Crime & Safety
Police Crack Very Simple Phone Theft
A look at weird crime news in the northern Chicago suburbs.
A Mundelein man was charged with theft after stealing a smart phone from the lobby of the Palatine Police Department.
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A bottle of Skinny Girl Vodka and Hennessy were reported stolen from an Evanston store.
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A woman stole two Onyx packages of hair from an Evanston store and threatened to spray an employee with pepper spray when he confronted her.
What Basketball? I Never Balled a Basket in My Life.
A “large fight” broke out on a basketball court in Deerfield, but witnesses refused to tell the police what happened and a victim refused to provide his name or the name of the person who struck him. No arrests were made.
A laptop computer and jewelry were reported stolen from a Des Plaines home after someone apparently entered a home by using a bench as a ladder to reach a partially open bedroom window. It appeared the unknown offender exited the house through the kitchen door, which activated an alarm and a bottle of orange juice and two bottles of liquor were found on the kitchen counter.
Burglar Escapes in Getaway Pequod
Someone stole a $100 whale gun from a Northbrook home, used for hunting whales in the ocean.
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