer asked why witnesses would call police to say they saw someone injecting drugs in the parking lot, according to the report. At one point the man reached into his sock and handed the officer a plastic bag that contained five small blue plastic baggies, each with white powder inside, police said.
Madsen was arrested and searched, the report states. Police reportedly found a hypodermic needle in his front pocket. The woman was released.
After Madsen was taken to the Orland Park Police Department, police conducted a field test on the white powder. It showed a positive result for the presence of heroin.
Read more on Orland Park PatchPot Bust For Man Driving Shot-Up Acquaintance
May 31: A Chicago man was busted for a small amount of pot after taking a buddy to the hospital for a gunshot wound.
Jamie L. Winsley, 20, of the 7500 block of South Hermitage Avenue, was charged with possession of marijuana, improper lane use, reckless driving, speeding, driving with a suspended license and driving without insurance, according to an Evergreen Park police report.
Winsley was stopped for traffic violations at about 6:40 p.m. near the intersection of 95th Place and California Avenue, according to the report.
Police found that he was taking a passenger to the hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound, according to the report. A search turned up 1.2 grams of a substance that tested positive for marijuana.
Both men were coming from Chicago, according to police. The man suffering from the bullet wound was treated in the emergency room at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park, police said.
The shooting was turned over to the Chicago Police Department for investigation.
Read more on Evergreen Park Patch
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