Crime & Safety
Man Reports Attempt to Jump, Rob Him on LaGrange Road
Here is a list of items taken from the La Grange/La Grange Park police blotter.
A man told La Grange police that two males tried to jump him and take his wallet in front of Starbucks Coffee, 38 S. LaGrange Road, at about 9:07 p.m. Sept. 23.
One man wore a black, hooded sweatshirt and the other was about 5-foot-11 and wore a Northern Illinois University red sweatshirt. They were last seen near LaGrange Road and Harris Avenue.
Eggs-asperating
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La Grange police said they were unable to find a group of youths reported throwing eggs at people from the top deck of the village parking garage, 80 S. Sixth Ave., at about 8:13 p.m. Sept. 26.
A resident of the 200 block of Leitch Avenue reported at about 7:56 p.m. Sept. 23 that someone threw an egg at the home’s picture window. No permanent damage was reported.
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Graffiti Found
Graffiti written in chalk was found at about 10:35 a.m. Sept. 23 on the wall on the south end of a Creative World Montessori School, 1250 W. Goodman Ave. Chalk was found on the scene.
No Panhandling
A man walked into a business on the 100 block of west Calendar Avenue begging for money at about 3:41 p.m. Sept. 25. The man, wearing a black jacket and blue jeans, walked away west on Calendar. Police could not find him.
La Grange police warned a Countryside man who was asking for money in the parking lot of St. Cletus Church, 600 E. 55th St., at about 10:24 a.m. Sept. 25. He was wearing a baseball cap and gold jacket.
Creative Smoker
La Grange police received a call from the Western Springs police at about 2:11 a.m. Sept. 26 that they got a report of a man dressed all in black who looked like he was breaking into a silver vehicle on Hillgrove Avenue, three blocks east of Gilbert Avenue. At Hillgrove and Poplar, Police found a Chicago woman, 37, and a 31-year-old Countryside man who was outside the vehicle smoking a cigarette. He told police his mother did not allow him to smoke inside the vehicle.
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