Elmhurst Man To Cops, 'Get Out Of Here': Report

ELMHURST, IL – An Elmhurst man repeatedly opened and closed a neighbor's door in the middle of the night, then tried to enter responding officers' cars, police said.

Through a public records request, Patch obtained the full police report.

The incident occurred about 1:30 a.m. Oct. 26 in the 400 block of North Van Auken Street, police said.

Arrested was a 65-year-old man who lives in the same block. Inside the targeted house was a woman and her teenage daughter, police said.

According to the report, the man was opening and closing an unlocked side door. One of the home's occupants was able to lock the door after the man closed it one of the times, the report said. They called the police.

A responding officer greeted the man, who replied, "F--- off. Get out of here," the report said.

The man then hit the driver's side of the squad car and tried to open the officer's door, but it was locked, police said.

The man then tried to open another officer's car door. They then arrested him.

The mother told police they had lived next to the man for six years, but they had never seen him act this way, according to the report.

The mother said the man normally keeps to himself and has an occasional drink.

She said the door could no longer close properly because of what the man did. She estimated the damage at $300 to $350.

The mother also suspected the man damaged skeleton decorations in her yard.

The man was charged with criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct. He was released to medics, who took him to Elmhurst Hospital, police said.