Crime & Safety

Alleged Drunken Driver Loses Control, Plows Across 3 Front Yards: Blotter

Police say 30-year-old Mokena man smashed into a garage and parked car on Willow Road. He is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.

A Mokena man lost control of his car and drove through three yards on July 3 will face a Will County judge next month.

Arturo Villasenor, 30, of the 195000 block of Scarth Lane, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, failing to reduce speed to avoid a crash and for driving off the roadway, according to a report.

Villasenor's car jumped a curb and plowed into a car parked in the driveway of a home in the 10400 block of Willow Road, police said.

Officers responded to a call at about 4:01 a.m. and found a black Mercury Grand Marquis sideways in the driveway. The Mercury had struck a black Nissan Altima before finally coming to a stop.

Skid marks ran up westbound Willow Road, followed immediately by tire tracks in the front yards of three homes in the 10400 block of Willow, according to police. Along the way, the car also struck mailbox, hit a tree, and damaged sod, landscaping and the brick on the east side of a garage.

The driver of the wayward car had bloodshot eyes and smelled of alcohol, police said. Villasenor allegedly told a firefighter that he had "4, 5, or 6 beers" that night.

Villasenor said he did not know why his car left the road and that he was unable to brake, according to the report. He was taken to Silver Cross Hospital as a precaution, where he refused to blow for a breath test.

Police released Villasenor after he posted bail. He is due on Aug. 1 in Will County court.

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