Crime & Safety

Police Accuse Man 'Leaving Christmas Party' of Driving Under the Influence

A Frankfort man was arrested in Tinley Park last weekend.

arrested a 44-year-old Frankfort man last weekend who told them he was leaving a Christmas party when he was reportedly found driving on the shoulder.

John M. Lewandowski, of the 600 block of Locust Street in Frankfort, was swerving all over the roadway in the 18200 block of Harlem Avenue, driving on the shoulder and cruising 60 mph in a 45 zone, according to the police report. 

When the cops turned on their emergency lights at 12:30 a.m. Dec. 17, Lewandowski kept driving, they said. He turned on 191st Street in and then into , where police had to sound the squad's air horn twice before getting Lewandowski to pull over, the report said.

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Lewadowski told the officer he was coming from a work Christmas party where he had "only a couple of beers," the report said. 

After hearing his slurred speech and smelling alcohol on his breath, they asked him to perform field sobriety tests, police said. He reportedly failed them. 

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He was taken to the where he blew a .213 on the Breathalyzer around 1:20 a.m., the report said.

He was charged with improper lane use, speeding, operating an uninsured motor vehicle, driving under the influence of alcohol and driving under the influence with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08.

His bail was set at $3,000.

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