Credit Cards Stolen, Used While Victim Dined at Niles Restaurant

A 27-year-old Chicago woman sat down to dine with friends at a Golf Mill restaurant at about 6:20 p.m. March 15, and hung her purse on the back of her seat, according to the police report. A short time later, she received texts from her credit card company alerting her to fraudulent usage of her card. She checked her purse and saw her $150 Coach wallet, with three credit cards and her Thailand ID in it, was gone.

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She confirmed to police that someone, without her authorization, used her first credit card to charge $764.74 at a Golf Mill store; one of the Thailand bank cards was charged $764.74 and $400, and the second Thailand bank card was charged $400, according to the report.

Niles police said they reviewed surveillance video and saw an unknown woman enter the restaurant about 6:56 p.m. and leave about 7:04 p.m. The restaurant manager told police he would download the video and deliver it to them. Police are investigating.

Man falls asleep at wheel of running car; charged with DUI

Elliott T. McGillvray, 27, of Niles was charged with DUI just after 5:30 a.m. on March 17 after an off-duty police officer alerted police McGillvray was sleeping behind the wheel of his vehicle, in the driver's seat, in the center lane of Waukegan Road just north of Oakton Street, according to the report. The car was in drive gear, it was running and he had his foot on the brake.

Police made several attempts to wake him and said he appeared to open his eyes but didn't seem to register what was going on. According to the report, police told him several times to put the car in park, but said he appeared to not be aware of his surroundings. McGillvray began to drive northbound on Waukegan Road and the police officer returned to his vehicle and followed him with the emergency lights and siren on. 

Police said McGillvray drove a few blocks, turned left on Shermer and struck a curb at Madison. 

Police said McGillvray had slurred speech, the odor of alcohol on his breath, needed support to stand and at times would fall asleep while standing. He showed impairment on field sobriety tests. He was cited for improper lane usage, failure to yield to police vehicle, disobeying police officer, and failure to notify Secretary of State of address change. His court date is April 2. 

Information is taken from Niles Police Department reports.

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