Crime & Safety

Police Blotter: 4AM Gas Stop Leads to DUI for Minor

Darien police reports, Dec. 18.

A Downers Grove teen was charged with a DUI after trying to get gas after 4 a.m. in Darien. 

Christopher Ullrich, 18, of the 7100 block of Matthias Road in Downers Grove, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, illegal consumption by a minor and driving without insurance. 

At 4:14 a.m. Dec. 18, Darien police investigated a suspicious car that was parked at a gas pump at the Speedway gas station in the 8300 block of Lemont Road in Darien. 

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Ullrich was in the car and failed field sobriety tests, police said. He was arrested and given a court date.  

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