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Double DUIs: Homewood Police Blotter

Homewood police reports, July 10–16

MONDAY, JULY 16

DUI

Steve Crosby, 58, 7333 S. Phillips Ave., Chicago, was charged with DUI after police stopped the vehicle he was driving for straddling both lanes of southbound Halsted Avenue at 12:30 a.m. Phillips had a blood-alcohol concentration of .253, police said.

Speeding; Obstructing ID

Deonte Harris, 18, 22510 Latonia Lane, Richton Park, was charged with speeding, failure to signal and driving while license suspended after police stopped him at 2:59 a.m. in the 3100 block of 183rd Street. Police also charged Harris with obstructing identification after he gave them a phony name. He was released to Matteson police when Homewood officers learned he was wanted for questioning there in connection with a fleeing and eluding case.

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SATURDAY, JULY 14

DUI

David Jones, 24, 4343 W. 77th Place, Chicago, was charged with DUI after he was stopped in the 2100 block of 183rd Street for making an illegal left turn. Police said Jones, whose speech was slurred and difficult to understand, smelled of alcohol, failed field sobriety tests and had a blood-alcohol concentration of .145. He has a court date of August 29 at the 6th District Municipal Cook County Courthouse in Markham.

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