Harassment Of Worker, Semi Hits Semi: Western Springs Cops

WESTERN SPRINGS, IL — The latest Western Springs police blotters include cases involving harassment, a scam and hit-and-run crashes. Here is information from the reports:

• An employee in the Mariano's shopping complex at 4700 Gilbert Ave. has been harassed by three people for 1½ years through social media, telephone calls and at the employee's workplace. The report was made Wednesday.
• A resident in the 4300 block of Hampton Avenue received an email that purported to be from Amazon that stated the resident had purchased a $1,000 television and had to buy two Target gift cards valued at $500 each to be refunded for the cost of the TV. The resident bought one gift card before realizing it was a scam. The incident was reported Thursday.
• The driver of a semi-truck was stopped at the pedestrian crossing at the intersection of Ogden and Woodland avenues about 3 p.m. Jan. 14 when the truck was struck in the driver's side rear quarter panel by another semi-truck. The offending driver did not stop after the collision.
• A car in the 1300 block of Walnut Street was struck by a passing box truck about 2:30 p.m. Jan. 14. The rear passenger side was damaged. The offense was listed as a hit-and-run accident.