Greeting Card Burning Leads To La Grange Police Call: Report

La Grange IL

26 January, 2021

6:14 PM

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LA GRANGE, IL — A La Grange man thought a woman in his house was being petty, so he tried to find something of hers he could burn, thinking he would return the gesture, according to a La Grange police report. The fight escalated and led the woman to call police. The man, identified as 26-year-old Nicholas Connors-Johnson, was charged with domestic violence, resisting officers and endangering a child. The incident was in the early evening of Jan. 2 in the 10 block of West Burlington Avenue. La Grange Patch obtained the police report through a public records request. According to the report, Connors-Johnson became upset when the woman would not give him the keys to her car, saying it was petty of her. He decided to be petty in return, hiding her makeup bag, he told police. He then found a purse he had bought for her and planned to burn it, then changed his mind and settled on torching a greeting card he had given her, the report said. Connors-Johnson then burned the card over the kitchen sink, police said. He next got a can of beer while walking back to his room, with some beer fizzing on the floor. Upset about the mess, the woman took the beer from him, but he grabbed it back, police said. He then threw the beer can at the woman, police said. When officers arrived, they found Connors-Johnson had an arrest warrant from the Broadview police. Told about this, he walked backward, yelling to officers, "I know what you are about to do. You're going to arrest me," according to the police report. An officer tried to take Connors-Johnson into custody, but he pulled away, police said. He later told officers that he pulled away because the officer was squeezing his arm, causing pain. While walking to the door, Connors-Johnson kicked a lamp over and said, "You better not charge me for that. This is how I express my emotions," police said. While in custody, Connors-Johnson would make sudden movements in an attempt to escape control, police said. At one point, an officer told Connors-Johnson to slow down when they were on the stairs at the house, fearing she would fall, the report said. A 3-year-old girl was in the house during the dispute, police said. The woman told police she did not need emergency shelter and that she felt safe at home, according to the report.