Customer Throws Fit, Receipt Over Cancelled $25 Gift Card Sale: Cops

The following reports are from the Lake Bluff Police Department. An arrest is not an admission of guilt.

Driving Under the Influence

A driver was arrested and charged with driving under the influence after a Nov. 24 traffic stop on Green Bay Road, south of Route 176.

DUI Stop

A driver was arrested and charged with driving under the influence after a Nov. 29 traffic stop along Green Bay Road.

Underage Drinking

Four vehicle passengers were arrested and charged with obstructing a peace officer and underage consumption of alcohol by a minor after a Nov. 30 traffic stop at the intersection of Sheridan Road and East Sheridan Place.

Damaged Vehicle

A car dealership customer’s vehicle was reported damaged Dec. 1 while parked between Nov. 26 and Nov. 27 in the lot in the 400 block of Skokie Highway.

Fleeing and Resisting an Officer

A driver was arrested and charged with speeding, driving without insurance, fleeing and eluding, and resisting/obstructing an officer after a Dec. 4 traffic stop on northbound Sheridan Road at Shore Acres Road.

Irate Over a $25 Gift Card

A customer was given a verbal trespassing warning after arguing with the manager at a store in the 300 block of South Waukegan Road over a $25 gift card.

The customer told police he tried to buy a $25 gift card at about 2:53 p.m. Dec. 6, and the transaction was cancelled. However, he was worried the money will still be deducted from his account.

The manager gave the customer a print out showing the transaction was voided, but that didn’t satisfy the customer, who began yelling and threw the print out at the manager.

Police gave the customer another copy of the cancelled transaction and told him to follow up with his bank and the general manager if he thought he needed to.

The manager did not file a complaint.