Riverside police arrested a man June 8 for driving under the influence of drugs.
Around 3:07 a.m., two officers on patrol were heading south on Akenside Road when they saw a car make a U-turn at the intersection of Longcommon Road and East Burlington Street. With the car heading north on Longcommon, the officers saw the car had one working headlamp and fog lights turned on before it turned onto Nuttall Road without signaling. Police noted the car was moving “at a slow speed” while “slightly weaving” within the traffic lane.
The officers pulled the car over near the intersection with Shenstone Road around Turtle Park. While speaking with the driver, one officer noticed he had droopy eyes and moved slowly, and they smelled burnt cannabis. When asked, the man provided a valid driver’s license and proof of insurance.
The man told the officer he had made a U-turn because East Burlington Street was closed and that he and his passenger, a woman, were “just driving around,” police said. When asked about the odor, the man denied having cannabis. The second officer noticed a loaded gun magazine in the center console of the car, and dispatchers advised them that the man possessed a concealed carry license.
After having the man step out of the car, police asked about the magazine; the man said he had a CCL but did not have a gun on his person or in the car. Police did not find a gun after patting the man down. Police noted the man “was slightly swaying.” They asked the man to take field sobriety testing, but he declined and asked to take a chemical breath test, as he said he had not drunk any alcohol. The test showed .016 blood alcohol content.
Based on the man’s driving behaviors, droopy eyes, swaying while standing, slow movement and the odor of cannabis, police arrested him for driving under the influence and transported him to central lockup in Berwyn. Police had the man’s car towed and took the gun magazine to the Riverside Police Department for the man to retrieve later.
Drunk driver strikes parked cars and fence
Brookfield police arrested a 44-year-old Brookfield man June 2 for driving drunk after his car struck other vehicles and a fence.
An officer responded around 1:54 a.m. to the 4500 block of Custer Avenue for a report of property damage after a homeowner told police a car had struck his fence, and the driver was trying to exit the car. At the scene, the officer observed damage to two unoccupied vehicles and heavy damage to the car that crashed.
When the officer made contact with the driver, he was trying to exit through the passenger-side door with his dog. The officer told the man to leave his dog in the car and exit the car to meet paramedics, who were on the way. The man slurred his words while he spoke and wore only one shoe as he got out of the car. The officer also smelled alcohol on the man’s “person and breath.”
Paramedics evaluated the man, who declined transportation to the hospital for further treatment. The man told them he was diabetic, so they told the officer they would need to “rule out a diabetic episode” due to the man appearing intoxicated, police said.
The man told the officer he had been coming from his restaurant in the Chicagoland area. He said he had drunk one shot of brandy around 8 p.m. but that he had been cleaning the restaurant all night, so the smell could have been on his clothes. The man later said he had had two more shots around midnight. The man agreed to take standardized field testing, during which he failed to follow instructions accurately and struggled to maintain his balance. He declined to take a preliminary breath test.
The officer arrested the man for driving under the influence and transported him to the police station, where the man told police he had been driven to and from work by his boss, who dropped him off at home around midnight. The man said he tried to go to bed but got hungry and drove himself to 7-Eleven, and he lost control of the car while driving back home. The man admitted he had three shots before driving that night and said he had received a DUI in 2015.
Police charged the man with seven citations, including driving under the influence, failing to avoid the crash, and driving with expired registration, before setting a July 8 court date and taking the man back to his residence with his dog.
These items were obtained from the Riverside Police Department reports dated June 8 and the Brookfield Police Department reports dated June 2-9; 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.
