DuPage Undersheriff Put On Leave After Crash: Report

ELMHURST, IL – Dupage County's undersheriff Eddie Moore, who is running for sheriff, has been placed on administrative leave because of an investigation into a recent crash, a newspaper reported Thursday.

Moore's campaign told the Daily Herald that he was placed on leave. The sheriff's office's spokesperson did not return Patch's message Thursday.

The crash occurred at an Oak Brook restaurant.

"While pulling my car around to pick up my wife, an individual stepped in front of the vehicle and believed he had been struck," Moore’s statement to the Daily Herald said. "I immediately stopped, got out, and repeatedly asked if he needed assistance. He declined. My wife, who is a nurse, came over and also checked on him, and he again refused help."

Moore told the newspaper that they exchanged information, but the man wrote down the wrong number. The man later asked the Oak Brook police for help finding Moore.

On Thursday, Oak Brook police denied Patch's request for the police report on the crash, saying it remains an open investigation.

Moore did not return Patch's message for comment.

Earlier this week, Patch reported on a 2021 bar incident in Wisconsin that resulted in a disorderly conduct charge against Moore. The Daily Herald and the DuPage Policy Journal, a conservative publication, did so in January.

In the March 17 Republican primary, Moore, who has been the undersheriff since 2020, is facing longtime police officer Sean Noonan, a former DuPage County Board member. They are vying to replace Sheriff James Mendrick, who is listed as endorsing Moore.

On Thursday, DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin confirmed to Patch that he was rescinding his endorsement of Moore. He did not say why.

Republican DuPage County Board member Cindy Cronin Cahill of Elmhurst has done the same.

On Friday morning, Mayor Gary Grasso, who is running as a Republican for DuPage County Board chairman, said he was endorsing Noonan. He said he quietly supported Noonan, but he thought he should be publicly neutral as the GOP candidate for board chairman.

"However, recent developments have caused me to decide to announce my public support for Sean Noonan for Sheriff," he said in an email to Patch.