An intoxicated woman was arrested March 9 in Riverside for criminal property damage after police said she broke a window at her ex-boyfriend’s apartment. Police were dispatched to the man’s apartment around 2 a.m. that morning after he called them. One officer spoke with the woman while another spoke with the man.
According to police, the woman was “visibly upset” and declined medical attention. She did not provide an ID or driver’s license but gave a name, which police later confirmed was false, and birthdate. The woman said that she had been with her friend, who left her at the corner of Longcommon Road and Forest Avenue to go to the gas station nearby. Then, she said the man, whom she said she didn’t recognize, approached her and tried to sexually assault her and force her to take drugs, which she later admitted was not true. The woman said she had not taken any drugs or had anything to drink that night, police said.
The man told police a different story. According to police, the man said that he and the woman, who he had dated about seven years ago, had gone out to eat around 10 p.m. before they returned to his apartment. The man said the woman went to the bathroom and became upset after seeing another woman’s things, so she started yelling at him. The man told the woman to leave, and later they walked out of his apartment together.
The man said he drove off in his car as the woman told him she would get an Uber, but he turned around after realizing he had left his phone behind and quickly returned, at which point he saw the glass had been kicked in, police said. Since the woman was still there, the man said he confronted her about the glass but that she denied breaking it. At that point, the man said, he called the police, and the woman threatened to tell police that he had put his hands on her. The man said the woman had also drunk “about a pint of tequila” that night, police said.
Ultimately, police arrested the woman for breaking the window and paramedics who arrived brought her to MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn to be evaluated. After she was discharged from the hospital, police took the woman to the station for fingerprinting, which confirmed her identity.
Around 6 a.m., the woman spoke with police again. According to police, she said she met up with the man around 9 p.m. the previous night to go out to eat. Later, when they went back to the man’s apartment, the woman said he tried to pressure her into having sex with him, which she refused. After this happened, the woman said the man got upset and told her to leave. He saw her out of the building and slammed the door behind her when she left, which is when the glass broke, the woman said. According to the woman, the man said he would call the police and say she broke the glass, so she said she would say he put his hands on her if he told that lie, police said. The woman told police then that the man had not tried to sexually assault or rape her and that she only claimed as much because he said she had broken the door.
The woman was charged with one count of criminal damage to property and released. An April 5 court date was set.
Arrested for an active warrant
A man with an active warrant was arrested March 9 in Riverside after a police officer on patrol saw his car make an illegal turn.
Police said the officer first saw the man’s car traveling north on South First Avenue around 12:30 a.m. in the left lane before turning right from that lane onto 31st Street, at which point the officer started following the car and learned its registration was expired. The car then turned right onto Woodside Road and right onto Maplewood Road, where the officer started a traffic stop.
The man and his passenger both provided driver’s licenses when the officer asked for them. According to police, the officer ran their information through the database, which revealed the man had an active warrant from McLean County and his passenger’s license was revoked. At that point, the officer placed the man under arrest and asked his passenger to step out of the car so it could be towed. The passenger was sent on his way.
After arresting the man, the officer searched his car. Inside, they found a “green leafy cannabis substance” in a plastic bag and a .40-caliber pistol containing 12 bullets, although dispatch advised the officer that the man had a valid conceal and carry license. The officer transported the man to the station for fingerprinting. He was issued citations for his warrant and for his traffic violations and released. An April 19 court date was set.
Arrested for driving under the influence
A man was arrested March 12 for driving drunk in Riverside after an officer on patrol saw his car drive through a stop sign.
The officer first saw the man’s car heading south on Longcommon Road around 2:30 a.m. before disregarding the stop sign at the intersection with East Burlington Street just before the train tracks. According to police, the officer started following the man’s car after it passed the railroad and turned onto Bloomingbank Road. The officer saw the man’s car also disobey the stop sign at the intersection of Bloomingbank Road and Barrypoint Road before turning onto Fairbank Road, where the officer started a traffic stop.
According to police, the officer immediately noticed the smell of burnt cannabis coming from the car. The man provided a valid driver’s license to the officer. The officer had the man step out of the vehicle due to the odor of cannabis, and while talking with the man, the officer also noticed the smell of alcohol on the man’s breath.
At that point, the man agreed to take field sobriety tests but denied drinking. The officer observed multiple indicators of impairment, so the man was offered a portable breath test, which showed .17 blood alcohol content.
The man was arrested and taken to the station but continued to deny having drunk alcohol. The man was charged with two counts of disobeying a stop sign and two DUI charges before being released to a sober friend.
These items were obtained from the Riverside Police Department reports dated March 9-12 and the Brookfield Police Department reports dated March 11-18; they represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Anyone named in these reports has only been charged with a crime and cases have not yet been adjudicated. We report the race of a suspect only when a serious crime has been committed, the suspect is still at large and police have provided us with a detailed physical description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest.
