Police Blotter: Writing Bad Check to Evergreen; Parking Lot Drug Sting

SUNDAY, JUNE 5

Cleaning Products Swiped

Lavita L. Washington, 39, of Chicago, was charged with retail theft for taking items valued at $17.73 from Walmart, 2500 W. 95th St., police said. Store security saw Washington on camera, removing cleaning items on shelves and placing them in her purse, police said.

FRIDAY, JUNE 3

Xbox Theft

Edward S. Williams, 37, of Chicago, was charged with retail theft for taking one item valued at $49.88 from Walmart, police said. According to reports, store security saw Williams remove an Xbox 360 game from its packaging and put it in his right rear pocket.

Woman Issues Bad Checks to Evergreen Park

Police charged Diane M. Phillips, 59, of Chicago, with deceptive practice for issuing the Village of Evergreen Park a check that later bounced. According to reports, Phillips issued a $60 check for a parking ticket on March 4. On June 3, she came into the police station after police had made numerous attempts to contact her. Police submitted the check to the bank a second time, but it bounced again. When a check is denied for non-sufficient funds twice, it becomes a crime.

Drug Sting in Walgreens Parking Lot

Police said Darious D. Lemon, 21, of Chicago, was charged with possession of marijuana for having 16.2 grams of marijuana. According to reports, tactical officers had information that a possible drug deal was taking place in the parking lot at the Walgreens at 87th and Kedzie, involving a maroon car. Officers said they set up surveillance on the lot and saw the described car come into the lot at about 5:02 p.m., occupied by a female driver and a male passenger.

Officers found a plastic bag with a green leafy substance in it, with smaller bags in the bag, on the passenger side of the car where Lemon was sitting. According to reports, police ordered Lemon to show them his hands, but he did not comply. Police said they had to physically extract Lemon from the car to take him into custody. Officers recovered the clear plastic bag containing 18 smaller plastic bags with what was later tested to be marijuana, police said. The driver wasn’t charged because the drugs were found under Lemon’s seat, police said.