Dog Bite, Traffic Crash, Warrant Arrest: Yorkville Police Reports

YORKVILLE, IL — Yorkville Police Department officers responded to the following crime reports during the first week of July 2020:

Dog bite

Yorkville police responded to a dog bite report Monday morning after a witness said a dog bit another dog near Windett Ridge Road and Drayton Circle. According to a police report obtained by Patch through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the officer got to the area, and found the owner and their Pit bull and Boxer mixed breed, the owner and their Australian Cattle Dog, and a witness. According to police, the Australian Cattle Dog's owner said she and her leashed dog were jogging on the south side of westbound Windett Ridge Road, near the area of Sutton Street.

At that time, the Pit bull/Boxer mix was seen running north towards the Australian Cattle Dog and owner from a front yard in the 300 block of Windett ridge Road, before crossing the street and biting the neck area of the Australian Cattle Dog, according to the police report.

The owner of the Australian Cattle Dog tried to break the dogs apart and has skinned knees as a result. According to the police report, another person (the other owner or witness; not specified) came to help and the two dogs eventually released.

The owner of the Pit bull/Boxer mix told the officer that their dog was on an outside lead on his property, and when he was transitioning the dog from the lead to go inside, the dog broke free and escaped the yard, according to the police report.

Pictures were taken of a laceration to the Australian Cattle Dog's neck area caused from the bite, and the other dog wasn't injured, according to police.

All involved agreed to what had happened, and both owners said they'd be following up with the Yorkville Animal Hospital, as the owner of the Pit bull/Boxer mix was able to provide proof of his dog's vaccinations.

According to the police report, the owner of the Australian Cattle Dog advised police she didn't want any citations issued to the other dog's owner.

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Traffic crash

A Plainfield woman was cited for importer lane use and cell phone in a construction area following a car accident Tuesday morning on Route 71 just southwest of Route 126.

According to police, the 43-year-old woman was driving a 2007 Hyundai four-door north on Route 71, a half-mile south of Route 126 around 11:30 a.m., when the car crossed into oncoming traffic and sideswiped a 2017 Ford F350, driven by a 66-year-old Englewood Man, which was puling a 5th wheel trailer southbound. According to police, the woman said she leaned over to pick up her cell phone she dropped. Both the Hyundai and Ford sustained major damage, causing Route 71 to be temporarily closed. According to the police report, both were wearing a seatbelt during the crash, however the woman was injured. No hospital information was provided.

Warrant arrest

An Aurora woman was arrested on a warrant around 12:30 a.m. Monday in the 1500 block of North Bridge Street. Yorkville police were called to the North Bridge Street address for a disturbance report, and found out that one of the parties involved, 41-year-old Sonia Espinal, from the 1200 block of Corona Court in Aurora, had a warrant for her arrest. Espinal was arrested and taken into police custody.

Police report information is provided by local police departments. Charges are not evidence of guilt. They are a record of police actions on a given day, and persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.