SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: LIBRARY LARCENY
A ne’er do well snatched an iPad used for book cataloging from the University Park Public Library at Preston Center Plaza at 7 p.m. March 22.
HIGHLAND PARK
20 Monday
Arrested at 1:40 a.m.: a 19-year-old woman accused of driving without valid insurance, driving with an expired license, and driving while intoxicated at the intersection of Byron Avenue and Armstrong Parkway.
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Reported at 11:03 a.m.: a fraudster used the information of a woman from the 4600 block of Lorraine Avenue to open a bank account.
An observant passerby found a gun magazine on a bench in the 4300 block of Macarthur Avenue at 2:58 p.m. and informed police.
21 Tuesday
Police found a Lexus GX 460 that’d been reported stolen parked behind an apartment complex in the 3400 block of Lindenwood Avenue before 7 a.m.
Reported at 12:17 p.m.: a sneaky shoplifter snatched a cosmetic case from a shelf in Celine in Highland Park Village and left the store without paying.
Arrested at 2:59 p.m.: a 51-year-old man accused of driving while intoxicated in the 4400 block of Highland Drive.
22 Wednesday
Reported at 8:12 a.m.: a scammer cashed fraudulent checks using the information of a couple from the 3500 block of Gillon Avenue.
Reported at 9:58 a.m.: a swindler used the information of a man from the 4400 block of Fairfax Avenue to forge a check.
A burglar broke into an Audi SQ5 parked in the Whole Foods parking lot in the 4100 block of Lomo Alto Drive via by shattering a window and grabbed a bag containing $3,700 and a set of keys from inside at 4:20 p.m.
Arrested at 6:42 p.m.: an 82-year-old accused of public intoxication in Highland Park Village.
UNIVERSITY PARK
20 Monday
Reported at midnight: a porch pirate pilfered a Trek bicycle from a home in the 2700 block of Purdue Street.
Arrested at 3 a.m.: a 25-year-old man for a warrant in the 4000 block of Purdue Street.
21 Tuesday
A thief found easy pickings of a pair of iPhones, $1,000, and more left in an unlocked Mercedes Benz parked in the 6600 block of Hillcrest Avenue before 1:15 a.m.
24 Friday
A burglar took $9,000 from a Range Rover parked in the 6900 block of Snider Plaza at 12:21 p.m.
