Fox Valley police blotter
Algonquin
• Two Algonquin boys - one 15 and the other 16 - were charged Friday with consumption of alcohol by a minor. They were arrested in the 1400 block of South Randall Road and released on their signatures pending an Oct. 28 court date in Algonquin.
Carpentersville
• Jair A. Rodriguez, 22, of the 700 block of Jackson Avenue, Carpentersville, was charged with possession of a controlled substance Saturday after police said he illegally obtained five Vicodin pills. Rodriguez also was charged with resisting a police officer after he tried running away from the arresting officer, reports said. His bail was set at $30,000 and he is due in court Oct. 13 at the Kane County Judicial Center. If convicted of the most serious charge, Rodriguez faces up to three years in prison.
Elgin
• Valentin S. Martinez, 21, of the 300 block of Division Street, Elgin, was charged with felony disorderly conduct Sunday. The charge alleges that in June he filed a police report falsely claiming his 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis had been stolen. Martinez's bail was set at $10,000 and his next court date is Oct. 13 at the Kane County Judicial Center. He faces up to three years in prison if found guilty.
• Jesus J. Jimenez, 40, of the 600 block of Raymond Street, Elgin, was charged Sunday with possession of a fictitious identification card and obstruction of justice for giving an officer a phony name and ID card during a traffic stop. He also was charged for driving on a suspended license and arrested on a warrant for driving under the influence. He has to pay a total of $2,500 to get out of jail. He is due in court Oct. 6 on the warrant and Oct. 13 on the felony charges.
• Jacob N. Munoz, 50, who is homeless, was arrested and charged with battery, improper walking, disorderly conduct and being an intoxicated person in the road at 2:38 p.m. Sunday at Bluff City Boulevard and Raymond Street, reports said. Munoz is accused of walking in the road while drunk and playing chicken with cars, reports said. He is due in court on Oct. 23.
• Three men were arrested after police on patrol outside a business in the 0-100 block of North Spring Street saw a large shoving match at about 12:13 a.m. Monday, reports said. Alejandra Hernandez, 25, of the 900 block of Berkley Street, Carpentersville, was charged with battery and obstructing a police officer. Ignacio Zavala, 21, of the 500 block of Grace Street, Elgin, was charged with obstructing a police officer. Omar Hernandez-Ponce, 21, of the 200 block of Perry Street, Elgin, was charged with disorderly conduct, reports said.
McHenry County
• McHenry County Sheriff's police over the weekend destroyed an estimated $580,000 in marijuana plants discovered growing in a cornfield near the Wisconsin border. Authorities said police Friday located about 580 cannabis plants, each between 3 and 5 feet tall, in three separate areas near Route 173 and Keystone Road, just west of Richmond. The plants, sheriff's police said, were growing in rows and ready for harvest.
The growing operation was eradicated and the marijuana plants were burned at another location, sheriff's police said. Nobody was arrested and, unlike some previous discoveries of large growing operations, there was no indication anyone was living on the property while tending to the plants. Anyone with information about the operation is asked to call the sheriff's Narcotics Division at (815) 338-2144 or Crime Stoppers, (800) 762-STOP.