A man who was recently released from a psychiatric facility said two men assaulted and robbed at the Cascades Motel, early Wednesday morning.
According to a police report, officers responded to the motel on Ringgold Road at 2:40 a.m. Police spoke with a man who said that he had been assaulted by two white male parties. The complainant said that he had recently been released from Valley Hospital and that he was given a ride to the motel by the two men, whom he identified.
After the complainant rented the room, he and the two other men went to the room and started drinking. The complainant told police that some time later he went to the bathroom and when he came out one of the men struck him in the side of the head with some brass knuckles. The man claimed to have lost consciousness for a time and when he woke up the two men were gone. Also gone was his debit card, the report states. At this point, the complainant called police.
The complainant told officers that the men were driving a white SUV with damage to the side. The report states that earlier on Tuesday evening, police had checked the registration on a white SUV at the Cascades that matched the description of the vehicle described by the complainant.
The report states that police checked the complainant for injuries to his head and found nothing that would suggest he had been hit with brass knuckles. The man did have a large bruise on his lower back but could not tell police how he received it.
The complainant told officers that he had been feeling suicidal, “possibly due to mixing his medications and alcohol,” the report states. The complainant requested to be taken to the hospital, and ER Fire and EMS were dispatched to evaluate the man. He was transported to Parkridge East for treatment.
_ 3905 Weldon Ave.: Police responded to the address in reference to a vehicle stuck in a backyard with two juveniles inside. According to a police report, the car owner, a juvenile, was trying to relocate the car from his backyard on Sells Drive to the 3900 block of Weldon. During the process, he attempted to drive down a steep grade in the backyard of 3905 Weldon, damaging a “rare flower garden” and in the process getting the car stuck.
The report states that during the investigation of the property damage it was determined that the license plate on the juvenile’s car was reported stolen two days prior. The plate was removed, the owner contacted and the item removed from NCIC.
The juvenile’s mother was contacted and advised of the incident, the report states. The property owner estimated the property damage to be about $10,000. She told police that the she had rare flowers and trees planted in her backyard, and that her rock wall that the vehicle became stuck on was also damaged.
The juvenile will have attachments taken out for the stolen tag, the report states.
_ 3326 Ringgold Rd.: Police responded to the Conoco, late Tuesday afternoon, on a reported theft. According to a police report, officers spoke with the victim who said he watched as a rust colored, full-size Chevy pickup truck pull up alongside his truck while he was in the store. The victim said a white male, 5-feet, 9-inches tall, weighing about 165 pounds, got out of the truck and took a Stihl backpack blower from the victim’s truck and put it in the back of the rust-colored Chevy. The Chevy took off traveling east on Ringgold Road.
At about the same time, police received a call of a theft at 606 Belvoir Ave. A separate police report states, that a landscaper was doing work at the house. When he went back to his work truck he noticed that someone had stolen his Stihl backpack blower. The value of the blower was almost $500. The report states there is no suspect information.
