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Elk Grove Village police arrested a DUI driver 1:30 AM Thursday after observing the driver pull out of a Motel 6 parking lot and head westbound in the eastbound lanes of Higgins Road at Oakton Street and Higgins Road Elk Grove Village, IL. Police activated their emergency lights and reported the driver of the pickup [...]

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Arlington Heights police cited a wrong-way driver about 3:10 AM Tuesday after the driver was observed going the wrong way on Palatine Road, just west of Arlington Heights Road. The driver told the police they were just following their GPS. A ticket was issued. Get updates from The Cardinal CRIME BLOG ‘Plus’ on Facebook. Just [...]

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Elk Grove Village police stopped a wrong way driver 7:34 AM Thursday on the Biesterfield Bridge over I-290/Route 53. Police reported they stopped a vehicle going eastbound in the westbound lanes. No word on arrests or charges.

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Arlington Heights police received a report about 3:41 a.m. Wednesday that a wrong way driver was seen eastbound in the westbound lanes of Palatine Road from Windsor Drive. Police received a report that a dark-colored SUV was eastbound Palatine Road in the westbound lanes. Police checked the area to Schoenbeck Road but no wrong-way driver [...]

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VIDEO: An Arlington Heights police officer cut off the ignition of a Honda Civic driven by an impaired driver before the vehicle entered the Dundee Road and Kennicott Avenue intersection Friday during a rush hour with snow and ice (Police intervention is at 3:15 elapsed time). UPDATE: The driver/subject of this article has been charged [...]

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Buffalo Grove police received a report about 7:51 p.m. Sunday of a wrong-way driver going southbound in the northbound lanes of McHenry Road near Aptakisic short. Police only had information the the car was a small car.

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Prospect Heights police received a report of a wrong-way driver heading westbound in the eastbound lanes of Palatine Road near Elmhurst Road. Police received a report that the vehicle was a white vehicle, possibly a Cadillac. Area police departments were notified of the reckless driver.

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Mount Prospect police responded to a report about 4:58 p.m. Thursday that a reckless driver headed toward Mount Prospect by way of Euclid Avenue. Police received multiple calls that a silver Ford Fiesta was driven recklessly on eastbound Euclid Avenue. Police received a report that the Ford Fiesta was being driven into oncoming traffic. The [...]

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Arlington Heights police and Buffalo Grove police were alerted about 5:40 p.m. Sunday to a wrong way driver traveling on Lake Cook Road. The driver was reported to be traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes near Arlington Heights Road. The vehicle was reported to be a silver Mazda 4-door.

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Arlington Heights police arrested a DUI driver about 10:42 p.m. Wednesday after the driver was discovered by police traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of Palatine Road, west of Arlington Heights Road. Police stopped the vehicle in the Speedway at the northwest corner of Palatine and Arlington Heights Road. After a field sobriety test the [...]

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Buffalo Grove police stopped a DUI driver about 2:20 a.m. Monday near the intersection of Milwaukee Avenue and Columbus Parkway. The driver was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of Milwaukee Avenue. The driver was transported in custody to Buffalo Grove Police Department Headquarters. The driver’s red Honda Civic was towed to a police holding [...]

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Arlington Heights police stopped a wrong way driver just after 1:10 a.m. Monday on Palatine Road at Evergreen Avenue. Presumably a vehicle was discovered by police eastbound in the westbound lanes of Palatine Road, and was stopped at Evergreen Avenue. No word on traffic arrest or DUI arrest.

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