Wife Hit After Finding Text From Other Woman

Daniel Coleman, 27, of Zion was charged with domestic battery June 1 just after 8 p.m. Police said that he had been driving and his wife had been in the passenger seat when she repeatedly asked who texted him, and he replied it had been a male friend. She took his phone, checked it and saw the text was from a woman, according to the report.

As Coleman's car was stopped westbound on Oakton Street at Milwaukee Avenue, he began struggling with his wife to get the phone back, and in the process hit her on the left side of the face twice, police said. A witness in a car behind them said he hit his wife multiple times, according to the report. The witness began honking to get Coleman to stop. 

When the light changed, Coleman drove forward and turned right on Oriole. The wife exited the vehicle, police said, walked away, and Coleman followed her. He struggled with her, police said, got his phone back and fled the area. 

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The wife contacted police, who phoned Coleman and asked him to return to the scene, which he did. Police issued domestic violence forms. His court date was June 5.

Dad's troubles lead to drinking problem

A 21-year-old Niles woman from the 8600 block of Stolting reported to police May 28 at 11:40 a.m. that she had become involved in a verbal dispute with her 56-year-old father over his habitual drinking, police said. The father said he had been sober for 20 years, but had begun drinking again recently after personal troubles, according to the report. He agreed to seek help from a social service agency. Police issued a domestic violence report. 

Police break car window to rescue dog from heat exposure

On May 27 at about 11:40 a.m., with an outside temperature of 87 degrees, someone called police to report that a small cocker spaniel was locked in a 2003 Ford pickup in a parking lot in the 8500 block of Golf Road. Police tried to locate the owner, and the dog was panting heavily, even though the windows were slightly open. A patrol supervisor gave permission for officers to gain entry to the vehicle. They did, and called the phone number listed on the dog tag. Thirty minutes later, the owner, a 30-year-old Morton Grove man, returned to the vehicle. Police issued him a ticket for animal cruelty-vehicle confinement.

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