Crime & Safety

Drugs, DUI, Trespassing: Police Recap May 2013

La Grange police recap midnight shift activities from the month of May.

During the month of May, La Grange police arrested 4 minors, issued 673 parking tickets, 134 traffic citations and 155 compliance citations. They made eight misdemeanor arrests, 66 accident reports and locked up 10 prisoners, according to the police department's monthly report.

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Juvenile arrests, parking tickets, traffic compliance citations and the number of prisoners were up from May 2012. Police in May 2012 arrested one minor, held six prisoners, issued 506 parking tickets and 127 traffic citations, according to the report.

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The report also showed a small drop in accident reports and misdemeanor and DUI arrests.

Police reported the following midnight shift activities during the month of May: 

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  • Squad Leader Wardlaw gave a Franklin Park man two citations for driving on a suspended license.
  • A Brookfield woman was arrested for marijuana possession during a traffic stop. Ofc. Wolf stopped the woman at La Grange and Goodman for exceeding the posted speed limit and found she had four grams of marijuana, 46 new empty plastic baggies, a glass pipe and a scale. She arrested for possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver, possession of drug paraphernalia, speeding and no proof of insurance. 
  • Sgt. Berg and K9 Dak assisted the Oak Lawn PD with a school sniff in their jurisdiction. K9 teams from Alsip, Bolingbrook, Bridgeview, Burbank, Evergreen Park, Lemont and ISP performed a school locker and premise sniff at Oak Lawn High School. The assist was successful with several arrests as a result. 
  • Ofc’s Wolf and Gill responded to 8th and Plainfield for a cab driver reporting his fare ran from the cab without paying. The cab driver reported that he picked up the fare in Chicago and upon arriving in the area of 8th and Plainfield the fare, the man, in his mid-20s with blond hair, ran from the cab into the Villa Venice apartments. The balance due was $44.85. Police did not find the man.
  • A Morris man was arrested for DUI during a traffic stop near the intersection of 6th Avenue and 47th Street. 
  • Ofc. Herrera investigated a stolen auto case from the 400 block of W. Burlington Avenue. The owner last saw his vehicle in one of the metered spaces along Burlington Avenue. A few days later, the vehicle was located by Ofc Herrera in the lot at 34 N. La Grange Road. Vehicle was intact, undamaged and secure. It was returned to the owner, who later told police he may have simply misplaced his car. 
  • Ofc’s Gill and Wolf investigated a report of a “man down” in the parkway near Maple and Waiola. The officers were unable to find anyone. However Ofc. Gill later found two male minors in a vehicle near Kensington and Maple, who were cited for alcohol possession.
  • Ofc. Andries, Ofc Rogers and Lt Trzeciak responded to a fight complaint at 127 Bluff Avenue. Ofc Andries learned that two adult men were involved in a physical dispute and it was witnessed by a third man. Both men admitted to different versions of the altercation and both refused police assistance. All involved agreed to separate for the night. 
  • Ofc. Andries was assigned to respond to a trespassing complaint at 42 S. La Grange Road, which is DiNico’s Pizza. Employees reported that a man from La Grange refused to leave the restaurant when requested. The man was previously issued a no trespass notice and was in violation of the notice. Officers arrested and processed the man for criminal trespassing.
  • Officers responded to a report of homeless subjects fighting at the La Grange Road train station. A woman and a man were issued citations for their conduct and the woman was taken to the hospital at her request for suicidal feelings and tendencies.


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