Blackhawks Fan Celebrates Stanley Cup Win With DUI Crash

A Blackhawks fan from Orland Park treaded on thin ice with authorities when she crashed her Jeep the night of the Stanley Cup victory.

Janice E. Crowne, 49, of the 9800 block of El Camino Lane, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, DUI with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08, failing to reduce speed to avoid a crash, driving without insurance and driving with a suspended license, according to an Orland Park report that only recently became available. 

Orland Park police were called at 10:34 p.m. on June 24, just a little while after the Blackhawks clinched the Stanley Cup in game 6, to investigate a hit and run crash near the intersection of 159th Street and Wolf Road. A short time later, a witness to the collision called police to say he was following the vehicle that drove away and told police where to find it.

A Jeep, driven by a white woman in a green Chicago Blackhawks jersey, had rear-ended his car, the victim told police. At the same time, an officer caught up with the driver of the Jeep. Crowne, who was still wearing the green jersey, was found along with her severely banged up ride.

Police pulled a piece of the rear taillight of the victim's car from the Jeep's front bumper, the report states.

Crowne allegedly admitted to drinking, according to the report. Police were able to smell alcohol on her breath, too. She was arrested after failing field sobriety tests, police said. Officers gave her another test, this one for her BAC, and then booked her for the night. Unable to post bond, Crowne was detained until the next morning's bond hearing.

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