FRIDAY, JULY 6
‘Police Impersonators’ Reported
A caller reported two males were driving a black car with government plates around 501 W. Ogden Ave. and impersonating police at about 10:53 p.m. Police could not locate the vehicle.
Lost Credit Card Found Near Running Man
A male running with something in his hand near Lincoln and Hayes avenues was reported at about 6:01 p.m. Police stopped a Brookfield resident and found a credit card on the ground near him. The card belonged to a Brookfield woman who lost it about one month ago. The card was shredded by police. The man was not charged, an investigator said.
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Wallet Found, Turned In
A wallet found at Santiago’s Restaurant, 24 W. Calendar Ct., was turned in to police at about 9:58 p.m.
Reckless Driver Reported
A reckless and possibly drunk driver was reported going west on Ogden Avenue from La Grange Road in a red GMC Jimmy at about 5:20 p.m. Western Springs police said they could not find the vehicle.
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Police Told of Texting Threat
A woman and her friend in front of a building on the 400 block of Leitch Avenue reported they were being followed by a 18-year-old La Grange man they know who was driving a gold Ford Focus. The woman said the man had texted her the day before that he was carrying a weapon and was going to kill her. An investigator said the man was not charged because he did not show a weapon, and the incident involved a “friendship gone bad.”
THURSDAY, JULY 5
Driver Checks Own Car for Damage, Not Parked Vehicle He Hit
A 49-year-old Clarendon Hills man was ticketed after his 1996 Mazda struck a car parked on the 600 block of south Brainard Avenue at about 5:37 p.m., stopped to check his own car’s damage and continued on, La Grange police said. Richard A. Cahill was ticketed for failure to report an accident to police after a witness gave police the license number of the car in the accident. Cahill told police he was going north, slowed down to look at something in his vehicle and hit the parked car. He said he pulled over on a side street to look at the damage to his car, did not see any and kept going. He did not look at the other vehicle.
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