Lake Forest Crime: Boy Chased Around Yard With Metal Pipe

LAKE FOREST, IL — The following information comes from the Lake Forest Police Department. It is a record of police activity. Criminal charges can be dropped or reduced and all defendants are innocent until their guilt is established in a court of law.

BATTERY, CRIMINAL DAMAGE

Joseph J. Pollard, 20, of the 200 block of North Mayflower Road in Lake Forest, was arrested March 16 after police were called to investigate an attack on a child. After interviewing a juvenile victim and other witnesses, police determined Pollard slapped the boy in the face, broke his glasses and chased him around a yard with a five foot long metal pipe. The boy got away and called the police with the help of his parents. Police said they made multiple attempt to speak with Pollard but he avoided all contact with police, so a warrant was issued and he was arrested.

RECKLESS DRIVING, EXPIRED LICENSE

James M. Fritzsching, 56, of the 600 block of South Green Bay Road in Waukegan, was arrested after a 9-1-1 caller reported a reckless driver in a late 90's Ford swerving all over Route 41 southbound from Route 176 shortly after 7 p.m. on March 3. The caller, who was following the car, gave police the license plate. Police caught up to the driver, saw him break a number of traffic laws, and pulled him over.

TEXTING WHILE DRIVING

Police were on routine patrol around 4 p.m. on March 16 when they stopped a blue Volkswagen at Route 41 and Old Elm Road after seeing the driver, a 20-year-old Zion man, texting on his cell phone while driving. After stopping the car and speaking with the man, of 2700 Gilead Road, police determined his driver’s license was suspended.

WARRANT, CANNABIS, SUSPENDED LICENSE

Around 7:30 a.m. on March 9, police on routine patrol stopped a black Chevrolet Equinox at Waukegan Road and North Shore Drive for disobeying a traffic light by making a left turn on a red light. When police spoke to the driver, a 33-year-old man of the 12200 block of Wadsworth Road in Beach Park, they determined his driver’s license was suspended and he had a current outstanding warrant from DuPage County for failure to appear. The driver was arrested and during the investigation, police found a small amount of cannabis in his possession.