Paintball Pelting, Late Landscapers: Burr Ridge Cops

BURR RIDGE, IL — In recent days, Burr Ridge police have dealt with late landscapers and a paintball pelting, among other things. Here is information from the latest Burr Ridge police blotter:

• Police warned landscaping employees about the village's outdoor maintenance hours. They were working about 5:30 p.m. May 3 in the 8700 block of Polo Ridge Court.
• Someone shot eight paintballs at a window on a house about 1 a.m. May 2 on Deer Path Trail. The resident washed it off. He said it was unknown why someone did this. His neighbor forwarded the police video of the incident, but an officer was unable to get a description of the person or a license plate number.
• A resident in the 8000 block of Garfield Avenue informed police May 1 that two rings and two combs were missing from her bathroom. She told an officer she believes her upstairs neighbor may have taken them when he was clearing water from her bathroom because of a water leak from his toilet. She said she did not want any police action. She continued to contend that people are listening to her phones and that trackers have been placed on her car. She told the officer she works at a senior citizens agency, a fact the officer said he would confirm.
• Police checked on the well-being of a person lying on the curb and holding his head about 1:30 p.m. May 3 in the 7500 block of Ridgewood Lane. He said he slipped in a puddle and hit the back of his head. An officer stayed with the person while his brother went to get their father. It was determined that he did not need medical attention because he was not dizzy, lightheaded, bleeding or having difficulty seeing or standing.
• While on patrol shortly before midnight May 1, an officer heard yelling from the parking lot of the Marriott, 1200 Burr Ridge Parkway. At least two people wanted to leave for the night, while another wanted to stay. After an officer spoke with them, they all agreed to stay the night.
• A police officer assisted with a birthday parade about 1:30 p.m. May 2 at 7210 Giddings Ave.
• Burr Ridge Senior Living, 16W301 91st St., informed police that a vehicle, possibly belonging to a landscaper, damaged a garage door and a resident's car, a 2017 Nissan, about 4 p.m. May 2.
• Police responded to a possible hazardous materials spill of sodium hydroxide about 4 p.m. May 2 at trucking firm SAIA, 15W460 N. Frontage Road. A truck driver noticed liquid leaking from a trailer. The fire department turned over the handling of the site to the terminal manager for a proper cleanup.
• Police were called to Citizens Park at South Madison Street and Shepard Lane early the evening of May 2 about four youths who were skateboarding at the skate park. They agreed to leave.
• An officer was unable to catch a stray husky about 7 a.m. May 3. It was last seen running around the Hinsdale Lake Terrace apartments near Route 83 and Honeysuckle Rose Lane.
• A woman said the driver of a black sedan almost struck her car while he was turning into the Oak Hill Subdivision about 11 a.m. May 3. When she honked, the man backed up and yelled at her. The woman said she just wanted the incident documented.