Looting Threat, Park Assault: Elmhurst Police

ELMHURST, IL — Elmhurst police received reports of a threat of looting and an assault in a park in recent days. Here is information from the latest Elmhust police blotter:

• Police received a report about 5 p.m. June 2 that a suspect told someone at CVS Pharmacy, 110 W. North Ave., that the suspect would return to loot the business after officers left the area following a peaceful rally. CVS was next to the site of the Black Lives Matter protest.
• A woman informed police that she was struck by a man in her back left shoulder on Prairie Path as he passed her heading east at 2 p.m. May 30. The man did not turn around and continued running east on the path. The report was made to the police department two days later.
• Marcella Spizzirri, 34, of Melrose Park, was arrested shortly after midnight June 3 at Interstate 290 and North on charges of DUI (drugs), improper lane usage and failure to signal. She was released on bond.
• After a burglar alarm was triggered shortly after midnight June 2, police found the glass door to Nucara Pharmacy 101 W. Vallette St., shattered. A representative of the company said he would conduct an inventory to see what was taken. However, no cash or narcotics appeared to be missing.
• A suspect entered two locked tool cargo boxes on a truck at 1:30 a.m. June 2 in the 600 block of North Willow Road. Stolen were a drill and a nail gun.
• A chronic nuisance ordinance warning was issued June 2 in the 100 block of Fellows Court.
• Hertz Car Rental, 856 N. York, reported June 2 that a car it had rented out had not been returned. An officer unsuccessfully tried to contact the suspect.
• On June 1 and 2, one Elmhurst officer was sent to Evanston and Waukegan to help deal with civil disturbances, while another was assigned to Berwyn and North Riverside.

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