Police Blotter: Two DUIs, Two Thefts, Arrested in Court

SATURDAY, MARCH 10

DUI Arrest Follows Accident

Carrie B. Behrens, 24, of the 2500 block of Farmview Road in New Lenox was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, failure to reduce speed to avoid accident and illegal transportation of alcohol. Police said they smelled alcohol on Behrens’ breath around 1 a.m. while investigating a two-car accident in the 9300 block of 159th Street, in which she was involved. Behrens was arrested after refusing to take field sobriety tests, and officers found an open bottle of Bacardi Limon in her car before towing, according to the report.

FRIDAY, MARCH 9

Retail Theft

Jarrett S. Mcintosh, 21, 100 block of Logan Street in Joliet was charged with retail theft. Security told police Mcintosh took a shirt into a department store fitting room, put it on and left around 5:30 p.m. He was stopped outside the store wearing the $20 shirt, police said.

THURSDAY, MARCH 8

Retail Theft(s)

Latrice B. Gardner, 18, of the 10500 block of Michigan Avenue in Chicago and Kashairah F. Gardner, 18, of the 14800 block of Turlington Avenue in Harvey were charged retail theft. Mall security told police that the Gardner’s hid watches and wallets in a bag and a baby stroller and left a department store left around 4:45 p.m. They were stopped by security outside the store, police said.

TUESDAY, MARCH 6

Tip Leads to DUI Arrest

Christopher L. Keogh, 37, of the 17100 block of 145th Street in Lockport was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, driving under the influence with a blood-alcohol level greater than .08 and improper lane usage. Police said Keogh failed field sobriety and breath tests after speaking with him in a parking lot in the 9700 block of 151st Street around 6:45 p.m. A witness told police Keogh’s car had been “all over the roadway,” according to the report.

THURSDAY, MARCH 1

Domestic Battery

James F. McGahan, 25, of the 18200 block of Hidden Valley Cove in Orland Park was charged with domestic battery. Two women, interviewed independently, told police that McGahan had pushed one of them and choked another inside his home around 6 p.m. on March 1 and left. He was arrested on March 9 at the Cook County Fifth Municipal District Courthouse in Bridgeview, during one of his ongoing pretrial hearings for another case involving battery, police said.

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