The following items were taken from area police department reports and releases. An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt.
La Grange
Burglary
A resident on the 800 block of La Grange Road reported at 6:34 p.m. Feb. 28, during the overnight hours someone took $50 from their unlocked vehicle.
DUI
Alexander Rodriguez, 29, of the 16800 block of 85th Court, Orland Hills, was charged at 2:57 a.m. Feb. 24 at Maple Avenue and La Grange Road, with DUI (Alcohol, above .08), and speeding.
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Traffic violations
Nelson Diaz, 19, of the 1200 block of East Avenue, Berwyn, was charged at 4:21 a.m. Feb. 25, with no valid driver’s license and speeding.
Alicia King, 56, of the 1700 block of Madison Street, Maywood, was charged at 1:19 a.m. Feb. 25 at Burlington Avenue and La Grange Road, with no valid driver’s license, operating an uninsured vehicle, and expired registration.
Identity theft
A resident on the 4700 block of Willow Springs Road reported at 4:29 p.m. Feb. 24, that someone took their credit card during the last 4 to 5 months and made purchases totaling $1,105.82.
Retail theft
Sali Pavlov, 36, of the 1900 block of Meadow Lane, Bannockburn, was charged at 12:20 p.m. Feb. 27 at the La Grange Police Station, with retail theft. The arrest is related to an incident in Oct. 2022, when he allegedly left without paying for $580 worth of merchandise from Peak Running, 18 W. Burlington Ave.
Theft
A workman reported at 12:42 a.m. Dec. 28 that between 11:20 a.m. and 12:20 p.m. that day, someone took a set of plumbing tools from a truck outside a house on the 600 block of Spring Avenue. Loss was not reported.
Management at Verizon, 5 S. La Grange Road, reported that someone removed an Apple Watch Display demo. The loss is reported to be $1,000.
La Grange Park
At 9:50 a.m. Friday, March 3, La Grange Park Police responded to a report of a traffic altercation at 31st Street and La Grange Road; a weapon was involved. Assisted by Western Springs and La Grange Police, the offender’s vehicle and the offender were found in front of Nazareth Academy at 1209 Ogden Ave. The offender was taken into custody on an unrelated traffic warrant. The school was in lockdown for about 20 minutes before returning to normal. The investigation is ongoing.
Hank Beckman is a freelance reporter for Pioneer Press.