Man waves bat at woman from pickup truck on Route 251, Peru IL


A man in a blue 1996 GMC pickup truck drove slowly on Route 251 near the River Bridge in Peru, Illinois. He yelled out the window and waved a bat at a woman. The woman reported this as a traffic complaint and is willing to testify.
Audio|Source: Illinois Valley Regional Police, Fire and EMS Dispatch
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Transcript:
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All 17, Paul 26, start responding to 251 near River Bridge.
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Route 251 near River Bridge, for a traffic complaint,
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a pickup truck that was waving a bat around, standby for further.
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The vehicle is southbound 251,
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27331-161B truck.
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2733-161 be truck.
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Comes back, Clairvala to a Franklin LaGal,
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near Chicago Street, Peru, blue to,
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correction, Blue,
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1996 GMC, caller is advising that he was yelling out the window and waving a bat at her southbound Route 6, correction, southbound Route 251 from the River Bridge.
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Danforth can you notify Ogil State just so they don't.
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Come on that way.
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Here a pickup,
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2733161Boy, male white driver, white beard, glasses, was traveling below the speed limit, and when the caller came up on the vehicle, said he was going about five miles an hour, he started waving a bat out the window at the caller.
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to sign a complaint and is willing to testify in court.
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IL-251, Peru, IL
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