Crime & Safety
Village Kids Busted Driving With Alcohol in River Forest
A small item from the River Forest police blotter implicates two Western Springs minors in multiple driving violations in the suburb northeast of the Village.
The following comes from a River Forest police blotter article in Oak Park-River Forest Patch:
A 16-year-old from Western Springs was charged Feb. 19 with driving without a valid license, failing to signal and driving with too many occupants in the car after a traffic stop in the 400 block of Des Plaines Avenue in Forest Park, River Forest police said.
The two passengers, 17-year-olds from Western Springs and La Grange, both were charged with village ordinances of consuming alcohol by a minor and violating curfew. All were turned over to a parent.
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