A man was arrested April 12 in Riverside after he was found unresponsive on a Pace bus before being taken to the hospital.
Around 5:45 p.m. that evening, Riverside officers were dispatched to the intersection of South Harlem Avenue and Addison Road after police received a report of a Pace bus passenger who was unresponsive but breathing. When officers arrived, the man was laying on the floor next to his seat. Paramedics from the Berwyn fire department arrived and gave the man a dose of Narcan, police said.
When police ran the man’s information, they found he had an active warrant in DuPage County for failing to appear in court for a DUI. The Berwyn paramedics transported the man to MacNeal Hospital for treatment; he was later released and brought to the station to be fingerprinted before being taken to DuPage County Jail.
Special watch in Brookfield after employee made threats
Police placed the Sweetener Supply Corporation at 9501 Southview Ave. in Brookfield under special watch April 15 after an employee reportedly threatened to bring a gun to work.
According to police, a supervisor called police after an employee threatened him. When an officer arrived, the supervisor said his employee, who is also his nephew, was trying to provoke him earlier in the day by telling him to fight him in the parking lot. The supervisor told police his employee continued to provoke him while he walked away. He said his nephew also made a comment about getting a gun and coming back with it if the supervisor did not fight him. The supervisor told police he wished for the officer to stick around until his nephew left the area to ensure no problems arose.
The officer then attempted to speak with the nephew at the corner of Southview Avenue and Harrison Avenue, but he refused to speak or answer questions outside of denying that he had said he would bring a gun. The officer advised the nephew not to return. According to the police report, the business was then placed under special watch.
Arrested for driving under the influence
A man was arrested April 12 in Riverside for driving drunk.
Around 10:30 p.m. that night, a Riverside officer on patrol observed the man’s car cross the yellow divider lines while driving west on 26th Street near Keystone Avenue. The officer pulled the man over near South First Avenue.
After approaching him, the officer smelled the odor of alcohol coming from the man’s breath and saw he had bloodshot eyes, police said. The man provided a driver’s license and proof of insurance. When the officer asked if he had been drinking, the man said he had had two drinks.
When asked by the officer, the man first refused field sobriety testing before stepping out of his car and agreeing to it. During testing, the officer saw the man sway and struggle to know which direction to face.
After the field testing, the man declined to take a portable breath test and police placed him under arrest. When questioned at the station, the man reiterated he had only had two drinks. The man was issued citations for driving drunk and crossing traffic lines before being released. A court date of May 3 was set.
Arrested for drunk driving after knocking down a tree
A woman was arrested April 14 for driving drunk in Riverside after officers responded to a crash where her car struck village property.
Around 5:30 a.m. that morning, officers responded to a crash at the intersection of Kimbark Road and Park Place. At the scene, police observed a heavily damaged car. All the passengers were out of the car when officers arrived and declined medical attention. Riverside paramedics still checked everyone. While the passengers were being checked in the ambulance, police inventoried the car, where they found an open tequila bottle and smelled burnt cannabis in the car.
According to police, the car had driven off the road, striking a wooden fence and damaging the grass and a light pole. The car also knocked down a village tree. The environmental damage reflected the damage the car had sustained, police said.
After paramedics cleared the passengers, an officer spoke with the car’s driver, during which time the officer smelled alcohol on her breath. The driver agreed to take field sobriety testing, during which time police observed indicators of inebriation. Before the horizontal gaze test, the woman said she had one wandering eye and astigmatism in the other eye, so the officer did not conduct the test. Before the walk and turn test, the woman said she was flat-footed, but she said it would not prevent her from taking the test.
The woman took a portable breath test next, which showed .141 blood alcohol content. She was arrested and taken to the station. While officers spoke with the woman, she said she had drunk two lemon drops and could not identify which direction she had been driving. The woman received five citations related to the incident, and a May 3 court date was set.
These items were obtained from the Riverside Police Department reports dated April 12-14 and the Brookfield Police Department reports dated April 15-22; 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.
