Crime & Safety
Darien Cops Called Twice In 1 Day To Golf Course
Last year, the country club suffered a spate of vandalism and trespassing.
DARIEN, IL – Darien police were called twice in one day last week to Carriage Greens Country Club.
Shortly before 2 p.m. Thursday, an officer responded to a report of damaged property. Someone had driven a golf cart through standing water, causing up to $5,000 in damage, police said.
About 7:30 p.m., police were dispatched again. Three men refused to leave the course after staff asked them to do so, police said.
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The trio drove a golf cart off the cart path, drove in circles and created excessive divots with their golf clubs, police said.
Last year, Carriage Greens reported a spate of vandalism by after-hours trespassers.
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At the time, owner Brian Broderick said neighbors had turned a "blind eye" to vandals and trespassers. He warned the club might put up a fence, something neighbors did not want.
The club then got a permit for the fence.
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