Accused Home Invader Threatened to Beat Woman with Hammer

A man who broke into an Orland Park home, terrorized two women, bound them with twist ties and stole money, jewelry and medicine threatened to beat one of his victims with a hammer, according to Cook County prosecutors.

Timothy Adkins, 30, captured Wednesday in Tinley Park, appeared in court Friday on charges of home invasion, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated unlawful restraint. His bail was set at $750,000. Meanwhile, police continue to hunt for his accomplice.

Prosecutors said Adkins and his partner got into the house in the 7500 block of Halesia Court during the early morning hours of May 29 while the two women and a man were asleep. One awoke to Adkins trying to open the wall safe in her room, according to prosecutors, and he took away her iPhone and threatened to beat her with the hammer he was carrying.

“I don’t want to hurt you but I will if I have to,” he allegedly said.

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His partner was unable to tie the other woman’s hands, so Adkins did so for him, prosecutors said. Then they ripped the safe out of the wall. The man in the house never woke up, according to police.

Orland Park Police responded to a 911 call from the Halesia Court home, west of Harlem between 151st and 159th Streets, before 8:30 a.m. and rushed to the area. Police said the “residence was specifically targeted and not randomly chosen.”

Adkins, a tow-truck driver, resides in Oak Forest on Merlin Court, according to police.