A man was arrested May 13 in Lyons for driving dunk after a Riverside officer reported seeing him speeding.
According to police, the officer was near the intersection of South Harlem Avenue and Ogden Avenue when they heard multiple cars honking and saw the man’s car heading west on Ogden Avenue “at a high rate of speed.” The officer drove in that direction and caught up with the vehicle near the intersection with First Avenue. As the officer caught up, they saw the car crossing over the lane markers repeatedly.
After stopping at the red light at the intersection, the car continued west, weaving around the lane markers, before speeding up to 50 mph in a 30-mph zone. At that time, the officer activated their emergency lights, and the driver pulled the car over.
The man provided the officer with his driver’s license and proof of insurance, which came back clear from the police database. The officer could smell alcohol on the man’s breath before seeing an open case of Corona beer in the backseat, police said. When asked, the man told the officer he was heading home from a friend’s restaurant. The man agreed to take field sobriety testing, but the officer noted he was “talkative and argumentative.”
During the tests, the officer noticed several indicators of the man’s drunkenness. The officer asked the man to take a portable breath test, but he declined. The officer placed the man under arrest. According to police, the man’s passenger was not inebriated but did not want possession of the car, so he was sent on his way.
Upon arrival at the station, police said the man became “argumentative and belligerent,” refusing to walk into the building and, at first, to take his seat to be read a warning about refusing to submit to a breath test. When police said they asked the man to remove the gum in his mouth, he became “more and more belligerent and non-compliant” and refused to continue sitting. With assistance, officers handcuffed the man inside and removed his belt, shoes, socks and jewelry before placing him into a cell, where his shirt was removed.
Because of his behavior, police documented the man as refusing to take a breath test, meaning his license will be suspended for a year. According to the police report, police planned to charge the man with driving under the influence, improper lane usage and speeding and process him once he became “sober and compliant.” A June 7 court date was issued at that time.
Arrested for driving with a revoked license
A man was arrested May 14 in North Riverside for driving with a revoked driver’s license.
A Riverside police officer on patrol heading north on First Avenue from Forest Avenue around 5:20 a.m. that morning reported he saw the man’s car heading in the same direction. According to police, the officer ran the vehicle’s license plates and learned the car’s registration was expired and suspended, so they pulled the man over near the intersection with 25th Street in North Riverside.
When asked for a driver’s license and proof of insurance, the man provided the officer with an Illinois state ID and valid proof. After running the man’s name through the police database, the officer learned the man’s license was revoked and arrested him.
The man’s car was inventoried and later towed. The man was booked and processed before being released. A June 21 court date was set.
Arrested for driving without a license
A 32-year-old West Chicago man was arrested May 13 in Brookfield for driving with an expired registration and no driver’s license.
Around 8 a.m. that morning, an officer said he saw the man’s car heading south near the 4500 block of Maple Avenue with a green registration sticker. The officer ran the car’s license plates through the police database, which showed its registration had expired last January. The officer followed the man’s car and pulled it over near the 9100 block of 47th Street.
According to police, after the officer asked for the man’s driver’s license, the man said he had never been issued one, so the officer placed the man under arrest.
The man told the officer he had been driving to work and was close, so he asked if a coworker could come pick up his car. The officer allowed the man’s coworker to drive off with the car after confirming they had a valid driver’s license.
The man was charged for driving without a license and on expired registration. A June 11 court date was set, and the man was released.
These items were obtained from the Riverside Police Department reports dated May 13-14 and the Brookfield Police Department reports dated May 13-20; 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.
