Riverside police arrested a Riverside man May 31 for driving drunk after he turned left into oncoming traffic.
Around 10 p.m., an officer was dispatched to the intersection of First Avenue and Ridgewood Road for a report of a crash involving two cars, a Buick and a Ford. Police made contact with the driver of the Buick, who said he had been driving north when the Ford turned left directly in front of his traffic lane. According to police, the Buick had visible “heavy front-end damage.”
Police also spoke with the driver of the Ford, who was standing next to his car in the intersection. The man said he had been turning left when the Buick struck his car. The officer noticed the man had glassy, bloodshot eyes and slurred his speech. The man said he had been driving home from work and the crash was not his fault. When asked if he had drunk alcohol, the man admitted to having had two drinks with friends after leaving work.
The officer asked the driver of the Ford to take field sobriety testing. During the tests, the officer noticed multiple indicators of impairment, including in the movement of the man’s eyes and his inability to balance and follow instructions. The man declined to take a portable breath test before the officer arrested him for driving under the influence of alcohol.
Traffic footage from cameras at the intersection later showed police that the Ford had been straddling the yellow lines on the road before turning left. The Buick swerved to the left to avoid a head-on crash. Both cars had to be towed from the scene, police said.
At central lockup in Berwyn, the driver of the Ford refused to take another chemical breath test after a 20-minute observation period. The man received citations for failing to yield while turning left, failing to reduce his speed to avoid a crash and driving under the influence. Police drove the man to his home in Riverside and released him on pretrial conditions.
Headlight out
Brookfield police arrested a 45-year-old Hickory Hills man June 2 for driving with only one working headlamp.
Around 12:30 a.m., an officer on patrol on the 9100 block of Ogden Avenue saw a black Lexus with just one operating headlamp. The officer pulled the car over at the Shell gas station at 9137 Ogden Ave. and spoke to the driver, who said he was aware one of his car’s headlamps was out.
After running the man’s information, the officer learned the man’s driver’s license had been suspended. The officer told the man he would be cited for both issues and that his car would be towed if he could not call someone to drive it away. After ticketing the man for driving with one handlamp on a suspended license, a woman with a valid driver’s license arrived at the scene, and the officer turned the man’s car over to her. A June 24 court date was set, and the man was sent on his way.
Expired temporary plates
Brookfield police ticketed a 33-year-old Brookfield woman May 28 after learning her car’s license plates were expired.
Around 10 p.m., an officer on patrol saw a car with a temporary license plate from Indiana that indicated the temporary registration had expired on April 5. The officer pulled the woman over, and another officer explained the reason for the stop to the woman due to a language barrier, police said. The woman told police she possessed neither a driver’s license nor proof of insurance.
The officers cited the woman for driving on an expired registration, for driving without insurance and without a driver’s license. Police released the woman on pretrial conditions with a court date set for June 24. The woman parked her car legally and called for a ride after police sent her on her way.
These items were obtained from the Riverside Police Department reports dated May 31 to June 1 and the Brookfield Police Department reports dated May 26 to June 2; 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.
