Downtown Dog Bite, Prowler Call: Hinsdale Police

HINSDALE, IL — In recent days, Hinsdale police responded to calls involving a delivery person bitten by a dog, a prowler near a house, a DUI suspect asleep at the wheel and damaged campaign signs. Here is information from the reports:

• A person making a delivery in the 10 block of West First Street was bitten by a dog about 11:30 a.m. Sept. 12. The dog owner was described as an Asian man wearing a navy blue rain jacket. The dog was a gray mid-sized pit bull. The incident was reported to police three days later.
• Campaign signs in a yard in the 800 block of West Hinsdale Avenue were spray-painted overnight Sept. 18. The police report did not indicate the message on the signs.
• Liam N. Burke, 19, of Hinsdale, was cited about 1:30 a.m. Sept. 13 in the 800 block of South Bodin Street on a charge of unlawful consumption of alcohol by a minor. He was released and given a date to appear in court.
• A car parked in a driveway in the 300 block of North Garfield Avenue was burglarized about 9:45 p.m. Sept. 16. It was rummaged through, but nothing appeared to be missing.
• Jonathan M. O'Grodny, 23, of Oak Lawn, was arrested about 7 a.m. Sept. 20 at BP Amoco, 149 E. Ogden Ave., on a charge of DUI. According to a report, police responded to a driver asleep at the wheel at a gas pump. O'Grodny submitted to testing that indicated he was over the legal limit for alcohol. He was released and given a date to appear in court.
• Police received a call about a prowler about 11 p.m. Sept. 19 in the 700 block of East Third Street. The homeowner saw the shadow of a person by the home's sun room. A neighbor witnessed a high school-aged teen run away from the area. Nothing was reported missing from the house. There were no signs of forced entry. Officers were unable to find the teen.

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