A 66-year-old man was charged with criminal damage to property, a misdemeanor, on Friday, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said.

Dugan said the man damaged a woman’s car in the parking lot of the Jewel-Osco in south Evanston on Jan. 10. She parked her car in the lot on on the 2400 block of Howard Street at 4:18 p.m., Dugan said. Dugan said she reported the man came up to her and began yelling over a parking dispute.

He added that when she exited the store about an hour later, the left side of the vehicle had a long scratch on it. Dugan said the damage is estimated at $1,436.29.

Upon checking security footage, it appeared that the man with whom she had spoken earlier, a Chicago resident, had returned and walked along the driver’s side of the woman’s car, Dugan said. The store security discovered he had paid for his items with a credit card, and detectives were able to identify the man.

Evanston man arrested for driver while under the influence, drug possession

Evanston Police Officers were dispatched to the 300 block of Dewey Avenue in response to drug activity in a vehicle on Friday at just after 6:30 p.m.

They found three men in the vehicle, Dugan said. A 22-year-old Evanston resident was in the driver’s seat. He appeared intoxicated and was later arrested for driving while under the influence of alcohol.

Police also recovered two Alprazolam pills, a generic form of Xanax, that he did not have a prescription for, Dugan said.

He was also charged with possession of open alcohol in a vehicle, a misdemeanor, and unlawful possession of a controlled substance, a felony.

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