Three tickets for motorist with suspended registration
A 32-year-old man received three tickets after police pulled him over at 79th Street and Willow Springs Road on Oct. 8 for driving his silver 2005 Lincoln Continental on a suspended registration.
He was charged with driving on a registration suspended for non-insurance, driving without insurance and driving on a license expired for more than one year.
Hit-and-run on La Grange Road
A 26-year-old woman reported at 7:14 p.m. Oct. 9 that she had been the victim of a hit-and-run in the 7600 block of South La Grange Road.
She said another vehicle struck the front driver’s side of her white 2012 Subaru and drove away. She was not injured.
77 miles per hour on Archer Avenue
A 19-year-old man was charged with aggravated speeding after police radar clocked his red 2022 Chevy at 77 miles per hour in a 35-mph zone on Archer Avenue.
He was seen speeding at 10:58 p.m. Oct. 9 in the 8200 block and was pulled over in the 8600 block.
Hit-and-run on Archer Avenue
A 67-year-old man in the 8200 block of Archer Avenue said his black 2025 Hyundai was damaged in a hit-and-run between 8 p.m. Oct. 9 and 5 a.m. Oct. 10. The car was parked outside his apartment building. It was damaged on the rear driver’s side.
“Too high” motorist gets five tickets
A 40-year-old man received five tickets after police saw him driving very slowly on Archer Avenue near Tec Air Avenue at 10:41 p.m. Oct. 10 and pulled him over.
The man had slurred speech, glassy eyes and appeared disoriented, police said.
He told police he had a few beers six hours earlier, but he failed field sobriety tests. He eventually told police to “go ahead and book me, I’m too high to do these tests.” Later testing showed a blood alcohol content of 0.293, more than three times over the legal limit.
He was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with a blood alcohol content over 0.08, driving under the influence of cannabis, unlawful possession of cannabis by a driver and improper lane usage.
Crash leads to four tickets for woman
After a crash in the 100 block of South Charleton Street, a 22-year-old woman was charged with driving without a license (never issued), driving without insurance, driving on an expired registration and improper use of a registration.
She told police another vehicle hit her car, but police found no evidence of that. Her gray 2013 Subaru appeared to have sustained damage after she struck a curb while driving, police said.
Hit-and-run outside restaurant on Archer
A 25-year-old man reported at 2:02 p.m. Oct. 11 that his black 2022 Ford pickup truck was damaged in a hit-and-run in the parking lot of Irish Legends, 8933 Archer Ave.
He told police a man with a ponytail, wearing a red flannel shirt and driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee with Wisconsin plates had hit his parked truck and drove away.
Woman charged with domestic battery
A 47-year-old woman in the 8900 block of Willow Glen was charged with domestic battery at 11:49 a.m. Oct. 12. Police said she hit a 21-year-old man above the right eye with a padlock during an argument that involved her 21-year-old daughter.
Woman charged with aggravated speeding
A 19-year-old Hickory Hills woman was charged with aggravated speeding after police radar clocked her driving 81 miles per hour in a 45-mph zone in the 7600 block of South La Grange Road.
After she was pulled over in the 8000 block at 2:54 a.m. Oct. 13, she told police she did not realize she had been driving that fast in her black 2026 Chevy.
Driver flees after crash
A man driving a silver station wagon fled after a crash at 5:38 p.m. Oct. 13.
A 27-year-old man told police the station wagon struck his truck and trailer from behind while he was stopped at the traffic light at Willow Springs Road and Archer Avenue.
The two drivers pulled into a parking lot in the 8700 block of Archer to exchange insurance information. The other driver then got back into his vehicle and drove off.
Police report information is provided by law enforcement agencies. Charges are not evidence of guilt. They are a record of police actions taken. Persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Compiled by Steve Metsch.