Juveniles cited for disorderly conduct, property damage
A group of juveniles was cited for disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property at 12:14 a.m. Oct. 17. Police said the group vandalized a house and a vehicle in the 0 to 100 block of Ash Street on two occasions during the week.
Woman cited for soliciting without a permit
A 20-year-old Hanover Park woman was cited for soliciting without a permit at 6:04 p.m. Oct. 20 after a resident in the 0 to 100 block of Cedar Street complained to police.
Car damaged in hit-and-run on La Grange Road
A man flagged down a police officer at 5:13 a.m. Oct. 21 and reported that a white sedan had rear-ended his car on La Grange Road between 56th Street and Plainfield Road.
The man told police the sedan left the scene and that he chased it through several side streets before losing sight of it.
He told police he was unsure whether he wanted to press charges if the other driver is found.
Man reports unauthorized credit card purchase at Best Buy
A man told police Oct. 21 that his bank had texted him that one of his credit cards was used for a $438.90 purchase at Best Buy, 11 Countryside Plaza. He told police he never made the purchase and still had the card in his possession.
Sign damaged in hit-and-run
A witness reported at 11:05 a.m. Oct. 21 that about 30 minutes earlier, a black pickup truck struck a traffic control sign in the median at Joliet Road and La Grange Road.
The officer who responded found a street sign knocked down in the median.
Dealership reports identity theft in online car sale
An employee at Jack Phelan Dodge, 5859 S. La Grange Road, reported an apparent identity theft Oct. 21 involving a car sold three months earlier.
The dealership sold a 2023 Mazda online July 7 and delivered it to an address in Des Plaines.
On Oct. 19, the company that financed the car notified the dealership that the purchase was fraudulent. The driver’s license submitted for the purchase was determined to be fictitious, according to the report.
The car has been entered into law enforcement databases as stolen.
Women used fake receipts to take iPads from Best Buy
Employees at Best Buy, 11 Countryside Plaza, reported Oct. 21 that two women used fake receipts to steal merchandise about 3:30 p.m.
The women showed an employee fake receipts to make it appear two iPads had been paid for, then left the store with them, employees said.
One woman wore a red shirt and red pants. The other wore a dark jacket and light-colored pants.
Employees told the officer the women pulled the same scam at two other Best Buy stores in the area earlier that day.
Graffiti found at Ideal Park
Graffiti was found spray-painted on a concrete wall at Ideal Park, 9901 58th St., at 7:38 p.m. Oct. 31.
Driver flees after rear-end crash on Plainfield Road
A motorist told police a silver sedan rear-ended their car at 5:50 p.m. Nov. 2 while they were driving east on Plainfield Road at Brainard Avenue.
The sedan’s driver fled after the crash.
Parked car struck at 7th Avenue and 56th Street
A motorist told police that another vehicle struck their car, parked near 7th Avenue and 56th Street, between 8 and 9 a.m. Nov. 3.
SUV leaves crash scene on La Grange Road
A motorist told police they were involved in a crash with a gray SUV about 7 a.m. Nov. 4 in the 5700 block of La Grange Road. The SUV’s driver left immediately and was last seen driving west on 57th Street.
Driver ticketed after leaving crash scene
The driver of a white Kia was stopped by police in the 6500 block of Joliet Road and given several tickets after leaving the scene of a crash with another vehicle at 9 a.m. Nov. 5 at 57th Street and La Grange Road.
Police did not say which tickets were issued. Police did not release the driver’s name.
Chicago woman ticketed after running stop sign
Chenithel Lewis, 46, of Chicago, received two tickets after an officer saw her drive through a stop sign in the 5600 block of Madison at 4:29 p.m. Oct. 30.
She was charged with driving on a revoked license and disobeying a stop sign.
Registered sexual predator charged with resisting arrest in park
An officer saw James I. Davis, 32, a registered sexual predator, in City Park, 6050 S. Ashland, at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 31.
Police said Davis was charged with resisting arrest.
Police report information is provided by law enforcement agencies. Charges are not evidence of guilt; they are a record of police actions taken. People charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Compiled by Steve Metsch.