La Grange
Get a Room
La Grange police were called at about 10:56 p.m. June 9 to investigate two people having sex in Gordon Park, 31 E. Ogden Ave. When police arrived, they could not find the couple.
Did You Look for Him in Jail?
Cook County sheriff’s police reported June 6 that a 31-year-old La Grange man, wanted on a local warrant for driving while his license is suspended, is in Cook County Jail on another matter.
Geneva
A Piece of Peace
Crime can happen anywhere, even at a peaceful parlour. According to Geneva police reports, someone took about $200 in cash from Peaceful Parlour, 212 South Third St., sometime between 5 p.m. June 2 and 11:30 a.m. June 3.
Hinsdale
‘Junk’ Mail
Residents from two homes in the 900 block of Allmen Avenue in Hinsdale reported at 11:54 a.m. June 9 that notes of a threatening nature were left on their porches.
Wheaton
The Attack of the Water Balloons
Someone in a moving car threw water balloons at pedestrians on Blanchard Street near Venetian Way in Wheaton around 9:30 p.m. June 11.
Elmhurst
You Need a Permit for That
Dylan S. Smith, 20, 106 D St., Chattanooga, TN, was cited with soliciting without a permit at 468 N. Oaklawn, Elmhurst at 4:49 p.m. June 9. He said he was selling magazines in order to win a trip to Europe.
A water balloon could certainly cause injury, and such an incident is a form of assault -- as are a surprising number of other behaviors. Maybe the focus for concerns about not distracting Police from important matters ought to be on the fools who threw the water balloons.