Blotter: Woman Chased Into Her Home by Suspicious Man and More

Two women living on the 0-100 block of south Spring Avenue reported seeing a suspicious man who chased one of them to her door.

One woman told police on April 24 that she saw a very suspicious man standing outside her front door at about 1 p.m. on April 1, looking inside in a “creepy” way. When she made eye contact, he ran away. She described him as thin; medium height; of an unknown age; and having bulging eyes and dark hair.

A man matching that description was involved in an incident four days ago with a female neighbor living across the street, she told police. Her neighbor told her that the man chased her and she had to run inside her home, hurry and close the door.

La Grange police plan a special watch of that block.

Suspicious Man Enters Home

A woman living on the 300 block of south Kensington Avenue reported April 25 that a man came to her door at about 3:40 p.m., claimed he bought two houses in the area, followed her inside and was checking out all her rooms before she was able to get him out.

The man told her that he was going to have garbage crews pick up a lot of trash from behind her house and across the street and asked her to grab a piece of paper to write down the number of the service. When she went inside her house, he followed her.

He was described as about 6-foot-3 and wearing work clothes. A new, smaller-size truck, that possibly had been occupied by the man,  was in her driveway at the time. She told police she found no houses are for sale in her area.

La Grange police told her to call 9-1-1 next time she sees him and not to let anyone in her home.

Two Cars Damaged

A woman told police she returned at about 7:16 p.m. April 24 to her car parked near 40 N. La Grange Road and found the windshield was cracked. 

A man reported he returned at about 5:28 p.m. April 23 to his car parked in village Lot 14, north of Ogden Avenue and just east of the site of the former Rich Port YMCA, and found someone had broken his front driver’s side window. The doors were locked and nothing was disturbed inside the car, he said.

Equipment Stolen Out of Truck

A Riverside man reported at about 9:46 a.m. April 23 that equipment was just stolen out of his truck at 47th Street and Banyon Avenue by two males in a gray Nissan Xterra that last was seen going east.

Identity Theft Tried

A La Grange woman said April 23 that her credit card company called her to say someone had tried to open an account in her name and someone tried to run a credit check on her through Experian using her credit card. The credit card company stopped the attempt and closed her account

Wood Chips On Fire

The La Grange Fire Department responded to a report of a pile of wood chips on fire at Tilden and Burlington avenues at about 9:27 a.m. April 25.

Same Homeless Man in 3 Incidents

A 30-year-old homeless man was involved in three disturbances in the downtown business district between 9:30 and 11:24 a.m. April 24, according to La Grange police.

Police told the man to leave after he was yelling at about 9:38 a.m. in front of Starbucks, 38 S. La Grange Road, and was seen sleeping on the stairs at Village Hall, 53 S. La Grange Road, a little more than an hour later. That same man is suspected of standing in front of Village Hall at about 11:24 a.m., videotaping people and the building. He was gone when police arrived.

Kids Sent on Way

A group of kids in the lobby of the parking  garage, 80 S. Sixth Ave., who were throwing around garbage at about 1:07 p.m. April 25 were ordered by police to pick it up and were sent on their way.

ID Cards Missing

A son told La Grange police April 25 that when his father was transported from Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital to Lexington Health Care, 4735 S. Gilbert, his state identification and Medicare cards disappeared.

Graffiti Sprayed on Alley

Graffiti was spray painted on the concrete in the middle of the alley on the 100 block of Bluff Avenue, police learned April 24. The graffiti was not gang-related, police said.

Woman Gets 5 Tickets

A La Grange woman received five traffic tickets after La Grange Park police responded to a call of an impaired driver, stopped her and said she had a blood-alcohol content of .27, more than three times the legal limit.

Lorraine M. Gibson, 44, of 15 S. Spring Ave. was ticketed for driving under the influence, driving with a blood-alcohol content of more than .08; improper lane usage; open alcohol and no proof of insurance.

La Grange Park police received a call at about 2:35 p.m. April 15 of an impaired driver in a gold car that was going south on La Grange Road at Harding.

Police saw a gold 1996 Toyota Camry with a license plate matching that given by the caller stopped at a red light at Homestead Avenue. When the light turned green, the car hesitated a few seconds and continued southbound, drifting toward the white dotted line for about two blocks and straddling it, police said.

When the officer turned on the lights and siren to stop the car, it drifted from the inside to curb lanes without signaling and stopped on the 300 block, police said. They said the driver had slurred and drawn-out speech and her eyes were red and glassy. Police said she walked unsteadily when exiting her car and failed three field sobriety tests

She told police she had bought a bottle of blackberry brandy earlier that day at the Jewel-Osco in La Grange Park and had been drinking it in the parking lot of a hair salon in Broadview.

Chicago Woman “Speeding”

A Chicago woman was ticketed for speeding after La Grange Park police said her 2005 Toyota Corolla  was going 58 mph in a 35-mph zone while southbound on the 1200 block of north La Grange Road at about 8:51 a.m. April 21.    

Alexandra Centeno, 45, of 3149 S. May was ticketed for speeding and driving while her license is suspended.  

Road Rage Reported

An altercation between drivers of a Cadillac and Volkswagen was reported at about 2:49 a.m. April 25 at Sixth and Burlington avenues. Police blamed road rage and said the Cadillac took off east on Ogden Avenue. 

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