Man Hits Parked Police Car; Arrested on Charges of DUI

Mario G. Rosales will next appear in court in May.

More than $4,000 damage was done to a Palatine Police car April 2 when a 40-year-old man allegedly hit the unoccupied car while it was parked in his neighborhood.

Mario G. Rosales, of the 900 block of W. Panorama Drive in Palatine, was arrested on charges of DUI and Leaving the Scene of a Property Damage Accident after he sideswiped the rear end of the unoccupied Palatine Police car, police reported.

Police were in the area at 10:51 p.m. handling a domestic dispute call in the 800 block of W. Panorama Dr. When they heard a crash, they looked toward the street where they had left their cars legally parked and saw a red Ford Explorer had struck the rear of one of their cars, pushing it into the second police car parked directly in front of it.

Rosales was driving the Ford and began to drive away, police said in a written report. One of the officers was able to follow and stop Rosales as he parked in his apartment parking lot within the same complex.

No one was injured in the crash.

The total damage to the police cars is more that $4,000.

Rosales posted bond and was released with a court date of May 18.