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Police Blotter
These items are from Des Plaines Police Department incident reports. The Des Plaines Journal publishes this police blotter every Wednesday and Friday. If anyone has information that can help solve a crime, call the police department at 847-391-5400 or Crimestoppers at 847-699-STOP.
RESISTING CHARGED
James T. Kapernakas, 37, of 1466 Webster Lane, Des Plaines, was charged with resisting police, battery, and aggravated assault at 2:40 a.m. June 26. Police saw him and three other men walking behind Jewel Food Store, 1500 Lee St.
Police said they went through an opening in a fence and an officer followed them to the 1100 block of Wicke Avenue. While speaking to him, Kapernakas allegedly became belligerent, would not obey the officer, and then took a fighting stance and challenged the officer, according to the police report. Other police responded to the scene and took him into custody after a short struggle. The other three men were not charged.
CLERK THREATENED
The clerk at Dunkin Donuts, 2120 Miner St., reported being threatened by a customer at 11:40 a.m. June 24. The man ordered an iced coffee but ignored the clerk's repeated requests for a size. He finally told her he wanted a large, and then became angry when she showed him the straws were on the counter instead of handing him one. He denigrated her ethnic heritage and threatened her with harm when she followed him outside to record his license plate. The man fled on Rand Road. Police said the vehicle's registration comes back to a Chicago man whose picture matched the clerk's description.
PEEPER REPORTED
A 36-year-old Des Plaines man told police he spotted a man looking into the window of an apartment in the 1300 block of Perry Street at 10:15 p.m. June 23. He confronted the suspect who quickly fled. The woman inside the apartment told police she has noticed someone peeping at her on other occasions. Police were unable to make contact with the suspect at his apartment.
BATTERY CHARGED
Dorothy Singer, 58, of 620 Kinkaid Court, Des Plaines, and an 18-year-old Des Plaines woman were charged with battery at 8:52 p.m. June 24. They, along with a 48-year-old Des Plaines man, allegedly confronted an 18-year-old Sycamore woman at Jiffy Lube, 777 S. Elmhurst Rd.
Singer allegedly punched the victim in the head, pulled her hair, and scratched her arms. The victim backed away and said she wasn't going to "fight an old lady," at which time the man told the younger suspect to kick the victim's butt. The man tried to take a wrench from a toolbox inside the shop, but was stopped by an employee. He allegedly challenged that employee to a fight before grabbing an oil can and trying to dump the oil on the victim. The 18-year-old suspect allegedly pushed the victim before officers arrived. The man fled the scene before police responded.
DUI CHARGES
Miguel Ramos-Alarcon, 43, of 1404 E. Perry St., Des Plaines, was charged with aggravated driving while under the influence of alcohol, blood alcohol content more than .08 percent, no valid driver's license, illegal transportation of alcohol, improper lane usage, and failure to yield right of way at an intersection. Police stopped him at 10:47 p.m. June 24 in the 200 block of West Oakton Street. He allegedly failed field sobriety tests and later recorded a .131 on a breath test.
STOLEN VEHICLES
An empty white 2008 Great Dane trailer was taken from the 1800 block of South Elmhurst Road between 9 a.m. June 20 and 9 a.m. June 24.
A blue 1992 Honda Civic was taken from the 2100 block of East Laura Lane between 8:50 and 10 a.m. June 28.
BURGLARIES AND THEFTS
A video game system and jewelry were taken from an apartment in the 100 block of Dover Drive between 3 and 4 p.m. June 24.
Someone broke a window and took a global positioning system, a wallet with credit cards and $250 cash, about $20 in coins, and two textbooks from a black 2008 Hyundai Elantra. The burglary occurred between 8:30 p.m. June 23 and 9 a.m. June 24 in the 400 block of North Third Avenue.
Someone entered a tan 1999 Honda Passport in the 1900 block of Howard Avenue between 9:30 p.m. June 24 and 9 a.m. June 25. Nothing appeared taken from the vehicle.
VANDALISM REPORTS
Two 53-foot semi-trailers were spray-painted with graffiti in the first block of East Oakton Street between 6 p.m. June 23 and 5:30 a.m. June 24.
Graffiti was spray-painted on a fence and shed at Friendship Jr. High School, 550 Elizabeth Lane, between 5 p.m. June 25 and 6 a.m. June 26.
Someone spray-painted graffiti on a store in the 200 block of South River Road before 1:22 p.m. June 26.
Two women scratched several body panels on a blue 2000 Volkswagen in the 400 block of Cordial Drive at 11 p.m. June 27.
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