Crime & Safety
2 DUIs, Underage Drinking, Shattered Car Windows: Police Blotter
Western Springs police reports, May 8-12.
Sunday, May 12
DUI near Hickory and Red Oak
Joseph Mollo, 23, of the 9000 block of Skyline Drive in Burr Ridge, was arrested around 1:47 a.m. near the intersection of Hickory Drive and Red Oak Lane, Western Springs police said. An officer said he stopped Mollo for failure to signal and noticed his breath smelled like alcohol. Mollo was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, failure to signal and driving without insurance.
Saturday, May 11
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Underage DUI
Kelly M. McVeigh, 19, of the 7500 block of Wilton Road in Darien, and Payal D. Shah, 19, of the 2400 block of Manchester Court in Woodridge, were arrested around 2:44 a.m. near the intersection of Ogden and Grand avenues, police said. An officer said he pulled McVeigh over for speeding and noticed that her breath smelled like alcohol and her speech was slurred. She was charged with two counts of driving under the influence and possession of drug paraphernalia. The passenger, Shah, was issued a local ordinance citation for consumption of alcohol by a minor and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Wednesday, May 8
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Shattered car windows
Someone shattered the front passenger and driver’s side windows of a locked car sometime between 7:15 a.m. and 6 p.m., police said. The car was parked in the 700 block of 42nd Street, police said. Nothing was moved around or missing from inside the car.
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