Truck Accident, Package Theft: La Grange Cops

LA GRANGE, IL — La Grange police handled a variety of calls in recent days, including a truck accident, a package theft and trouble with former significant others. Here is information from the latest reports:

• Michael Parkin 34, of Bartlett, was cited May 15 on charges of damage to village property and improper operation of a commercial vehicle. According to a police report, Parkin was driving a truck when the trailer disconnected on 47th Street, near Eighth Avenue. The trailer damaged a tree, bushes and a gutter to a home. Parkin said he was unaware how the trailer disconnected. An officer then discovered Parkin did not have the proper required commercial driver's license.
• A woman informed police May 16 she moved out from her home with her ex-boyfriend in the 100 block of Sawyer Avenue and that he won't give her mail. She is now living in a hotel in Schaumburg. Police called the ex-boyfriend, who said he had blocked the woman's phone number, so he did not receive any of her messages. He said he would contact the woman to make arrangements to give her mail.
• Two packages were stolen May 14 in the 100 block of South Eighth Avenue. One package contained clothing valued at $250 and the other consisted of a wine bottle opener and a children's book estimated at $50. Earlier, the resident saw a man in a black SUV in her driveway. The car pulled out of the driveway and left the area heading south. The resident believes this man took the packages.
• A resident in the 800 block of South Eighth Avenue informed police May 18 that her ex-husband was released from jail and has been contacting her. He has not made any threatening statements, but asks about their son and how she and her son are doing. She had a previous order of protection, but it expired. Police are advising her to get a new order of protection.

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