DUI, Blackhawks Tickets Stolen from Car: Flossmoor Blotter

JAN. 18

Copper Pipe Stolen

An unknown amount of copper pipe was taken from a vacant house in the 2400 block of Brookwood Drive, according to Flossmoor police reports.

The real estate agent for the vacant house contacted police Jan. 18 to report a break-in and wanted police during a walk through to see if anything had been taken, the report stated. The break-in happened some time between midnight Jan. 10, and 1:59 p.m. Jan. 18, the report added.

At the house, police found the lock box open and the key missing, the report stated. The back door on the north side of the house was unlocked, and tool marks resembling a vise grip were on the sides of the door knob, the report added. The lock on the door knob also did not work, according to the report.

Inside the house, an unknown amount of copper pipe was missing from the ceilings and walls in the basement, the report stated. Nothing else appeared disrupted in the house, the report added.

JAN. 16

Theft from Vehicle

A black briefcase with $700 worth of Hooters gift cards and tickets to two Chicago Blackhawks games was taken from an unlocked black Lexus parked overnight Jan. 16 in the driveway of a house in the 2000 block of Evans Road, according to Flossmoor police reports.

The briefcase, which had two tickets for the Blackhawks’ Jan. 16 game and two tickets for the Jan. 20 game, was taken some time between 10 p.m. Jan. 15, and 7 a.m. Jan. 16, the report stated. The Lexus handbook also was stolen from the glove box, the report added.

JAN. 11

DUI

Russell A. Bouie, 36, of the 17200 block of Holmes Avenue, Hazel Crest, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence, disregard for traffic control signal and driving without insurance after a Jan. 11 traffic stop, according to Flossmoor police reports.

An officer followed Bouie in the maroon Ford Taurus he was driving at about 1:14 a.m. going northbound on Kedzie Avenue because the car’s trunk was open, obscuring the vehicle’s back license plate, the report stated. At at red light at Kedzie and Governors Highway, Bouie stopped halfway into the intersection, blocking the outside northeast-bound lane of traffic, the report added.

The officer pulled over Bouie at 194th Street and Kedzie Avenue, and during the stop, he smelled a strong odor of alcohol coming from Bouie’s vehicle, the report stated, adding that Bouie also slurred his words. When the officer asked for a driver’s license, Bouie pulled out a pile of credit, ID and gift cards, the report stated. After three minutes looking for the license, the officer asked for Bouie’s work ID and use that to check his background, the report added.

Eventually, Bouie, who said he had not been drinking, agreed to field sobriety tests at the scene and failed them, the report stated. After being taken into custody, he would not submit to a breath test, the report added.

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