Public Safety
Elmhurst police arrested a 68-year-old Van Auken Street man on a disorderly conduct charge after he was caught destroying a fence with a hammer, the latest in a series of arrests dating to 2023. The arrest was among five incidents in the latest police reports, including a drug paraphernalia citation, a domestic battery arrest, driveway vandalism and a stolen car chase.
Public Safety
A Villa Park woman was pulled from her burning home in the 400 block of North Bierman Avenue on Oct. 4 and transferred to Loyola University Medical Center in critical condition after she reportedly went deeper into the house to retrieve her dog, which did not survive. Elmhurst and Oak Brook Terrace firefighters were among the mutual-aid crews that responded.
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A 20-year-old Chicago man fled a Villa Park traffic stop at 107 mph Sunday evening, crashed on I-290 after Oak Brook police deployed spike strips, and was found with a loaded Glock and 28-round extended magazine; he was ordered detained pretrial Tuesday on felony weapons and fleeing charges.
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A DuComm employee accidentally triggered tornado sirens across DuPage County at 3 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, during a planned system test, waking residents in Elmhurst, Villa Park and other communities one week after a real derecho.
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Elmhurst police made at least six arrests between Aug. 14 and 16, including a man who followed pedestrians home in his car on North Highview Avenue and a Glen Ellyn teen charged with burglary at two Route 83 stores.
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