Hinsdale Man Shifts Story On Drinking, Smells Of Alcohol: Police

HINSDALE, IL – A Hinsdale man who smelled of alcohol shifted his story about drinking before being charged with DUI a couple of weeks ago, local police said.

Patch obtained the police report on the man's arrest.

Late on the night of Oct. 30, an officer saw the driver of a Lucid Air speed past him on 55th Street, going 51 mph in a 35 mph zone.

The driver was later identified as a 42-year-old man who lives in the 900 block of Allmen Avenue.

Among other offenses, the man turned left through a red light, police said. The officer stopped the man close to his home.

The officer reported he could smell alcohol on the man. When asked, the man said he had not been drinking, according to the report.

Asked moments later, the man said he had "maybe one beer five hours ago," later identifying it as a Stella, police said.

The man, who refused to take a breath test, said he had the beer at a children's party in Elgin, police said.

During the man's arrest, a woman in the car told officers she was confused about why he was being charged. As for drinking, the woman said the man had the "same as me, unless he had something without me noticing," according to the report.

To let the woman drive the car, an officer administered a breath test. She registered at .10, over the state's legal limit.

Because the car was close to the man's home, police left it near the curb.

In addition to DUI, the man was charged with improper lane use, disobeying a traffic signal, and improper use of a turn signal.