Owner of Dog Left in Hot Car Ticketed by Police

A 68-year-old Chicago man was ticketed for leaving his dog inside a hot car at the Orland Square Mall.

An animal control officer was called at about noon on Aug. 28 at the mall, 288 Orland Square Dr., for a dog locked in a car with all the windows up, according to an Orland Park police report.

The officer found a gray Chevy Malibu with the dog inside, the report states.

Police spoke with mall security, who said the dog already had been in the car for about 45 minutes, the report states. It took the dog owner another 45 minutes after that to return to the Malibu.

The owner opened the car and police used a temperature gun to determine that the interior temperature was 98 degrees.

Police issued a municipal ticket to the Chicago man for illegally confining the dog inside a car.

Police report information is provided by the Orland Park Police Department and other law enforcement agencies. Charges are not evidence of guilt. They are a record of police actions taken on a given day, and persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court. If you or a family member are charged or cited and the case is subsequently adjudicated, we encourage you to notify the editor. We will verify and report the outcome.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

There are plenty of ways to keep up on local news:

• Join Patch. Sign up for a user account and converse with your neighbors.

• Like Orland Park Patch on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.