Man Drives Through Garage Door After Allegedly Striking Another Car

Emmanuel Rosas, 24, of Niles was charged early Sunday with DUI and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident. Police responded at about 4:30 a.m. to a motor vehicle accident in the 6700 block of Touhy Avenue, Niles. The owner of a white 2011 Volkswagen found that someone had struck the vehicle, and police determined that someone had tried to squeeze into a parking space on the street and struck the Volkswagen.

A witness had copied down the license plate number of the vehicle that struck the Volkswagen and fled the scene, and police used the license plate number to find Rosas, the alleged driver of the fleeing vehicle.

They found Rosas' car in the driveway of his Niles home, and said there was white paint transfer from the Volkswagen on his vehicle.

Police said they found Rosas slumped over the steering wheel of his vehicle, which was running and had its transmission in drive and its headlights on. Police tried numerous times to wake him, and according to the report, when he finally woke, he hit the gas pedal and slammed into, and through, his garage door.

When police finally got him to open the garage door, they said they smelled alcohol on his breath. When they asked him if he had been at the restaurant, he first said "yes" and then "no," police reported. When asked if he had consumed alcohol, police said he replied "yes." He showed impairment on field sobriety tests.

Rosas was also cited for no proof of insurance. His court date is Jan. 17 in the Skokie branch of the Cook County courts.

Two air conditioners stolen

A 50-year-old man reported that sometime between Dec. 8 at 6 p.m. and Dec. 9 at 8 a.m., someone took two exterior air conditioners from the rear of his store in the 7600 block of Milwaukee Avenue, Niles. The value was not immediately known.

Woman reports purse stolen, but cops don't see a purse on video

A 60-year-old Wilmette woman reported that while shopping at a store in the 5600 block of Touhy, Niles, on Dec. 10 around 3 p.m., she took a shopping cart and placed her purse in it, then left the cart unattended for a few minutes. When she returned, she told police, the purse was gone.

Police and security reviewed surveillance tapes, and said they showed the victim entering the store without a purse and not taking a cart, but instead going to speak with a store associate. Police let the woman watch the tape, but she was still adamant someone had stolen the purse, police said. Police helped her search her vehicle but did not find the purse. They filed a report and advised her to cancel credit cards.

Information is taken from reports.

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