Crime & Safety
OMG PD: DUI Nearly 4X Legal Limit, Ding Dong Dirty Words
A roundup of some of the more bizarre items in area police blotters this week.
LA GRANGE
Prescription drug dust-up
A woman caused a disturbance at Walgreens, 2 N. La Grange Road, around 1:58 p.m. after her insurance declined to cover a prescription she was picking up for her mother, police said. The woman called police because Walgreens wouldn’t give her the medication unless she paid for it out of pocket. The officer told her this was a matter between her, Walgreens and the insurance company. She became disruptive, called the officer a few names and stormed off, the report said.
Girls take bricks
Three girls who looked like they were in eighth grade took bricks from the yard of a vacant property in the 900 block of South 8th Avenue, police said. Police entered a special watch for the property and the caller was told to call police immediately if he sees something like that happen again.
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Poop deck
Someone defecated on the back deck of a home in the 100 block of Bassford Avenue and then smeared the feces around the patio, patio furniture and fire pit, police said. The resident said she didn’t have any idea who could have done it.
Foul-mouthed bell ringers
Two teens were given a warning after they rang a man’s doorbell and started swearing at him around 9:29 p.m. in the 200 block of West Harris Avenue, police said.
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FOREST PARK
Drunk Driver Blows Red Light by Cop
A Joliet man was charged with drunk driving after blowing through a red light next to a Forest Park police officer at 2:19 a.m. May 5.
The officer was sitting at the red light at Harlem and Madison in Forest Park when a silver BMW ran through the light. The car continued to drive away from police, who were going 60 mph in a 30-mph zone. Officers eventually curbed the car at Harlem and 13th.
Ivan D. Torres, 27, of Joliet, told police he was coming home from a party. He failed field sobriety tests and blew a .159, nearly twice the legal limit.
Torres was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and was also cited for speeding, improper lane use and DUI over 0.8. He was given a June 25 court date.
OAK PARK
Spray Painter Attacks Resident's Sexual Orientation
Oak Park police reported a hate crime that occurred in the 300 block of Wesley last week.
The offender used black spray paint to write "derogatory comments" on the victim's driveway and car. The comments referred to one of the resident's sexual orientation.
Police said the crime happened between 11 p.m. May 8 and 6 a.m. May 9.
RIVER FOREST
DUI Nearly 4x Legal Limit
Santiago Martinez, 44, of Chicago, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after police stopped him for failing to yield for an emergency vehicle at 1:06 a.m. Police said Martinez's blood alcohol content was .342, nearly four times the legal limit.
Woman Won't Leave Starbucks
Willa G. Clemons, 50, of Oak Park, was charged with disorderly conduct and obstructing a police officer after refusing to leave the Starbucks in River Forest, police said. They said she was causing a disturbance and then refused to give officers her name.
Cologne Theft
Charles E. Brownlee Jr., 41, of Chicago, was charged with retail theft after police were called to Whole Foods in River Forest. Store security said he was seen taking 10 bottles of cologne from the store.
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