Police Blotter: Visitor Leaves Blood on Woman's Porch

SUNDAY, JULY 1

Wrestling with the Law

Malcolm P. Toliver, 21, of the 1200 block of Washington Street, was arrested and charged with possession of cannabis and disorderly conduct after police saw him in an altercation with an employee of the Marathon gas station on 14th Street, according to the report. As Toliver was leaving the gas station police tried to stop him but he broke away and ran, trying to enter a home on 16th Street, according to the report. Before Toliver could enter, police grabbed him. Toliver then broke away but was grabbed again and wrestled to the ground, according to the report. Toliver then grabbed the handle of the cop's weapon but was sprayed with pepper spray and subdued, police said.

Blood on the Porch

A 36-year-old Chicago Heights woman told police someone knocked on the door of her 21st Street home while yelling. When the woman looked out her window she saw a woman on her front porch and three other women on her sidewalk, one of which she recognized as living on the same street, according to the report. When a police squad car came down 21st street, all of the women fled, according to the report. The woman told police she saw spots of blood on her front porch, on her doorbell and on her screen door after the women left.

Car Trouble at Food 4 Less?

A 39-year-old Chicago Heights woman told police she parked her car in the Food 4 Less parking lot from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. and smelled gasoline when she returned. The woman said she then saw a liquid puddle under discovered the gas line of her vehicle had been tampered with, according to the report. The woman notified Food 4 Less staff of the incident, police said. 

Window Pain

A 49-year-old Alsip woman told police she was driving near the intersection of Vollmer Road and Glenwood Road when an unknown person hit her vehicle with an unknown object, damaging her windshield. The vehicle also sustained damage to the roof, driver's side quarter panel and passenger's side front door, according to the report.

FRIDAY, JUNE 29

Car Burglary

A 21-year-old Lynwood woman told police she left her car parked near the intersection of Division Street and 16th Street between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. with the doors locked but with the windows slightly down. The told police when she returned her purse, which had been under the driver's seat, was missing.

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