Hinsdale Hospital Patient Causes Ruckus In Neighborhood: Police

HINSDALE, IL – A man who was just released from Hinsdale Hospital caused a disturbance in the neighborhood earlier this month, with police receiving reports that he was trying to break into cars, authorities said.

Patch obtained the police report through a public records request.

The 26-year-old Waukegan man was charged with one count of trespassing to a vehicle and three counts of resisting a police officer.

About 9 p.m. April 10, an officer found the suspect in a wooded area behind a house in the 200 block of East Walnut Street, police said.

The officer repeatedly ordered the man to show his hands. When the man refused, the officer warned that he would use his Taser, police said.

Officers from Hinsdale, Westmont and Clarendon Hills then showed up.

When the man continued to resist the police, a Hinsdale officer deployed his Taser into the suspect's lower back, police said.

Medics removed the Taser probes from the man's back.

Police obtained video footage of the man touching a Tesla with his right hand and then entering a Mazda by opening a passenger door, according to the report.

At Monday's Village Board meeting, resident Matt Moran, who lives on the block where the incident happened, thinks the man ran through his yard.

"For 32 years, I have never heard of one problem as far as any patient released from the hospital and goofing up the neighborhood," he said. "But I believe there have been a couple incidents in the past year."

Police Chief Brian King said the man suffered an "episode."

The chief said he plans to meet with the hospital's security director Friday and its CEO in a couple of weeks.

"They're generally good neighbors," King said. "I'm looking to see what happened, why we weren't called sooner. It is just something we're kind of working out."

In an interview, King said the police hold routine meetings with officials from the hospital, the village's biggest employer.

"This isn't precipitated by this one event," he said.

He said the man was brought to the hospital by another agency, but it did not involve an arrest.

UChicago Medicine AdventHealth, a hospital chain, runs the local one.

"UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale values its strong, collaborative relationship with the local police department and first responders," the chain's spokesperson, Julie Busch, said in a statement. "We are in regular communication with law enforcement and appreciate their partnership in helping ensure the safety and well-being of our community."