Elmhurst Woman Confronts Cop, Shoves Him: Police

Elmhurst IL

09 June, 2021

8:51 AM

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ELMHURST, IL — An Elmhurst woman called 911 and hung up last month, but officers answered the call and ultimately arrested her, police said. Patch obtained the full police report for the arrest of Ashley M. Stavropoulos, 33, who was charged with aggravated battery of a police officer. She spent a day in the DuPage County Jail. Shortly before midnight May 25, officers responding to the 911 call showed up at a house where the call was believed to have been made. The officers asked the man at the door whether Stavropoulos was at the house. The man said she was not. Then the man asked the officers why they were there. The officers said Stavropoulos called the police and that a dispatcher heard her crying, the report said. The man said Stavropoulos was at her house in Elmhurst, but refused to give an address, police said. The officers determined the house was in the 100 block of South Fairfield Avenue. When the officers visited the house, Stavropoulos was emotional about problems in her life, saying she did call police but felt better now that the officers had come, according to the report. Stavropoulos spoke with slurred speech and smelled of alcohol, police said. Officers asked whether she was fine being with the other person in the house. She responded, "Of course, he's my dad," the report said. She said she was going through a major personal problem and the police were not there for her, the report said. Stavropoulos was described as "crying hysterically" and "not making any sense." The three officers left and went to a nearby parking lot at Elmhurst University to discuss the call. A short while later, Stavropoulos walked up. Upset, she said the police needed better training, saying they did not help her when she called, according to the report. Stavropoulos became confrontational with one of the officers, who told her to back away from him. According to the report, she responded, "Or what? Are you gonna be mad (because) I'm gonna be a man and going to be big against you?" Stavropoulos again came closer to the officer, who extended his right arm out and touched her sternum to create distance between them, police said. Stavropoulos waved her finger in the face of the officer, then walked into him, almost bumping chests and saying, "Touch me again, a------," according to the report. The officer had to step back to keep his balance. Stavropoulos was then placed under arrest. On the ride to the police department, she said she was sorry she shoved the officer, the report said. At the police station, she swore at officers and threw a balled-up paper towel at one of them, but missed, the report said.