Former Community Service Officer Charged After Crashing Car into House

Police say a 24-year-old man and former Orland Park community service officer was drunk when he drove into a house on Easter morning.

Shane Okon of the 15200 block of Coventry Court in Orland Park is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, driving too fast for conditions, failing to reduce speed to avoid a crash, driving without a license and driving without insurance, police said.

Okon resigned from his position as a community service officer with the Orland Park Police Department in November 2012, said Orland Park Police Sgt. Scott Malmborg. Community service officers are not sworn officers but do write parking tickets and assist police officers with traffic control duties.

Okon is accused of driving his black Ford Mustang at about 3:07 a.m. Sunday through the rear wall and into the basement of a home in the 8600 block of Grace Road. Police said the crash caused major structural damage to the house. The Orland Park building department has declared the house uninhabitable.

None of the three people home and asleep on the second floor when the crash happened were hurt, officials said. Okon was treated at the scene and did not need to hospitalized. Police said results are pending on blood and urine tests.

The car was removed from the home without causing any further damage.

Okon posted bond and is due in Bridgeview court on May 1.

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