Lake Bluff Teen Makes Emergency Halloween Call

DISTURBANCE

Officers responded to the Lake Bluff Metra station for a report of a passenger on the train who was causing a disturbance at 3:31 p.m. Oct. 29. Conductors told police that a female passenger was being loud and vulgar and was refusing to leave the train. The conductors offered to validate the passenger’s ticket so she could ride the next train, but said she was no longer welcome on the train she was on. The passenger and her friends exited the train and their tickets were validated for the next southbound train.

LOST DRIVER/WALKER

An officer who had given a lost driver directions to Chicago the afternoon of Nov. 1 observed the same vehicle headed north on Green Bay Road from Route 176 several minutes later. The officer stopped the vehicle and the driver said he was still lost and did not see the southbound Route 41 entrance while driving west on Route 176. When a second officer arrived for backup, he told the other officer that he’d seen the vehicle driving around earlier and that the driver had made an improver lane usage, but he was unable to make a traffic stop. The driver was ticketed for driving without insurance and was given more detailed directions on how to get back to Chicago.

An officer noticed a female teen walking west on Route 176, and then turn around and walk east at 3:58 p.m. Oct. 25. The officer met with the teen who stated she missed her bus and thought she could take a short come home, but became lost. As they were talking, the teen’s mother drove by and picked her up.

SUSPICIOUS PHONE CALLS

An officer responded to Grace Methodist Church at 5:09 p.m. Nov. 1 after the police department received several suspicious, phone calls with static on the line from that location. The officer found the building secure and observed no irregularities. A keyholder was notified of the incident. The building’s exterior was also checked at 12:41 a.m. after calls were made from that location with static on the line.

Dispatch received a 911 call at 9:19 a.m. Oct 25 from Knauz Motors with a recorded message stated that a factory warranty was about to expire. The department received the same call at an earlier date and notified a manager at the business. The manager was notified again and told police he is still looking into the matter.

A 15-year-old boy called 911 at 7:43 p.m. Oct. 31 to inquire about the village’s trick-or-treating hours. An officer responded to a home on the 300 block of East Center Avenue and explained that 911 should be called only in an emergency. The boy was provided with the department’s non-emergency number.