Riverside police cited a woman April 25 for running a stop sign and causing a three-car crash.
At 8:18 p.m., an officer arrived at the triangle of North Delaplaine, Bartram and Michaux roads on a report of the accident, involving three cars. The officer saw a Buick SUV with front end damage, a Chevrolet sedan whose airbags had gone off and a Mercedes sedan with damage to the back driver-side door.
The driver of the Buick told police she was driving west on North Delaplaine Road when she stopped at the stop sign at the intersection. As she accelerated through the intersection, the Chevrolet ran the stop sign, she said, and she struck it as it turned left onto North Delaplaine from Michaux Road.
The driver of the Chevrolet told police he had stopped at the stop sign on Michaux Road before making the left turn onto North Delaplaine Road. The Buick ran the stop sign, he said, and struck his car as it was almost all the way through the intersection.
The driver of the Mercedes said she was driving east on North Delaplaine Road when she stopped at the intersection with Michaux Road; when the Buick struck the Chevrolet, she said, the Chevrolet struck her car and sustained minor rear damage. She told police she could not determine who ran the stop sign.
Another driver who witnessed the crash told police he was heading west on North Delaplaine Road in front of the Buick. He said his car and the Chevrolet stopped at the intersection at “almost the same time.” The man’s car went through the intersection first before the Buick ran the stop sign and struck the turning Chevrolet, he said.
The officer cited the driver of the Buick for driving on a suspended driver’s license, operating an uninsured vehicle and failing to reduce its speed to avoid a crash. She was sent on her way on pretrial conditions with a June 6 court date.
Drunk, sleeping driver arrested
Riverside police April 27 arrested a drunk driver who appeared to have fallen asleep at a stoplight.
Around 3:50 a.m., an officer on patrol came across a car heading south on Harlem Avenue at Ogden Avenue that was stopped at the intersection despite a green light. After confirming the car’s brake lights were on, the officer approached the driver, who they found “appeared to be slumped over asleep behind the wheel” while braking. One passenger also seemed to be asleep, police said.
The officer positioned their squad car in front of the man’s car to prevent him from driving off when awoken before waking the man up, placing the man’s car into park and turning it off.
The driver and his passenger both provided police with valid driver’s licenses, but the officer smelled alcohol on the driver’s breath and heard him slur his words. When asked to exit his car, the man did and told police he had drunk four tequila shots earlier.
The man agreed to take field sobriety tests, and the officer noticed indicators of impairment in his behavior, such as pausing to catch his balance and failing to count correctly. The man also blew a preliminary breath test, which showed blood alcohol content of .145.
The officer arrested the man and had his car inventoried. Police found at least four empty alcohol containers in the car, including tequila, vodka and brandy. The man’s passenger was sent on his way while police transported the man to central lockup in Berwyn.
Police booked the man on charges for driving under the influence and released him on pretrial conditions with a June 6 court date.
Caught with a suspended license and plates
Brookfield police April 26 ticketed a 26-year-old Brookfield man for driving without car insurance.
At 7:34 p.m., an officer heading west on the 8800 block of Shields Avenue saw their squad car’s license plate recognition software hit on a blue Honda’s plates, which showed the car’s registration had been suspended due to a lack of insurance. The officer made a U-turn to head east and pulled the car over near Custer Avenue.
After making contact with the driver, the officer asked him for his driver’s license and proof of insurance. The man provided both, but his driver’s license showed as suspended in the police database.
The officer cited the man for driving with a suspended license and on a suspended registration and let him go on pretrial conditions with a May 27 court date.
These items were obtained from the Riverside Police Department reports dated April 25-27 and the Brookfield Police Department reports dated April 21-28; 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.