Crime & Safety
Woman Accused of Driving Drunk Through Local Yard Tells Police She Drank 'Way Too Many'
A Tinley Park woman who was charged with aggravated assault and domestic battery late last month was arrested again about a week ago. This time, she was charged with drunken driving.
arrested a local woman last week after finding her silver Lexus convertible running idle and resting against a tree just a few blocks from her home.
The cops were called to the 17700 block of Iroquois Trace in around 12:30 a.m. Nov. 13. They found tire tracks in the front lawn of a residence there and "several parts of what appeared to be the front bumper of a silver vehicle scattered through the yard," according to the report.
Police said they followed the tire tracks south down Iroquois Trace, to the intersection of West Piute Trail and Navajo Trace, where they found Barbara Oles, 59, sitting in her car—it had hit a tree—with her tires spinning in reverse.
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When asked to shut the vehicle off, she complied. Officers said they smelled alcohol on her breath. Asked how many beverages she'd had, Oles, a nearby resident of the 8100 block of Piute Trail, said "way too many," police noted.
The report said Oles struggled to get out of the car to perform field sobriety tests, relying on the door frame for support but then falling backwards back into the seat.
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She reportedly stumbled her way through the tests, almost falling on multiple occasions. The vehicle was towed from the scene and she was arrested.
The arrest was the second within a 30-day period for Oles. She faces domestic battery and aggravated assault charges for a .
Police said she blamed him for her drunken driving arrest.
"It should be noted that during processing Barbara had constant mood swings," police said. "Barbara would be compliant, then cry, then become insulting to officers. Barbara stated several times that she 'f---ed up tonight' and that it's all her husband's fault for leaving her."
Around 1:15 a.m., she blew a .255 on the Breathalyzer, according to the report.
She was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, driving under the influence of alcohol with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08, failure to give information to owners after striking a property, improper lane use and operating an uninsured motor vehicle.
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