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Deerfield Crime

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

19-year-old Tries to Flee Cops During Arrest

Beer can prompts Deerfield police to confront group after-hours at park.

Police were on patrol near Maplewood Park around 1 a.m. June 25 when they spotted five cars in the parking lot and a beer can thrown on the ground nearby. While running the vehicles' license plates, officers said a group of five females approached the cars from a home in the 900 block of Alden Court. The officers then approached the group. According to the police report, the group of teenagers told officers no one had been drinking and didn't know anything about the beer can on the ground. Police checked the females for indications of intoxication, reporting that Bridget O'Brien and Marie Smiley, both 19 and Deerfield residents, showed signs of being drunk and their breath smelled of alcohol.  Officers asked the two detained teens to take …

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Michelle

7:10 am on Monday, July 11, 2011

You are right, it is up to the judge. So maybe you should stop passing judgment on them. I do know these girls. They are good people, and just like every other teenager in Deerfield, they were partying, and enjoying their summer home from college. They just happened to be the unlucky ones who got caught. You, however, do not know them, but you have no problem judging people you don't know, based …   more ›

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Officer Has Close Call With Alleged Drunken Driver

Quick reaction prevents possible serious injuries after Highland Park man passes near squad car.

A close call on Deerfield Road has landed one Highland Park man in trouble with the law. According to a police report, two officers had pulled over April 12 to deal with a traffic stop when another car passed extremely close to where they parked. “I observed him [the Deerfield officer] pulling the squad car door towards him and attempting to get out of the way of the vehicle by re-entering his squad [car],” the other officer said in a statement about his colleague's maneuver. “The vehicle passed Officer Carner, missing him by approximately 12 inches,” he added. When police caught up with the vehicle's driver, they reported that 37-year-old James Carroll’s speech was slurred. The officers also discovered that Carroll had bloodshot eyes and …

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