Harassed Jogger Goes Easy on Keister Slapper: Weird Crimes

By Nick Swedberg

Dedicated To The Music

June 15: An 18-year-old Elmhurst man allegedly climbed a fence to re-enter the Luke Bryan concert at First Midwest Bank Amphitheater in Tinley Park after he was kicked out. The man appeared to be drunk when police spoke with him at about 8:30 p.m., according to a Tinley Park police report. He told police he drank several beers in a short period of time.
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Amphitheater security confirmed the man had been ejected for drinking, police said. He was cited for criminal trespass and underage drinking, which are local ordinance tickets. Police said the teen waited for his uncle to pick him up in the security office.

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Harassed Jogger Takes It Easy on Perp

June 6: A 19-year-old Oak Forest man found himself in the hot seat after he allegedly smacked a jogger on the rear end earlier this month. The 23-year-old jogger called police at about 2:20 p.m. to the area near the intersection of Catherine Drive and 140th Street, according to an Orland Park police report. She told police a man had slapped her on the buttocks and then ran into a nearby townhouse.

Officers went to the townhouse in the 9200 block of Woodbury Court and spoke with a different man who lives there, according to the report. An officer explained to the man answering the door that there were consequences for hiding a suspect, the report states. A short time later, the Oak Forest man came out and admitted hitting the woman.

The jogger asked police to simply issue the man a municipal citation so as to "not further damage his potential future as an adult," the report states. The man was cited and is due on July 9 in Orland Park municipal court.

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Late-Night Rider Goes on 'Mini' Adventure

June 21: Police say a Chicago man was drunk when they stopped him for driving a minibike in the dark on Harlem Avenue. Walter P. Conroy, 39, of the 5100 block of West Grace, was charged with aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with a revoked license, driving without insurance, driving without lights and driving an unapproved vehicle on the street, according to a Palos Heights police report.

Conroy was heading northbound at about 11:15 p.m. in the 12100 block of South Harlem Avenue when police spotted him on a minibike with the headlight turned off, the report states. When speaking with Conroy, an officer noticed a smell of alcohol on his breath, according to the report. Police also said he had slurred speech.

Conroy managed to perform one sobriety test but refused to take any more, police said. Officers determined that his driver's license was revoked from a previous DUI. No bond was set for Conroy. He was due in court on June 22.

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