Child Luring, Identity Theft and MORE Clowns: Elmhurst Police Blotter

Wondering what's been going on at the Elmhurst Police Department? We have highlights from the last week including another west suburban child luring incident, several identity thefts and, wait for it...more clowns.

More clowns?!
A man told Elmhurst police that Oct. 15, while riding his bike around Kenilworth and Adelia, a clown came out of the trees and started chasing him. He was able to get away and said the clown went back into the trees once he did. The clown could have been a man or a woman, he said, wearing a clown mask or white makeup and a red-and-blue clown outfit.

Child luring
A man in his 60s attempted to get a girl into his red mini-van after school Oct. 14. The man, whose mini-van had a bumper sticker reading “GRANDPA” on its rear window, was described as having grayish hair. The girl was able to walk away and call her mom, who then picked her up. Read more in a full story here.

Possible drug use in McDonald’s
Witnesses in the McDonald’s at 190 E. Butterfield Rd. saw a man, described as white and in his early 20s, come into McDonalds and go into the bathroom. After an hour, he left the bathroom swaying and unable to re-open the front door of McDonald’s to exit. Plastic bags of a white, powdery substance were found in the bathroom once he was gone.

A wellness check that led to arrest
A man was arrested when, after a wellbeing check, he was found to be in possession of suspected heroin and two capped, unused needles. Police found an injury on his right forearm bad enough to send him to Elmhurst Hospital. The man was arrested at 110 W. North Ave.

Drivers cited for drug paraphernalia
Three men were cited for having drug paraphernalia in their cars this past week: Cristian Garcia, 20; Isaiah Hatcher-Degenh, 21; and Victor Crawford, 22. Police originally stopped both cars due to traffic violations. Both men were released with citations.

Identity theft scares
A woman, unnamed by the police, said she got a warning call from the Bank of America about suspicious activity on her account; namely, someone was using her line of credit from an address that wasn’t hers. The person had made electronic transfers, opened a new line of credit and written a check under the woman’s name before she knew. Two additional identity thefts were reported in Elmhurst last week.

Counterfeit money
Someone used a fake $100 bill to buy products from the grocery store Mariano’s on Oct. 13.

Continue to check the Elmhurst Patch for updates on police activity.

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