Crime & Safety

Wrenches Stolen From Junkyard; Wooden Bowl Grows Legs and Walks Away

This edition of the Evanston police blotter includes information supplied by police on Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

The following arrests and incidents were reported by the Evanston Police Department: 

Burglar Breaks Window, Steals Cigarettes

Someone broke the window of a pharmacy in the 600 block of Chicago Avenue and stole cigarettes at 2:35 a.m. Friday, Oct. 12, police reported. 

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Bikes Stolen on Main, Greenwood

Someone stole a black 21-inch Schwinn mountain bike with green stripes that was locked to a storage rack in the 600 block of Main Street around 5:00 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, according to police. 

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Someone stole a 10-speed L.L. Bean girls mountain bike and a Univega men’s mountain bicycle that were left unlocked in a garage in the 1600 block of Greenwood Street between 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, and 6:47 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, according to police.

Car Burglaries: Wrenches, Cell Phone

Someone stole wrenches and sockets from a 1994 Chevrolet in a junk yard in the 2500 block of Oakton Street between 4:45 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, and 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, according to police.

Someone stole an Android phone with a black and pink case and a car charger from an unlocked 2008 Honda parked in the lot of a business in the 1300 block of Howard Street between 2:36 and 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, police reported.

Burglar Steals Wooden Bowl on Hartzell

Someone stole a wooden bowl with a handle from an unlocked home in the 2600 block of Hartzell Street between 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, and 9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, according to police.

 

 


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