Pistol-Whipping Robbery Near Burr Ridge: Police

BURR RIDGE, IL — Three suspects pistol-whipped a person in the head shortly before 8 p.m. Jan. 29 on Honeysuckle Rose Lane, a Burr Ridge police report says. The crime is labeled an armed robbery. The crime scene was taken over by DuPage County sheriff's deputies. The incident occurred in the general area of a number of businesses just outside of Burr Ridge village limits.

In an interview Friday, sheriff's spokesman Justin Kmitch said all of those involved are juveniles and none of them, including the victim, are cooperating with law enforcement. The parents are also not helping police, he said.

"They had agreed to meet at this location for an unknown transaction," Kmitch said.

Here is other information in the latest blotter from the Burr Ridge Police Department:

• Two Burr Ridge officers tried to help the Hinsdale Police Department stop a red Audi with heavy front-end damage Jan. 27. The driver eluded the officers, speeding onto Interstate 55 from County Line Road.
• A resident in the 8200 block of Steepleside Drive reported his neighbor's dog bit his king white German shepherd on the right side of the face Jan. 25. He said he believed it was his neighbor's dog because of previous incidents. He said he did not see the attack. A police officer tried to contact the neighbor, who was not home.
• The business manager at the Pleasantdale School District reported that she received an email Jan. 28 from an unknown source indicating he was the the school principal. The email was an inquiry about how to change his direct deposit account. She realized it was a scam and did not respond. She said she wanted the incident documented.
• An apparently abandoned 1999 GMC was reported in the parking lot of a business in the 7600 block of Grant Street on Jan. 29. It had been in the lot for more than a week. After police identified the owner, an employee recognized the name as a co-worker who works odd hours.
• A resident in the 8100 block of Park Avenue reported on Jan. 29 that a Jeep had been near her home repeatedly with a man inside. The Jeep usually is there on Mondays and Wednesdays. The Jeep was gone before an officer's arrival.
• A resident reported a suspicious person about 10 p.m. Jan. 29 on Southgate Court. An officer spoke with a ComEd employee, who said he knocked on the door to inform the resident a work crew would be in the backyard repairing a pedestal. The resident expressed relief and said it was fine with her if ComEd made the repairs. Area police departments have received reports of people falsely identifying themselves as ComED employee who end up burglarizing houses.
• A resident in the 8700 block of Madison Street reported that four exterior lights at a nearby house were blinking on and off. The resident was concerned it may be Morse code. No one answered the door at the other house. Officers left a placard notifying the resident of the blinking lights, indicating it may be a short.
• A resident on Burr Oak Lane said someone made a swastika symbol in the snow on his driveway about 7 a.m. Jan. 31. He suspected it was one of the children waiting at the bus stop, which was at the end of his driveway. He said he would check the footage on his surveillance camera. Information was forwarded to a school resource officer.