Crime & Safety

Police ID Man Found Unconscious Behind Willow Creek School

Homeless man, 27, transported to area hospital, then released.

A man found earlier this week has been identified as a 27-year-old homeless man, according to police.

Woodridge police said they responded Monday morning to the neighborhood around , after the man was found unconscious on a nearby bike path.

Police said the man had been intoxicated. He was  taken to an area hospital where he was treated and released.

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He was found around 5 a.m. Monday morning by someone exercising on a path behind the school.

Supt. Jerry Brendel said police searched the school to make sure no one had gone inside.

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Police were off the scene by the time students arrived for their last day of the school year on Monday morning, Brendel said.


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