Darien Man Faces Domestic Battery Charge: Cops

DARIEN, IL – Darien police released their latest blotter Thursday. Here is information from the reports:

Domestic battery

• Winslow Purham, 36, of Darien, was arrested about 12:30 a.m. Sunday in the 1500 block of Lakeview Drive on a charge of domestic battery. He was taken to the DuPage County Jail.

DUI

• Ryan Highland, 37, of Plainfield, was arrested about 11:30 p.m. Sunday on Lemont Road at 83rd Street on charges of DUI and improper stopping on the roadway. According to a police report, Highland, who appeared to be sleeping, awoke and backed into a squad car. He was released and given a date to appear in court.

Car burglary

• A car in the Jewel parking lot, 7329 Cass Ave., was burglarized between 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Aug. 29. Unspecified items valued at $160 were stolen.

Driving violations

• Rodney Mitchell, 56, of Willowbrook, was cited about 4:30 p.m. Aug. 29 at Sheridan and Clarendon Hills roads on charges of driving with a revoked license and driving while using a phone. He was released and given a date to appear in court.

Police report information is provided by local police departments. Charges are not evidence of guilt. They are a record of police actions on a given day, and people charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.