New Year's Eve Reveler Tried Jumpstarting Bartender By Throwing Bottles And Glasses: Cops

SHOREWOOD, IL — A New Year’s Eve reveler anxious for another drink tried to hurry up the bartender by smashing bottles and glasses on the floor before hurling one at his server’s head, police said.

Alexander Cook, 29, was partying at Skooter’s Roadhouse in Shorewood when he apparently decided the bartender wasn’t working fast enough.

The “inebriated” Cook “felt that throwing (or) breaking beverage glasses was the best way to get the attention of the bartender to order another beverage,” police said.

Cook then allegedly let either a bottle or glass fly at the bartender’s head and proceeded to pull him over the bar.

The bartender was taken from Skooter’s to Presence St. Joseph Medical Center. Cook ended up going from Skooter’s to the Will County jail, where he spent a good part of New Year’s Day before he was released on $5,000 bond.

Cook was charged with reckless conduct.