Man Scammed Out Of $100K: Hinsdale Police

HINSDALE — An elderly victim in Hinsdale direct deposited $100,000 after a scammer told him he was a sweepstakes winner and needed to pay a processing fee, police said. The crime was reported Dec. 18, but it happened at some point between Aug. 1 and Dec. 1.

The victim lives in the 200 block of West 59th Street, police said. The case is pending.

Here is other information from the latest Hinsdale Police Department blottery.

• Portrait Phillips, 25, of Chicago, was arrested about 8:30 a.m. Dec. 18 at 55th Street and Interstate 294 on a charge of driving with a suspended license. The suspect was stopped for speeding. The driver was released to appear in court.
• Julie A. Janik, 49, of Hinsdale, was arrested about 10 p.m. Dec. 19 in the 400 block of South Washington Street on a charge of domestic battery. She is accused of making contact of an insulting or provoking nature with a male family member. She was taken to the DuPage County Jail.
• Marcus Bernard Collins, 28, of Bolingbrook, was arrested about 6:30 p.m. Dec. 17 at Camberly Court and 55th Street on charges of driving with a suspended license, operating an uninsured vehicle and improper lighting. Collins was stopped for the issue of lights. He was released 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.