Police Blotter: Creepy Driver Follows High School Girl; Sparks Fly for Drunken Driver

Monday, April 11

"I'm Not Going to Bite," Creepy Driver Tells Tinley Teen

An 18-year-old female Tinley Park High School student was followed by a man in a greenish, possibly black four-door car while she walked to school at about 7:45 a.m. April 11, police said. The man rolled down the window and said “I’m just trying to say hi” and “I won’t bite,” to the teen before driving off, police said. The teen told police she had seen the man driving by in a blue, older model four-door before twice in February; in both incidents he sounded the horn as he passed, but did not attempt to talk to her, police said. Police are looking for a black man in his 30s with a beard and mustache.

Sparks Fly for Drunken Driver

John Clarke, 43, of the 7800 block of 127th Street, Palos Hills, was charged with drunken driving after being pulled over shortly before 8 p.m. April 11 on the 7200 block of 159th Street, police said. Clarke’s car hit the median, causing the undercarriage to spark before Clarke started to swerve, almost hitting another car, police said.

Charges After Crash

Scott Roisum 43, listed as residing in the 100 block of Adamsen Drive, Grafton, N.D., but employed in Mokena, was charged with failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, driving with a suspended license, driving with expired registration and a cracked windshield after a car crash shortly before 7 a.m. April 11 at the intersection of 171st Street and 80th Avenue, police said.

Two Hours Later and A Mile And A Half Away

Mitchell Geraghty, 20, of the 5800 block of 90th Street, Oak Lawn, was charged with failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and driving on a suspended license after a crash at 8:43 p.m. April 11 at the intersection of Oak Park Avenue and 171st Street, police said.

Plates Stolen from Warehouse

Someone stole six 30-packs of Fuji aluminum printing plates from a warehouse on the 18500 block of West Creek between midnight April 6 and 3 a.m. April 11, police said. Each plate costs $9.38, meaning the total value is more than $2,500, but the scrap value is about 90 cents per plate, police said.

Updated with description of vehicle in first item.