Northwest Indiana Discussion

Dine and Dash’ at Chuck E. Cheese alleged

By Brian L. Cox Special to the Tribune Yesterday at 3:11 p.m.

Skokie police this week were looking for a woman who held a birthday party for 15 kids at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in the north suburb on Saturday and then allegedly coordinated large-scale “dine-and-dash” when the bill came, according to a police report.

The woman and approximately 15 children and a few adults came into the Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in the 7100 block of Carpenter Road on Saturday and had a birthday celebration that included pizza, party favors, balloons and drinks, the report said.

When the woman was given a bill for $65.68 she refused to pay it, saying that it was too much, said the report. When the restaurant manager told the woman police would be called, she told the manager that she did not care and said “the police wouldn’t do anything.”

The woman and the children allegedly left without paying, police said.

http://triblocal.com/skokie/2011/01/20/ ... e-alleged/

New Orleans pizza delivery man blinded by bleach in robbery

Published: Thursday, February 10, 2011, 8:01 PM
By Danny Monteverde, The Times-Picayune

A New Orleans pizza delivery man is still having trouble seeing after a robber threw bleach in his eyes last week in an effort to steal a pie he ordered.

That's the scene a police report paints of the events that led to the arrest of Terrence "Baby Tee" Alexis.



New Orleans police were led to 19-year-old Alexis through several sources, the report said. Officers arrested him Friday at the 2nd District police station in the 4300 block of Magazine Street and jailed him on charges of simple robbery and second-degree battery.

Last Thursday about 2:30 p.m., the Domino's Pizza delivery man, whom police did not identify, pulled up to a house in the 8600 block of Palm Street in Hollygrove. He walked to the front door and began to knock when a man standing nearby said he lived there. The man, identified in the police report as Alexis, told the driver to keep knocking and someone would answer.

Then, unexpectedly, Alexis allegedly splashed a cup of bleach into the delivery man's eyes, blinding him, and stole the pizza, police said.

The delivery man ran back to his car. "You know you're not supposed to be back here, white boy!" Alexis allegedly yelled as the man pulled away.

A day after the incident, Detective Kevin Williams went to Alexis' house in the 3500 block of Monroe Street, around the corner from the delivery location, and spoke to Alexis' parents, who put Williams in touch with their son, police said.

The 4-foot, 11-inch, 309-pound Alexis agreed to meet with investigators at the 2nd District station on Magazine Street. It was there, according to the police report, that he confessed that he planned to fling bleach in the delivery man's face as a way to steal the pizza. Alexis told police he had an accomplice, identified in the police report as Jacoby Panier. Police on Thursday did not return phone calls seeking information about a second suspect in the case.

Police told the Uptown Messenger, a neighborhood news website, that the driver's blindness is believed to be temporary, but that on Thursday he still could not see. Attempts to contact the pizza store's owner were unsuccessful Thursday night.

The episode was not Alexis' first brush with the law.

Court records show he was arrested and booked in July with aggravated assault, illegally carrying a concealed weapon and aggravated assault with a firearm. Records show that in September he took an "Alford plea," meaning he did not admit he was guilty but conceded that the strong evidence could have led to his conviction.

Criminal District Court Judge Laurie White gave Alexis credit for time served, meaning he was released at that time after having spent 54 days in jail, the records show.

Each of the charges Alexis pleaded to carries a maximum sentence of six months in prison, according to Orleans Parish District Attorney's office spokesman Chris Bowman. Asked to comment on the sentence imposed on Alexis, Bowman said: "Sentencing is up to the judge."

Alexis could face up to a combined total of 12 years in prison if he is convicted of the two most recent charges.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/201 ... incart_mce

Brawl Mars DMV MusicAwards Outside Washington
Fox5TV, by Roz Plater

ARLINGTON, Va. - Arlington police say a brawl broke out during the DMV music awards ceremony, sending one person to a local hospital. Police say five people were treated Saturday night at the scene of the awards ceremony, which honors local rap, hip-hop and R&B performers. About 1,500 people attended the ceremony at the Crystal City Hyatt, and witnesses said more than 20 police vehicles responded to deal with a half dozen fights that broke out.

http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/brawl-mars-dmv-music-awards-outside-washington-030711

Police: Store owner
shot, killed in hair
extensions robbery

BY CECIL ANGEL AND NAOMI R. PATTON
DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS

4:34 PM, Mar. 15, 2011|

Two men and a woman shot and killed the
owner of a Dearborn beauty supply store
and stole bags of 80 human hair
extensions, police said.

Police said they received a call about a
robbery at Sunrise Beauty Supply, 4920
Schaefer, at 11:30 a.m. When police
arrived, the store owner was dead. Police
declined to identify him.

Police said video images show a man, 20-
25-years-old, thin and 5-feet-10, wearing
a green waist-length hooded jacket with
the word Packers written across the front,
gray sweatpants, tan boots and a baseball
hat.

The suspects drove away in a silver four-
door vehicle, possibly a Ford Focus, police
said.

Police described the driver as a woman
with curly hair.

The suspects stole 80 Velvet brand human
hair extensions.

“This appears to be a random and
senseless crime that will be subjected to all
our investigative resources,” Chief Ronald
Haddad said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact
Dearborn police tip line at 313-943-
2255.

http://www.freep.com/article/20110315/N ... ns-robbery

Minnesota Vikings star Adrian Peterson Peterson compared the NFL’s treatment of players to “modern-day slavery” and said the players are getting “robbed” by the owners.

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Peterson, who is scheduled to make $10.72 million in base salary in 2011, made those statements when asked about the NFL lockout and legal fight between the two sides.[/color]