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Greg A. Voegtlin

Jury convicts Lemont man of molesting teenage girl

A Will County jury this week convicted a 44-year-old Lemont man of molesting a teenage girl from 2003 to 2007. Greg A. Voegtlin of the 17200 block … Read more ›

DUI arrestee also charged with driving the wrong way, and more

These items were taken from Orland Hills Police reports available May 7. DUI A 28-year-old Orland Park man was arrested April 21 for DUI, two … Read more ›

Man, 19, accused of pushing pregnant girlfriend, and more

The following items were taken from Orland Park Police reports released May 3 and May 7. Domestic Violence A 49-year-old Orland Park woman from the … Read more ›

Police say DUI arrestee tried to bribe an officer with a $20 bill

Orland Park Police say a 24-year-old Chicago woman scheduled to appear in court May 22 on charges of DUI and driving on a suspended license … Read more ›

Copper grounding stolen from cellular company on Archer Avenue, and more

These items were taken from reports released May 3 by the Will County Sheriff’s Office and information from the Will County Circuit Clerk. Burglary Electrical … Read more ›

DUI arrestee threatened to name officers in a suicide note, and more

The following items were taken from Orland Park Police reports released April 26 and April 30. DUI A 31-year-old Orland Park man arrested April 15 … Read more ›

Tom G. Rohrbach

Police: Man allegedly made phone threats to watch police response

A 46-year-old New Lenox man charged Wednesday with making 911 calls threatening massacres at Frankfort and New Lenox high schools told police he did it … Read more ›

National speaker and recovering drug addict David Lee addresses the crowd at Sandburg Wednesday night. (Jeff Vorva/Tribune)

Community Link group gets the word out on area drug situation

Orland Township’s Community Link group welcomed parents to a recent symposium on the area’s drug problem – including increases in heroin use among young locals. More than … Read more ›

Mark Geinosky holds some of the 24 bogus parking tickets he was issued. Five officers have been implicated, and a dismissal hearing before the Chicago Police Board for two of them, Horst Hegewald and Paul Roque, concluded Tuesday. (Nuccio DiNuzzo, Tribune photo / February 16, 2009)

Expert says bogus tickets may not have been written by accused officers

A Chicago Police Board hearing on the proposed firing of two officers allegedly involved in a bogus-ticket-writing scheme wrapped up Tuesday, with city officials saying … Read more ›

This year's National Take Back Initiative averaged nearly two pounds of drugs for each of the 526 Orland Park participants, officials said.

Residents help collect unused, outdated prescription medications

Gearing up for the National Take Back Initiative, Orland Park Police Chief Tim McCarthy said he’d like to collect 500 pounds of unused, unwanted and … Read more ›