VANDALIA (JAN. 7) – A woman was charged with misdemeanor telecommunications harassment after leaving a threatening message on her mother’s voicemail. The mother told police she received the threatening call while at the police department on another incident. The daughter threatened to beat the mother and put her in the hospital, according to the police report. The daughter declined to talk to police about the incident. She received a summons to appear in Vandalia Municipal Court.
ENGLEWOOD (JAN. 14) – A man reported his son came home high and assaulted him around 10 p.m. Police found the son in a bedroom on the floor. He was treated by medics and taken to the hospital where he was found to have a variety of illegal drugs in this system, police reported. The father, who was struck in the head and thrown into a cabinet, declined medical treatment. The son was charged with domestic violence and jailed.