Resident faces multiple charges following confrontation with police, hospital staff
A 37-year-old Buffalo Grove man faces multiple charges including DUI, assault, resisting and obstructing an officer, driving and uninsured vehicle and illegal lane usage following a single-vehicle accident. Police say when they arrived on the scene the man was unconscious and noticed a heavy smell of alcohol on his breath. When asked how much he had drunk, the man first said “a couple” and then “I don’t know how many.” Because of the man’s condition, officers determined he needed to be transported to Northwest Community Hospital (NWCH) in Arlington Heights. Once in the ambulance the man became verbally abusive to paramedics saying he was “fine” and it was a “waste of time” for him to be transported to the hospital. Once he arrived at the hospital, the man continued to be abusive, this time to hospital staff saying the CAT scan was unnecessary and said the staff were “pieces of s**t.” After some procedures and waiting for results, th