Worker Issues, Rabid Raccoon: Burr Ridge Cops

BURR RIDGE, IL — Burr Ridge police handled complaints from businesses about former employees and a resident about a rabid raccoon that was apparently trying to get into her house. Here is the information from the latest Burr Ridge blotter:

• The owner of Salon Hype, 110 Burr Ridge Parkway, told police March 6 she does not want a former employee to return to the business and that the ex-employee still has keys to it. If the ex-employee were to unlawfully enter the salon, the owner said she would sign a complaint.
• The owner of Accel Entertainment, 140 Tower Drive, said he received unsolicited text messages from a former employee March 9. He said it was harassment.
• A resident said a distempered and rabid raccoon was trying to get into her house about 10:30 a.m. March 7 in the 15W400 block of 62nd Street. An officer shot and killed the raccoon. The officer removed and disposed the animal.
• A few residents told police they were upset about a family that was walking around "non-verbally intimidating" people about 2:30 p.m. March 7 near the green on Village Center Drive. The family would sit next to the residents at the village fireplace. The residents believed the family was involved in nefarious activity. An officer found a grandmother and a child walking on Burr Ridge Parkway, but did not see any signs of criminal activity.
• A house in the 6100 block of South County Line Road was burglarized about 4:30 p.m. March 6. An officer responded to a burglar alarm. He found forced entry to a rear door. The master bedroom was ransacked. In virtually all cases in Burr Ridge and elsewhere, burglar alarms are false. For instance, from March 6 to 9, Burr Ridge police responded to 15 false alarms.
• An officer was flagged down by a person who said someone was hitting a woman about 8 p.m. March 7 in front of Starbucks, 515 Village Center Drive. The officer saw two people standing outside a car, and they said they were arguing but had not gotten physical. The woman said the man took her phone but denied he hit her. She did not want to pursue the matter. The officer said she did not see any injuries.
• A Burr Ridge officer helped DuPage County sheriff's deputies to stop a physical altercation about 9:30 a.m. March 6 on South Madison Street. It was about a payment for a truck and trailer. It was classified as a civil matter.
• The police released a 2015 Mercedes S550 that had been stolen. It was given to State Farm Insurance March 6.
• Judith M. Stein, 20, was arrested shortly before noon March 6 at Garfield Avenue and 60th Street on charges of no valid driver's license and disobeying a stop sign. She was released on bond. A relative took custody of her car.
• A resident in the 7900 block of Garfield Avenue reported a second-floor bedroom window was broken between March 4 and March 6.
• A resident in the 7900 block of Garfield Avenue said his neighbor was preventing him from removing two screws in their shared fence to replace a board in his deck March 9. The officer said it was a civil issue.
• William L. Jordan, 46, was arrested about 3 p.m. March 9 in the 5600 block of South County Line Road on a charge of driving with a revoked license. He was stopped for speeding 60 mph in a 35 mph zone. His license had been revoked because of a DUI.

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