Crime & Safety
False Report of Gun Leads to Arrest
A 64-year-old man was intoxicated and claimed Al Capone's grandson was holding a gun to his head while he drove on 27th Street, according to a police report.
Police received a 911 call early Tuesday morning from a man claiming that Al Capone's grandson was in a car with him and holding a gun to his head, but that he was able to break his neck and kill him.
Shockingly, this did not turn out to be accurate, and a 64-year-old man was arrested for drunken driving.
According to an Oak Creek police report, officers responded to the 27th Street area about 2:45 a.m. and received updated information from the man: he must have only strangled him, because the person just walked out of the car.
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Police found the vehicle and conducted a high-risk traffic stop at the , 8060 S. 27th St., ordering the man out of the car.
He was found alone sitting in his vehicle with the keys in the ignition. Police also found him to be highly intoxicated, according to the report.
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In addition to drunken driving, he was arrested for misuse of 911.
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