The Doings Hinsdale

Hinsdale police blotter for Aug. 28

Updated: October 9, 2012 12:40PM

The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Hinsdale Police Department. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Only a court of law can make that determination.

ALCOHOL

Jonathan Bautista, 20, of 504 S. Cass Ave., Westmont, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after an officer stopped his vehicle on Ogden Avenue at York Road for improper lane use at 11:50 p.m. Aug. 25. Bautista also was charged with driving while his license was suspended, driving without insurance, and illegal transportation of alcohol because the officer reported he found an open bottle of beer in the vehicle.

Ian E. Dilworth, 35, of 14521 Independence Drive, Plainfield, was charged with DUI after an officer stopped his vehicle at 55th Street and Taft Road for speeding and improper lane use at 2:19 a.m. Aug. 26.

Michelle Gutknecht, 26, of 5227 Main St., Downers Grove, was charged with DUI and possession of marijuana after an officer stopped her vehicle on Ogden Avenue at York Road for improper lane use at about 2:35 a.m. Aug. 23. Matthew Skirving, 31, of 605 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka, who was a passenger in Gutknecht’s vehicle, was charged with illegal transportation of alcohol.

BURGLARY

The passenger-side window of a white Chevrolet construction van on the 100 block of South Vine Street was shattered between 4 p.m. Aug. 22 and 7:20 a.m. Aug. 23 and someone stole $445 worth of tools, including a Ridgid circular saw and drywall screw gun, a DeWalt orbital sander, a Craftsman cordless drill and a leather tool belt.

PROPERTY DAMAGE

Someone broke the driver’s side window on a Mercedes Sprinter van in the parking lot at Lincoln and First streets between 11 a.m. Aug. 22 and 5:45 a.m. Aug. 23. The owner reported nothing was missing from the van.

Officials of Monroe School, at 210 N. Madison, reported a window on the south side of the school was broken between 11:30 p.m. Aug. 20 and 6 a.m. Aug. 21.

THEFT

A parking meter in the parking lot on Garfield Avenue, south of Hinsdale Avenue, was removed from its pole and stolen between 5 p.m. Aug. 22 and 9:45 a.m. Aug. 23. The meter was attached to a utility pole just with a banding strap, unlike most of the parking meters in the village.





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