April 23, 2025
Police Reports

Police Reports: Downers Grove for May 20

Information in Police Reports is obtained from the Downers Grove Police Department. Individuals in Police Reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.

Battery

• Thor M. Shavers, 41, of the 1600 block of Westminster Drive, Naperville, was charged at 3:49 p.m. May 10 with battery at Barbakoa Modern Latin, 1341 Butterfield Road.

• Brian J. Allendorfer, 55, of the 6100 block of Carpenter Street, Downers Grove, was charged at 12:14 a.m. May 10 with two counts of domestic battery at his residence.

• Delon G. Sims, 22, of the 5400 block of West Kamerling Avenue, Chicago, was charged at 10:28 p.m. May 6 with domestic battery and violating a protective order in the 1100 block of Butterfield Road.

DUI

Carlos E. Rivera, 34, of the 400 block of Melrose Avenue, Hillside, was charged at 4:14 a.m. May 8 with driving under the influence of alcohol and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident at Butterfield Road and Route 53.

Burglary

About $3,500 in donations was stolen between 4:30 p.m. May 9 and 9 a.m. May 11 from Divine Savior Parish, 6700 Main St.

Theft

• A cellphone was stolen between 5:30 and 7 p.m. May 8 at 2464 Wisconsin Ave.

• Steven M. Baker, 39, of the 200 block of Monroe Road, Bolingbrook, was charged at 8:02 a.m. May 8 with retail theft at Jewel Osco, 6215 Main St.

Identity theft

A fraudulent Verizon wireless account was opened between 8 a.m. May 4 and 1 p.m. May 9 in the 1200 block of Parkway Drive.

Property damage

• Kurt E. Ruppenthal, 22, of the 2400 block of Kingsley Drive, Naperville, was charged at 5:18 p.m. May 9 with criminal damage to property at The Baseball Card King, 1552 Ogden Ave.

• Several streetlights were damaged between 2:50 and 3:10 a.m. May 3 on Venard Road, Coral Berry Lane and Downers Drive.

Firearm possession

Mary F. Frank, 46, of the 5800 block of Woodward Avenue, Downers Grove, was charged at 12:02 a.m. May 7 with possession of a firearm without a firearm identification card at 4833 Wallbank Ave.

Disorderly conduct

• Arthur J. Kott, 53, of the 4200 block of Liron Avenue, Fort Myers, Fla., was charged at 1:06 a.m. May 10 with disorderly conduct at Holiday Inn, 3031 Finley Road.

• Gregg A. Davis, 48, of the 300 block of South Lincoln Street, Westmont, was charged at 7:24 p.m. May 8 with disorderly conduct for urinating in public and being a pedestrian under the influence at Main and Rogers streets.

• Gregg A. Davis, 48, of the 300 block of South Lincoln Street, Westmont, was charged at 8:55 p.m. May 6 with disorderly conduct for urinating in public in the 1000 block of Burlington Avenue.

• Gregg A. Davis, 48, of the 300 block of South Lincoln Street, Westmont, was charged at 5:03 p.m. April 3 with drinking on public property at Washington Park, 835 Prairie Ave.

No license

• Tierra Denise Wilson, 20, of the 800 block of Foxworth Boulevard, Lombard, was charged at 10:30 a.m. May 7 with driving without a license and a traffic violation at Butterfield Road and Route 53.

• Christian Leiva, 34, of the 1300 block of South Austin Boulevard, Cicero, was charged at 6:07 p.m. May 6 with driving without a license and a traffic violation at 55th Street and Cumnor Road.

License suspension

• Fernando E. Silva, 20, of the 1600 block of Ogden Avenue, Downers Grove, was charged at 11:07 a.m. May 5 with driving while license suspended and a traffic violation at Jewel Osco, 1148 Ogden Ave.

• Colton J. Nix, 21, of the 4700 block of Cross Street, Downers Grove, was charged at 8:49 a.m. May 6 with driving while license suspended and a traffic violation at Ogden and Saratoga avenues.

Traffic violation

Alberto L. Sanabria, 36, of the 1700 block of West Division Street, Melrose Park, was charged at 4:54 p.m. May 9 with a traffic violation and a warrant at Belmont Road and Ogden Avenue.

Warrant

Steven M. Wisiniewski, 20, of the 300 block of Plainfield Road, Darien, was charged at 11:31 a.m. May 8 with a failure to appear warrant at the Downers Grove Police Department.