La Grange Vandals Add Maple Syrup to Menu of Weapons

Someone threw eggs at a house on the 0-100 block of north Drexel Avenue and poured maple syrup on the handles of cars parked in the driveway between 10 and 11 p.m. July 17, according to La Grange police. No permanent damage was reported.

Maple syrup also was put on a car parked in front of a home on the 400 block of south Park Road, La Grange police learned at about 3:09 p.m. July 18. The syrup was washed off and no permanent damage reported.

Man has 4 traffic violations

A La Grange Park man was charged July 15 with felony driving with a revoked license after La Grange Park police stopped the 2002 Pontiac Firebird, owned by his brother, he was driving because of noise from the exhaust and tire at about 3:56 a.m.

Anthony J. Pezzuto, 41  had been driving on a permit that had restricted him to driving a work-owned vehicle and that had expired March 24 of this year, police said.

He also was ticketed for having a loud exhaust, unsafe tire and no proof of insurance.

A police officer in the 1000 block of Kemman Avenue reported seeing a silver car pass by with a loud exhaust and something dragging on the road. 

That auto’s front passenger tire had a 2-inch section worn down, exposing the inside cords of the tire, and causing the noise and marks on the road, the officer said.   The driver said the car belongs to his brother and he was driving it home from his workplace in Chicago so he could fix the ball joints that were causing the problem.

His license was revoked in 2002, and he had been driving on a one-year restricted driving permit that limited him to driving a vehicle owned or leased by his company and used for work purposes only, police said.

Snow plow damage reported in July

The association of condominiums on the 0-100 block of south Sixth Avenue on July 18 reported damage to a fence that had been hit by a snow plow in January or February. The association wanted it a matter of record.

Teen boy ticketed

A 17-year-old La Grange boy was ticketed for no driver’s license and one other unidentified traffic violation when stopped by La Grange police at 47th Street and Eighth Avenue at about 2:05 a.m. July 19.

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