Scootering Under the Influence Causes Angry Confrontation

By Emily Stone and David MacLean

Man edits resume to include lock-picking skills

A woman told Northfield police that money had been taken from a gray lockbox in her office's lobby. A witness saw a man enter the building, enquiring about jobs, police say. Officers canvassed the area and were told of a man matching the suspect's description had left a job application at a nearby Subway restaurant. Detectives contacted the man, who agreed to return the money.

Slo mo road rage

A flagger for a construction company doing work in Glenview reported that a man driving a white Mercedes disobeyed crew instructions to stop. Instead, the man inched slowly forward until his car was touching their knees and yelled at the construction crew to get out of the way. When they stepped to the driver's side of the vehicle, the man drove over the sign pole they were holding and broke it, police said.

As if the world needed more reasons to hate Americans

An employee of a Glenview business reported that a customer became upset when the store's electric scooter died while the customer was shopping. The customer, who had been drinking, yelled obscenities. The customer was not to return to the store until sober.

Man wins award for most ineffective sit-in ever

An employee of a Glenview business told police that a man sat in the business for three hours, then refused to leave when asked. The man eventually left the business after police officers called a cab for him, and he was told he could no longer return.

Tune in, turn on, pull over

Northbrook police stopped a vehicle for having a red, oscillating light for a turn signal. Upon investigating the vehicle, officers found glass pipe and a grinder with green, leafy substance inside, police say, and charged the driver with possession of drug paraphernalia and unlawful use of an oscillating, red light.

When a sugar fix becomes an emergency