Crime & Safety

Oswego Blotter: Another Arson Reported at Fox Chase

Arrests for DUI, domestic battery; reports of burglary, illegal dumping.

May 22

A representative of Oswegoland Park District reported that someone illegally dumped miscellaneous scrap building materials at Stonegate Park, 56 Route 25, Oswego police said.

A 17-year-old female was arrested at Oswego East High School, 1525 Harvey Road, and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting a peace officer, police said.

Kendall County Sheriff's police said a vehicle struck mailboxes at three homes in the 800 block of Route 31 in unincorporated Oswego. The offending vehicle had fled the scene by the time deputies arrived, police said.

Alejandro Palomo, 24, of the 100 block of Dolores Street, Oswego, was arrested by Kendall County Sheriff's police and charged with DUI at Light Road and Route 31 after being stopped for a registration violation, police said.

Kendall County Sheriff's deputies responded to a home in the 100 block of Longbeach Drive in Oswego Township for a report of a residential burglary. A TV, game system and laptop were stolen from the home, police said.

May 23

An unknown subject reportedly fraudulently used checks from an Oswego resident's account, police said. The reported fraud allegedly happened May 6, according to police.

Someone backed into a gas bump at Bucky's Mobil Station, 6551 Route 34, and drove away from the scene. Oswego police are investigating.

Felipe Aguinage, 19, of the 2900 block of Frank Turk, Plainfield, was arrested by Kendall County Sheriff's police and charged with leaving the scene of an accident, police said. According to police, deputies responded to a report of a single-vehicle crash at 5:35 a.m. in the 700 block of Rance Road in unincorporated Oswego. Aguinage was located at his home following the crash, police said.

Dawn Halsne, 45, of the 400 block of Hackney, Oswego, was arrested by Oswego police at her home and charged with two counts of domestic battery (insulting/provoking and bodily harm), police said. A 20-year-old woman at the same address was injured, but treated and released on scene, according to police reports.

May 24

Oswego police responded to Fox Chase Elementary School, 260 Fox Chase Dr., for a report of a port-a-potty that had been set on fire. There are currently no suspects in the case. The incident is the third reported arson at the school this month; in two previous incidents, fires were set in a garbage can at the school playground.

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