The Fourth of July weekend in La Grange was quite eventful for the kids and adults who decided to brave the intermittent rain and blow off fireworks and other objects this past weekend, but not so much for police -- or so it seemed. (No severed body parts, etc.)
Two days before the holiday, however, a Brookfield man received a surprise in the air: from a gravel truck which lost gravel and smashed the windshield of his '01 Pontiac Montana at 9:35 a.m. July 2. As David Walker traveled on West Ogden Avenue at Kensington Avenue the loss of load and tried to signal the driver, to no avail, before his car was damaged. No injuries were reported.
On June 30, the driver of an '06 International trailer truck clipped a railroad gate at La Grange Road and Hillgrove Avenue, at about 10:15 a.m., damaging the passenger side of his truck. No injuries were reported and no tickets were issued.
Police arrested Aurelio Ortega, 17, on an outstanding warrant out of Western Springs after they spotted him near the downtown fountain at 4:40 p.m. July 6 and pursued him when he took off on foot. The offender (of an unknown address), caught in the 100 block of Hayes Avenue, had a warrant out on him for public order crimes of resisting a police officer. He was released on his own recognizance after he was unable to post bond.
Windows of a truck were reported broken into in the 400 block of Shawmut Avenue sometime during the day July 6, it was reported to police at about 6 p.m. that day. Trucks in the lot were broken into three times recently and the owners complained police did not respond to calls.
A witness told police they saw a man in a Buick strike two vehicles at 51st Street and La Grange Road before taking off at around 8:50 p.m. July 6. Police were unable to locate any such offender.
Fireworks thrown behind a garage in the 100 block of Sawyer Avenue ignited a small fire at around 12:30 p.m. July 6. It was out before firefighters arrived, except for some smoking pieces of carpeting.
A resident of the 200 block of Sawyer told police, also that morning, that it appeared someone was trying to blow up his vehicle with fireworks sometime on the night of July 4.
A special police watch has been dispatched to the Community Center at 200 W. Washington after reports that kids are hanging outside of the facility after midnight smoking pot.
And while most fireworks offenders were either not found or sent on their way this past weekend, a trio of La Grange boys had their stash confiscated by police after an anonymous female called 911 at 8:25 p.m. July 5 to alert them the teens were setting off fireworks in the intersection of Spring and Goodman avenues. The boys,. ages 13, 15 and 13, were turned over to their parents.
On July 4, several boys and girls were given ordinance violation citations for setting fire to a portable toilet with fireworks outside of Spring Avenue School, 1001 S. Spring. The incident occurred around 4 p.m.
Also on July 4, a couple taking a late-night walk through Sedgwick Park reported seeing a portable toilet next to the outdoor volleyball courts on fire. Police were unable to determine who was responsible for the damage.
Someone either broke in or left open the door to a concession stand in Sedgwick Park at 48th and 10th streets, it was discovered at around 1 a.m. July 5.
A rock aimed at a boy went through the window of a black Honda instead in the 300 block of East Avenue, at about 8 p.m. July 4.
A group of more than 10 teens who were reported to be drunk and drinking in the southeast corner of the Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital parking lot, 5101 S. Willow Springs Road, shortly before 10 p.m. July 4, were of legal drinking age and just passing through, they told police. No tickets were issued.
Four fraudulent checks totalling of $3,039.90 were reported passed by a Chicago customer doing business with Prickly Pear, a catering service storefront on West Hillgrove Avenue. The case, turned over to Chicago police, was reported to La Grange police on July 3.
A small kitchen fire set off by cooking was extinguished by firefighters in the first block of South 6th Avenue at around 6:45 p.m. July 3.
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