Podcast May 25, 2007
Welcome to the Will County Sheriffs Office weekly podcast for the week of May 14th to 21st.
With the weather cooling down over the weekend, the crime rate dropped dramatically.
The people living in Plainfield Township apparently listened to the first podcast and have been locking their vehicles because there were no vehicle burglaries this week - good going Plainfield township.
Last week we talked about identity thefts and some of the things that you can do to make it more difficult for these types of crimes to occur. An example, May 18th, Lockport Township: a young lady makes a report to the Sheriffs Office after she runs a credit check and finds that someone used her name to open a Sprint account. She was able to find this out before any collection agencies began calling her. The offender charged over $3600 on the account. If she had not run that credit check, she probably would have been notified by a collection agency and then would have to re-establish her credit. These types of cases cross all boundary lines.
Another example, May 14th, Frankfort Township a citizen advises that after applying for credit she is told that two people from the state of Washington are using her social security number. Apparently someone by the name of Dhong Kimm from Kent, Washington and Loren Bowles from Pyally, Washington were using the social security number to gain employment. Both cases are being investigated.
May 16
th, Frankfort township. At about 8:30 am at the construction site of Lincoln Way North High School, workers noticed a suspicious person at a construction trailer removing bales of wire and loading them into a pickup truck. As one of the workers approached the subject it was apparent that he was stealing the wire. Workers called 9-1-1 stating that there was a burglary in progress and describing the suspect as a male white approximately 150 pounds, 6 foot 1 inch, 25 30 years of age, with a thin mustache, driving a 2000 Chevy S10 with the rear window broken out and covered with plastic and duct tape. As the suspect fled, a construction worker attempted to follow the vehicle but gave up after the speed became too dangerous. Sheriffs deputies were able to give out a dispatch looking for the vehicle. As of this date, the vehicle and suspect have not been located. The value of the wire was over $2500. Anyone with any information about this crime can go to the Sheriffs website at
www.ilwcso.com and click on the tip hotline to provide anonymous information.
May 17th, New Lenox Township: a citizen comes home and pulls into his driveway at approximately 10 pm. He notices a suspicious looking stranger on the side of his residence. He goes inside and asks his wife to call 9-1-1. He grabs his 12 gauge shotgun and goes back outside. He observes a male, black approximately 6 feet tall wearing a dark nylon sports jacket. The unknown man begins to charge towards him. The citizen yells for the man to stop but he continues towards the citizen who then fires one shot near the ground in order to scare him away. The perpetrator runs toward the back yard area. At this time the citizen sees a second male black wearing the same type of clothing except with a hoodie covering his face. This second person jumps out of one of the bedroom windows near where the homeowner was standing. The homeowner ran after both suspects but could not locate them. He did witness a small van leaving the area at a high rate of speed. Nothing was missing from the home. Anyone who may have seen someone in the area matching the description of the males or the van, or having any information about this can call the Will county Sheriffs office at
815-727-8574 or go to the website at
www.ilwcso.com and click on the tip hotline to provide anonymous information.
Now for the Weekly DUI ReportH:
May 14th, 1:04 am, Exchange and Kings Road, Crete Township. Demitrius J. Harvey, age 38, from Matteson was charged with driving under the influence, operating an uninsured motor vehicle, and speeding.
May 15th, 10:11 pm, Briggs and Washington, Joliet Township. Frank Hernandez, age 49, from Joliet was charged with driving under the influence, operating an uninsured motor vehicle, and speeding.
May 16th, 7:31 pm, Route 53 and Patterson Road, Joliet Township. Donald H. Toerpe, age 51 from Joliet was charged with driving under the influence, operating an uninsured motor vehicle, and suspended drivers license.
May 17th, 6:07 pm, aRSENAL ROAD AND BASE LINE, jackson township. Ludwig Anderson, age 50 from braidwood was charged with driving under the influence.
May 18th, 1:58 am, Empress Mound Road, Joliet Township. Nathan Prusnell, age 28 from Channahon was charged with driving under the influence, possession of drug equipment, possession of cannabis under 30 grams.
May 19th, 9:50 pm, Cass and Herkimer, Joliet. Juan Orozco, age 22 from Joliet was charged with driving under the influence and no valid drivers license.
May 19th, 11:06 pm, Washington and Henderson, Joliet Township. Ruben Reyes, age 53 was charged with driving under the influence and no valid drivers license.
May 20th, 9:25 pm, Weber south of Division, Crest Hill. Frank Sanchez, age 37 from Romeoville was charged with driving under the influence, leaving the scene, fleeing and alluding, and improper lane usage. At 9:25 pm Will County deputies were conducting a routine traffic stop on the north bound lanes of Weber road. A deputy had parked his squad behind the deputy that made the traffic stop. A 2005 Equinox struck one of the squads and then fled the scene. The deputies were able to chase the suspect, Frank Sanchez. After stopping Mr. Sanchez, he exited his vehicle and started walking away. Deputies asked him where he was going and he said home. They then asked him if he knew that he had hit a car and he said you mean that cop car? Mr. Sanchez was then transported to the Will County jail.
May 18
th The Will County Sheriffs Office and New Lenox Police finished their ninth annual Citizens Police Academy. This year the town of Mokena and Village of Frankfort also participated. 28 citizens spent the past 12 weeks learning everything from law, traffic stops, CSI, taking field trips to the county morgue and the Will County Adult Detention Facility. The mayors of New Lenox and Frankfort, along with the police chiefs of New Lenox and Frankfort and Sheriff Paul Kaupas participated in graduation. See the video of the graduation and interviews with the participants at
www.ilwcso.com.
On May 18th six members of the Will County Sheriffs Department graduated from Northwestern Universitys Staff and Command School. This was the 240th class since 1986, conducted by Northwesterns School for Public Safety. What was significant about this class is that Will County Sheriffs Sergeant, Theresa Ellingham, received the Franklin M. Kreml award. This award was established in 1986 to recognize and honor a student who clearly demonstrates dedication, devotion, ethics, leadership and justice. There were 46 graduates in this class, those 46, along with staff, elected Sgt. Ellingham to receive this award. Also graduating from the Sheriffs Office was Sgt. Duane Davis, Sgt. Tom Budde, Sgt. Jeanette Montgomery, Sgt. Steve Byland and Sgt. Albaro Tellez.
Next week we will be taking a tour of the Will County Adult Detention Facilities new construction. This will be a video taped tour as work progresses on the $60 million building.
On behalf of Sheriff Paul Kaupas this is Pat Barry. Have a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend.
