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The following items were taken from police and court reports and news releases. An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt.

BUSINESSES BURGLARY: Two Cicero Avenue businesses more than a half mile apart were the targets of early morning burglaries July 17, according to police reports released Aug. 16. Officers investigating the break-ins a little before 6 a.m. say two bottles of alcohol were taken and the cash register was smashed but unopened at Two Mikes Tavern, 8504 Cicero Ave., and cash was taken from the register and a safe at The Vape Stop, 8050 Cicero Ave. Entry to both businesses was made by smashing the front glass doors, police said.

ATM HEIST: The FBI is investigating the robbery of an armored vehicle at the Chase Bank ATM, 16767 Torrence Ave., Aug. 16. No one was injured by the three males, at least two of whom were armed, the FBI said in a statement. The males demanded money while displaying guns, the FBI said. The FBI asks anyone with information to call 312-421-6700 or go to tips.fbi.gov.

SHOTS FIRED: Officers responding to an Aug. 10 call of shots fired in the 18000 block of Torrence Avenue found shell casings in the area. Detectives are continuing the investigation.

SIXTH DUI: An Oak Lawn man, stopped in the 9600 block of LaPorte Road at 9:45 a.m. Aug. 13, after driving erratically, was arrested for his sixth drunken-driving offense, police said. Edward V. Kaveckas, 55, 9800 block of Keeler Avenue, was driving on a license suspended for drunken driving, and is scheduled to appear in Will County circuit court Sept. 5 on two counts of aggravated drunken driving, according to court records online.

FAKE CHECKS: An unidentified business reported Aug. 14 more than $130,000 in fake checks had been written against its accounts. Police said the checks appeared to have been copied from checks recently mailed by the company and noted the thefts were thwarted at the bank level. Law enforcement passed the names of several suspects to the U.S. Postal Inspectors office, which has taken over the investigation.

DUI: John R. Kass, 63, 12800 block of Oak Park Avenue, Palos Heights, was arrested and accused of drunken driving, failing to reduce speed to avoid a collision and improper lane use during an Aug. 15 two-vehicle crash investigation in the 7100 block of 127th Street. Kass hit another vehicle in the 7100 block and then hit the front of a building while trying to pull into a parking lot, police said.

ROAD RAGE: Mohammad Azmi Daineh, 32, 8600 block of 103rd Street, Palos Hills, was arrested and accused of aggravated assault Aug. 9 in the 10300 block of Roberts Road after displaying a firearm during a traffic dispute, police said.

ILLEGAL GUN: A Chicago man who said he came to the village to visit his mother July 18 was arrested after officers found two guns, one of them stolen, in the vehicle he was driving, police said. Officers initially stopped Marco J. Walker, 26, Chicago, in Arrowhead Court as part of a stolen car investigation, police said. Officers found a bag containing a 9 mm handgun loaded with five bullets, plus one in the chamber, along with an unloaded .38 caliber handgun reported stolen out of Chicago Heights, police said. Walker was formally charged July 19 with two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and accused of possessing stolen property, police said.

ILLEGAL GUN: A Richton Park teen had a 9 mm handgun loaded with seven bullets plus one in the chamber when pulled over July 19 during a traffic stop, police said. Elijah D. Garrett, 18, 21900 block of Main Street, was arrested in the 1700 block of Western Avenue after failing to fully stop at a red light before turning, police said. Garrett, who lacked a firearm owners identification card and a concealed carry license, was charged July 20 with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, police said. Illinois law sets 21 as the minimum age to qualify for either firearm document.

CHASE: A Dolton man who led officers on a 2 a.m. July 20 chase through four municipalities at speeds ranging from 48 mph to 78 mph told officers he thought the pursuing squad was a tow truck, police said. An officer initially attempted to curb Joseph B. Isreal, 30, 14600 block of Atlantic Avenue, at Western Avenue and South Street, police said. Although Isreal occasionally veered to the right of the lane, he didnt stop until 183rd Street and Park Avenue in Homewood, 4 miles later, police said. He is accused of aggravated speeding, fleeing and eluding a peace officer, police said.

DUI: A Matteson woman suspected of hitting an unoccupied parked car hard enough to knock it partly from the street into the front lawn July 20, was arrested and accused of drunken driving with a blood-alcohol concentration above the legal limit and driving on a suspended license, police said. Eriel M. Robinson, 28, 800 block of Harvard Lane, was taken into custody in the 500 block of Homan Avenue, police said.

BATTERY: A Homewood woman who thought a home-security sales representative had damaged her grandsons car has been charged with battery, aggravated assault and criminally damaging property after physically attacking the employees supervisor with a hammer, police said. Gloria L. Fields, 59, 900 block of Elder Road, assaulted the man, who said he went to the 300 block of Indianwood Boulevard expecting to fill in for his subordinate on a sales call, police said.

DOMESTIC MELEE: A Markham woman was arrested and accused of reckless driving and battery Aug. 17 in an undisclosed block of Nanti Street after a melee that included bricks flying through two car windows, police said. Teana A. Williams, 24, 16000 block of Richmond Avenue, used pepper spray on a 31-year-old man and used her car as a weapon, police said.

DUI: A Park Forest man who sideswiped three parked, unoccupied cars in the 100 block of Indianwood Boulevard Aug. 17 was driving on a revoked license, had a blood-alcohol concentration above the legal limit and also had open alcohol in his vehicle, police said. Bryan D. Dempsey, 61, 100 block of Indianwood Boulevard, was subsequently charged with aggravated drunken driving following the multivehicle collision and was also accused of failing to reduce speed to avoid a collision and driving without insurance, police said.

DUI: Devon E. Greene, 44, first block of Forest Boulevard, Park Forest was charged with aggravated drunken driving during an Aug. 20 traffic stop in that block for speeding, police said. Greene, whose license was suspended for drunken driving, was also accused of drunken driving, driving without insurance and suspended registration, police said.

ILLEGAL SHOOTING: Tushar J. Melendrez, 28, 300 block of North Orchard Drive, Park Forest, was arrested and accused of reckless discharge of a firearm Aug. 21 in the 400 block of Springfield Street after firing once outside a home around 4:45 a.m., police said.

SHOOTING INVESTIGATION: Police say a late-afternoon Aug. 13 shooting in front of a pizza-takeout business in the 3300 block of Chicago Road was a targeted event that appears to have left participants uninjured. Three South Chicago Heights and two assisting Steger officers responded, recovering eight spent shell casings on the ground in the lot and determining two involved persons had fled, police said. Officers, aided by the Illinois State Police crime scene investigation team, are examining business video and other evidence, police said.

BIKE STOLEN: An electric bicycle, valued at $4,000 was reported stolen Aug. 12 from the 100 block of Richton Road.

FIREARM: A South Holland man is scheduled to appear in Will County circuit court Aug. 31 on charges of possessing at least 4 pounds of marijuana and having a gun without a firearm owners identification card, according to Will County circuit court records. The Will County Cooperative Police Assistance Team booked Cordaryl Travon Scott, 36, 15100 block of Forestview Lane, into the Will County jail Aug. 9, according to sheriffs records online.

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