Palos Heights Police Blotter: 5 DUIs and Obstructing an Officer

SUNDAY, JAN. 15

DUI on Harlem Avenue

Edward Wrzesinski, 63, of Clarendon Hills Road in Willowbrook, was charged with drunken driving. At 12:24 a.m. Wrzesinki was stopped the 11900 block of Harlem Avenue for traffic violations. He failed field sobriety tests and refused a breath test, police said. 

DUI on Harlem Avenue

Crystal Foster, of the 600 block of Oakwood in Minooka, was charged with drunken driving. Foster was stopped at 2:48 a.m. in the 12400 block of Harlem Avenue, police said. She failed field sobriety tests and a breath test, police said. 

SATURDAY, JAN. 14

DUI on Harlem Avenue

Theodore McGee, 42, of the 600 block of Clark Street in Marseilles, was charged with drunken driving. He was stopped at 3:49 a.m. and failed field sobriety tests and a breath test, police said. 

DUI on Harlem Avenue

Brian Magat, 25, of the 6400 block of Old Harlem in Chicago, was charged with drunken driving. Magat was stopped for speeding at 3:14 a.m. He failed a breath test, police said. 

THURSDAY, JAN. 12

Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest

Jennifer Eby, 24, of the 11600 block of Valley Brook Drive in Orland Park,  was charged with obstructing a police officer. Eby was the passenger of a car that was pulled over for a traffic stop at 1:28 a.m. During the stop, Eby refused to comply with the officer's numerous requests about her movements, police said.  

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 11

DUI on 72nd Court

Scott Schmitz, 21, of the 8400 block of Latrobe in Burbank, was charged with drunken driving. He was stopped at 2:36 a.m. in the 12600 block of 72nd Court for improper land usage, police said. He failed a field sobriety test and a breath test, police said. 

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