Crime & Safety
Drinking on Public Property and Drug Paraphernalia Charges Reported
Items from Downers Grove Police reports for May 23-25
The following incidents and arrests were reported by the Downers Grove Police Department:
Monday, May 23
8:05 p.m.: James M. Callahan, 23, of Downers Grove was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and issued a ticket for not wearing a seatbelt after an officer pulled him over in the 6300 block of Dunham Road.
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The patrol officer had observed Callahan holding and lighting an object near his mouth, and also noted he wasn't wearing a seatbelt. Callahan admitted to not wearing the seatbelt and told the officer a pipe was in the vehicle's center console. Another officer arrived, Callahan was handcuffed, the car was searched and a pipe with burnt residue was discovered.
8:35 p.m.: A resident in the 5400 block of Park Street reported her Visa card was used for transactions with Speedy Auto Parts in California on May 11 and May 22. After reading about the Michaels craft store PIN pad tampering, the resident remembered she had used the card at Michaels between May 6 and May 10 and decided to file a report.
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Tuesday, May 24
1:56 a.m.: Michael R. Hernandez, 38, of Darien was charged with criminal trespass and drinking on public property after officers responded to a call in the 400 block of Austin Avenue.
Officers arrived and saw Hernandez and an unidentified companion on the parkway with an almost empty vodka bottle near Hernandez’s feet. The companion said the two were just talking, but Hernandez became belligerent and said he “couldn’t believe this,” then attempted to leave.
The officer told Hernandez he was not free to go and asked Hernandez about the vodka, which Hernandez acknowledged he had been drinking. A check revealed he was violating probation for a previous incident of criminal trespass and telephone harassment of a woman who lived at the Austin Avenue address.
4:30 p.m.: Deceptive practices were reported by a resident in the 1100 block of Gilbert Avenue after he discovered someone tried to take $50,000 from his bank account. The resident reported that someone first tried to remove the money using a quick pay option and, when that failed, gained access to the resident’s father’s account and transferred the money there in an effort to remove the funds.
The bank told the resident the father was listed as someone who could access his account, but he responded the father was not authorized and the transaction was not authorized. The bank returned the money back to the resident’s account and told him to file a police report.
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