Some of the names and locations used here in are fictitious. A true story.
Fire Works on the Hood of the Squad
It was a bright and warm evening as I was parked on Green Bay Road approximately 75 feet north of Melrose Street facing south. I had my radar turned on and was looking forward to the shift coming to an end at midnight.
BZZZZZZZ!
I heard it before I saw it. There was a sputtering buzzing sound coming toward me from the other side of the street. I looked toward the sound and saw a black Chevy, as the driver down shifted and peeled rubber causing the vehicles rear end to slide sideways before straightening out and the tires squealed again as it shifted into second gear going north on Green Bay Road.
A firecracker, better known as an M-80, flew pass my head in the direction of the front hood on my squad and exploded in mid air just inches short of hitting it. I did not see who threw it but due to the fact there was no other vehicle or any citizens in the area, my hunch was it came from the black Chevy.
Of course I was shaken and I am sure that is what the driver of the Chevy was banking on. I radioed into the station that I was in pursuit of a black Chevy and gave out the direction of travel. The direction had changed as soon as the M-80 exploded.
The driver had gone a short block north then made a left turn onto Glenview. I, on the other hand did not do what he thought I would do. Instead of turning around and chasing him, I made a right turn on Melrose Avenue, then crossed over Sterling and stopped just short of Court Street. Court Street would come to a dead end in the next block as it intersected with Glenview. I had a strong gut feeling about where the driver of the Chevy would go after turning left off of Green Bay Road.
Meanwhile, a squad from Wilmette was speeding to assist me. He was coming in from the west off of High Ridge Road. The driver of the Chevy must have seen the lights from the Wilmette squad and turned left on Court Street. As he approached Melrose he saw me sitting in the middle of the intersection. He had been driving without lights prior to seeing me blocking the intersection. I called in his location so the Wilmette Officer would be aware. The Officer did just what I thought he would, he turned right on Court Street and pulled up behind the Chevy.
Had the driver of the Chevy seen the lights from the Wilmette squad? Had the Wilmette Officer seen the Chevy turn left onto Court? The answer to both questions was no. To this day the driver of the Chevy thinks I am some kind of a witch. Otherwise how could I know where he would come out after making the left turn off of Green Bay onto Glenview?
After seeing me in the intersection blocking his exit the driver of the Chevy, Bill Norton, turned his lights on and acted as if he had no idea what I was doing there. He said he had just come from a party up the street but could not identify the house, the address or who lived there.
When asked who had the fireworks and who was the wise guy that threw them, I got a dumb look from four youngsters as if 'Who, me'?
The Wilmette Officer, John Lindstrom, and I searched the Chevy. In the right front seat floor area we found a large bag of M-80’s. In the trunk we found all types of rockets and fireworks. They were all found to be illegal.
We removed all of the fireworks from the Chevy and placed them in my squad.
"What are you going to do with my fireworks Officer?" Bill Norton asked. "They are illegal and there is only one thing I can do and that is to destroy them. " Bill Norton and his three friends were charged with being out after curfew. Bill Norton was charged with additional charges of speeding and driving without headlights and operating a motorist vehicle without a valid driver’s license, due to the curfew violation. No charges were placed against any of them for the M-80 being tossed towards my squad.
They were taken into our station and turned over to their parents. The parents all denied any knowledge of the fireworks and where they had come from.
It was very fortunate that no one was hurt, myself from the M-80, or anyone else on the street from Bill Norton driving without lights and speeding.
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