Crime & Safety
Police: Woman Drove Wrong Way in Drive-Thru While Drunk
Orland Park police reports from Aug. 24-Sept. 1
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 29
DUI, Hit-and-Run
A Palos Park man was charged with drunken driving after he allegedly hit another car and fled the scene. Police said Henry Sawa, 52, of Palos Park, was charged with driving under the influence after they responded to a car crash about 8:30 p.m. on the median in the 16200 block of La Grange Road. Police said the victim told them her dog was in distress and she pulled onto the median where her vehicle was struck by Sawa's pickup truck. The victim said he stopped only after she pursued him in her SUV. Police said Sawa refused to submit to field sobriety tests but smelled of alcohol, his eyes were bloodshot and glossy, and he swayed while walking.
SUNDAY, AUG. 26
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DUI
Danny Kazlauskas, 26, of the 15500 block of Wolf Road in Orland Park, was charged with drunken driving about 3:20 a.m. after police stopped him in the 14300 block of 108th Avenue and he failed field sobriety tests and his blood alcohol registered 0.158 in a breath test, police said.
FRIDAY, Aug. 24
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DUI
A Tinley Park woman was charged with drunken driving in the parking lot of Culver's about 11:30 p.m. Police said Laura Harroun, 35, of the 16400 block of Hillcrest Drive, was charged with driving under the influence after she was spotted driving the wrong way through the restaurant's drive-up window and she drove her car up onto an island in the parking lot. Police said they received three separate 911 calls about the incident.
SATURDAY, Sept. 1
DUI
Police said German Barrientos, 23, of the 14400 block of Ravinia in Orland Park, was charged with driving under the influence about 1 a.m. after he was stopped for speeding and other driving violations and failed field sobriety tests.
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