Hinsdale Nail Salon Robbed At Gunpoint: Police Reports

HINSDALE, IL — A Hinsdale nail salon was robbed Nov. 20 with the suspect holding a handgun, police said.

At 4:30 p.m., the suspect entered Shiny Nails, 5823 S. Madison St., with the gun and demanded money from the employees, according to a Hinsdale police report.

The suspect was described as a male Hispanic wearing a dark jacket with a hood and mask covering his face.

The police report did not say how the employees responded. A call for comment was not immediately returned.

On Tuesday, the Hinsdale Police Department released its weekly police blotter. The report blotter contained the following information.

• A victim reported a theft of a package that was delivered to her front door about 2 p.m. Nov. 14 in the 800 block of South Thurlow Street. Seen on a surveillance camera, the suspect was described as a male African American wearing a black hoodie, tan boots and covered face. He left in a gold-colored car. The package contained winter hats valued at $50.
• Someone bought a vehicle in Missouri using the identity of a victim in Hinsdale. The suspect paid $500 and financed $61,589. The incident occurred Nov. 11 and was reported to police Thursday.
• Lynette M. Mahoney, of Chicago, was arrested on charges of DUI and disobeying traffic control signals shortly before midnight Thursday at Ogden and Cass avenues. Police responded to a witness' report that a driver ran a red light and struck a curb. The driver refused testing to determine her blood-alcohol content. She was released and ordered to appear in court.
• Brandon K. Johnson, 27, of Chicago, was arrested on charges of driving with a suspended license and improper window tinting about 4:30 p.m. Friday in the 400 block of East 55th Street. Johnson was stopped for an equipment violation. He was released and ordered 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 persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.