Western Springs Incident Involving Threat Detailed

WESTERN SPRINGS, IL — A couple were walking their dog late last month in Western Springs when they exchanged words with a speeding driver, police said.

Through a public records request, Patch obtained the police report on the incident.

About 3:30 p.m. Oct. 26, a man and woman were walking their dog in the 400 block of 51st Street when they saw a speeding vehicle. The woman yelled, "Slow down!"

The couple then proceeded to walk onto Harvey Avenue, where the woman driving the car followed them, police said.

"What's your problem?" the woman was said to have yelled. "I am homeless, and my odometer is broken."

The couple told police the driver pulled out a hammer and struck the palm of her hand, saying, "Someone is going to get hurt if I have to come back."

The woman then left.

She was driving an SUV and described as white and in her late 20s, police said. She referred to an odometer, an instrument that measures a car's total miles traveled. But she likely meant her speedometer was broken.

The man and the woman walking were 62 and 57, respectively, according to the report.

Police listed the incident as a simple assault.