SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: DISAPPOINTED DAMAGER
Reported at 1:49 p.m. June 29: A shopping bag stealer was likely disappointed after smashing the window of a Volkswagen SUV outside the Christian Dior store in Highland Park Village and stealing a Dior shopping bag that turned out to be empty.
HIGHLAND PARK
30 Tuesday
Arrested at 7:30 p.m.: A 41 year old in the 4300 block of Edmondson Avenue for driving without valid insurance and a valid driver’s license, and for a warrant.
1 Wednesday
Arrested at 12:45 p.m.: A 32 year old for a warrant in the 3400 block of Normandy Avenue.
Arrested at 7:01 p.m.: A 37 year old for public intoxication in Highland Park Village.
2 Thursday
Reported at 4:07 p.m.: A fraudster purporting to be from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) contacted a resident in the 3400 block of Lindenwood Avenue by email and stated that a box of pain medication with the resident’s DEA and NPI numbers on it had been found in a vehicle on a highway. Calls were redirected or disconnected each time the resident’s attorney asked a question requiring verification.
3 Friday
Arrested at 12:47 a.m.: A 54 year old for public intoxication in the 4800 block of Abbott Avenue.
4 Saturday
Arrested at 3:21 a.m.: A 28 year old for failing to do their duty after striking a structure, fixture, or highway landscape and driving while intoxicated at the intersection of Arcady Avenue and Roland Avenue.
UNIVERSITY PARK
29 Monday
Reported at 1:26 p.m.: A harasser verbally abused a resident on Westminster Avenue.
Reported at 1:46 p.m.: A burglar got into a vehicle in The Plaza at Preston Center.
30 Tuesday
Reported at 10:52 a.m.: A careless driver hit a vehicle parked on Bryn Mawr Drive.
Reported 1:52 p.m.: A stealer swiped items from the garage of a home on Bryn Mawr Drive.
Reported at 2:55 p.m.: A thief stole stuff from a home on Purdue Street.
Reported at 4:44 p.m.: A scammer at an ATM on Amherst Street.
1 Wednesday
Reported at 2:53 p.m.: A burglar got into a vehicle on Stanford Avenue.
Reported at 5:18 p.m.: A scammer committed credit card abuse on Dyer Street.
2 Thursday
Reported at 2:51 p.m.: An opportunistic thief got into an unlocked Ford pickup on Amherst Street and stole property.
3 Friday
Reported at 1:58 p.m.: A crook stole things from a home on Asbury Avenue.
5 Sunday
Reported at 8:05 p.m.: A fraudster used debit card information of a resident on Bryn Mawr Drive.
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