Police Blotter: Elderly Couple Robbed of $16,000 Cash

SATURDAY, APRIL 7

Zero Tolerance

Karla R. Green, 19, of the 15700 block of Terrace Drive in Oak Forest was charged with zero tolerance, improper lane usage and underage consumption of alcohol. Police said Green failed field sobriety and breath tests after stopping her car near Independence and Central avenues around 3 a.m. for driving on the wrong side of the road.

Domestic Battery, Assault

Taisir M. Raziq, 47, of the 8000 block of Roberts Road in Bridgeview was charged with domestic battery and domestic assault after a man and witnesses alleged that Raziq entered his bedroom in the 15300 block of Kenton Avenue around 7 p.m. yelling and raising a flashlight as if to hit him. The two struggled for the flashlight, and Raziq caused scratches on the young man’s arms, according to the report.

THURSDAY, APRIL 5

Abandoned Stolen Car

Police said a man abandoned a stolen car in the parking of the 159th Street McDonald's around 9:30 p.m. and got away on foot after he outmaneuvered a squad car. According to the report, an officer tried stopping a 1997 gray Infiniti for striking a curb, but it speed off, weaving between traffic. The car had been reported stolen in Harvey.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4

Reports Filed Against Repair Shop

Two reports of theft were filed against the Oak Forest owner of a former computer repair shop in the 6000 block of 159th Street, but criminal complaints have not been signed.

On March 22, a man alleged that the business owner hadn’t repaired or returned the laptop and iPad he had dropped off on Feb. 2. The following day, another man dropped off his laptop and a check for $210, but would tell police on April 4 that he hadn’t received any word from the shop. According to the report, the store has since closed and the phone number is no longer in service. Police said the owner told one of the men in March that he was planning to give all the electronics back but could not get a hold of his former customers.

TUESDAY, APRIL 3

Elderly Couple Robbed

An elderly couple living in the 15200 block of Arroyo Drive told police that they had been robbed of $16,000 cash by two men, one of whom, posing as a ComEd employee, shoved his way into the house demanding to check the fuse box. That man reportedly shoved the 92-year-old woman towards the basement, causing her to shove back and threaten to call police. He refused to show identification and eventually left the home after a second man suddenly went running out the front door.

A large amount of cash and a purse were reported missing from the couple’s master bedroom. One of the alleged robbers was described generically—approximately 6-feet tall, weighing 180 pounds—and was last seen taking off in a mid-2000s white pickup truck without a front license plate around 12:30 p.m.

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