Southland crime: Gaming burglaries in Oak Lawn, New Lenox, Monee and Palos Hills

A Chicago Tribune crime report from the Southland region chronicles multiple arrests and charges across Cook County municipalities in late July and August. Incidents included a burglary attempt at Oak Lawn establishments, a drunken-driving crash in Blue Island, identity theft by a New York woman, drug and firearms possession in the Martin Luther King Drive area, and assaults involving weapons in Lansing and Lockport. A Cook County sex offender was arrested on a Texas warrant after DNA linked him to a 2019 child sexual assault case.