POLICE BLOTTER: Stolen Snacks, A Few Too Many (Passengers), Nature Calling

SUNDAY JUNE 30

Cheaper by the dozen?

A man with a carload of eight passengers was arrested at about 5:05 p.m. Sunday. Michael Miller was pulled over near 88th Place and Central Avenue for having too many passengers in his GMC Sierra, reports said. Police said that Miller was also found to have a suspended license. Miller was charged with driving with a suspended license, as well as with having an unlawful number of passengers and failure to properly secure a child under the age of eight in a child restraint system. He is due in court on August 16.

SATURDAY JUNE 29 

Misappropriated Munchies

Three people stole several items from the Thornton’s, 9138 S. Cicero Ave., at about 1:30 p.m. Saturday. The trio placed a variety of items including multiple cans of Red Bull and pork rinds in a grocery bag and left the store without paying. According to the police report, the perpetrators are two female blacks and a male black, all heavy-set, in their 30s or 40s.

SUNDAY JUNE 30

He’s Really Gotta Go

A man was charged with DUI, speeding and underage consumption and possession of alcohol at 12:43 a.m. Sunday. Police said that Jose Dejesus was traveling 54mph in a 35mph zone when an officer pulled him over. When the officer asked if Dejesus knew how fast he was going, he allegedly said he had to go to the bathroom. The officer asked for ID, and Dejesus showed his military ID, stating that his driver’s license was taken when he’d received a speeding ticket on June 16 in Willow Springs, which he showed to the officer, police said.

According to the report, Dejesus's eyes appeared bloodshot and he smelled like alcohol. Dejesus denied that he had been drinking and was asked to get out of his car. 

Police said that Dejesus failed field sobriety tests. Stating that he "really had to pee," the officer allowed him to urinate behind an evergreen bush. After three attempts at a breath test, the first two where Dejesus tongue was covering the mouthpiece, he blew a .160, reports said.

Dejesus allegedly admitted to having a couple of mixed drinks at a friend’s house. He was placed under arrest.  When the officer searched the car, he found an open and nearly empty 750mL bottle of Don Julio tequila in the trunk, reports said. Dejesus is due in court in Bridgeview on July 18.

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