Articles filed under Police Blotter

• Bicyclist killed on Higgins Road near Route 53 ramp May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  A bicyclist was killed Tuesday morning after apparently crossing Higgins Road against a red light at the exit ramp from northbound Route 53, Illinois State Police report.
  

   

• Tri-Cities police reports May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  Carter W. Myers, 19, of Batavia, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of cannabis (between 2.5 and 10 grams), at 9:51 p.m. Monday in the 600 block of South Batavia Avenue, according to a police report. He was also issued a warning for not having a rear license plate.
  

   

• Fox Valley police reports May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  Mark A. Clough, 46, of South Elgin, appeared in Kane County bond court Tuesday on charges of arson, a felony, according to court records. Elgin police responded to a fire just before 10 p.m. April 28 at Advance Engineering Corp., 440 S. McLean Blvd., and an arson investigator determined the fire could not have started on its own, according to police reports. After several interviews Clough admitted to using a lighter to ignite the wrapping on a section of pipe in the building, costing the company $46,000 to reverse the damages, police reports said. Bail was set at $30,000.
  

   

• Fox Valley police reports May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  John Giesing, 74, of the 700 block of Coventry Lane, Crystal Lake, was charged over the weekend with solicitation of a sexual act, after police said he offered to pay a 16-year-old boy to perform a sexual act, according to a police report.
  

   

• Tri-Cities police reports May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  Robert G. Byland, 19, of Batavia, was charged at 6:15 a.m. Sunday with illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor, criminal damage to property, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and possession of drug paraphernalia in the 1000 block of Winnebago Trail, according to a police report.
  

   

• Northwest suburban police blotter May 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  Burglars broke into a 2004 Ford E350 van between 2 and 6 a.m. May 1 in a driveway on the 1500 block of Fifth Avenue in Des Plaines and stole saws, drills, socket set and drill bits. Value was estimated at $2,500.
  

   

• Northwest suburban police blotter May 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  Thieves cut off and stole the catalytic converter from seven Ford trucks belonging to U-Haul, 2475 Pembroke Ave., Hoffman Estates, between 10:15 p.m. May 2 and 6:30 a.m. May 3. Value was estimated at $6,300.
  

   

• Fox Valley police reports May 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  Brandy M. Jackson, 23, of the 2700 block of North 49th Street in Milwaukee, was arrested Thursday and charged for using a fake $100 bill to buy merchandise at the Bath and Body Works store inside Algonquin Commons, police said. Jackson's bail was set at $25,000 and she is due in court Wednesday.
  

   

• Northwest suburban police blotter May 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  In Arlington Heights, burglars stole power tools, sprayers and other equipment being stored by an individual in a warehouse/shop at 3350 W. Salt Creek between. There was no sign of forced entry. Value was estimated between $60,000 and $80,000.
  

   

• Palatine police launch traffic safety campaign May 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Palatine Police Department announced it's participating in the Memorial Day Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign in an effort to keep drivers and passengers safe through aggressive traffic enforcement measures.
  

   

• Fox Valley police reports May 8, 2013 12:00 AM
  Alexandria T. Silva, 19, of Carpentersville, was charged May 1 with retail theft, accused of stealing less than $150 in merchandise from Walmart in the 12300 block of Route 47, according to a police report.
  

   

• Fox Valley police reports May 6, 2013 12:00 AM
  A 14-year-old girl from Lake in the Hills was charged with theft under $300 April 30, police said. The girl turned herself in at the Algonquin police station and was referred to the Tri County Area Peer Jury.
  

   

• Tri-Cities police reports May 6, 2013 12:00 AM
  Aaron P. Synder, 23, of St. Charles, was charged with possession of cannabis and driving while his license is suspended at 9:21 a.m. April 29 in the 300 block of East Side Drive, according to a police report.
  

   

• Northwest suburban police blotter May 3, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Hoffman Estates woman was charged with battery after she reportedly splashed wine on a male customer at a Schaumburg business who was calling her names and then threw her wineglass at him. The glass cut his left ear, reports said.
  

   

• Northwest suburban police blotter May 3, 2013 12:00 AM
  A 35-year-old Arlington Heights man was arrested in an apartment lot on the 1700 block of Forest Cove Drive in Mount Propsect and charged with felony burglary after a vehicles owner saw him rifling through the vehicle from her balcony window, called police, then held the vehicle door closed and wouldn't let him out until police arrived, police reports said.
  

   

• Tri-Cities police reports May 3, 2013 12:00 AM
  Stephen J. Gibson, 24, of Aurora, was arrested at about 2 p.m. Thursday on Griswold Street south of Walnut Avenue, Elgin, and charged with possession of between 30 and 500 grams of cannabis, manufacturing of between 30 and 500 grams of cannabis, and delivery of cannabis on school grounds, according to a police report.
  

   

• Fox Valley police reports May 3, 2013 12:00 AM
  Stephen J. Gibson, 24, of Aurora, was arrested at about 2 p.m. Thursday on Griswold Street south of Walnut Avenue, Elgin, and charged with possession of between 30 and 500 grams of cannabis, manufacturing of between 30 and 500 grams of cannabis, and delivery of cannabis on school grounds, according to a police report.
  

   

• Fox Valley police reports May 2, 2013 12:00 AM
  Cameron T. Hardiman, 33, of Elgin, was arrested at about 11:15 p.m. Tuesday and charged with reckless driving, attempting to elude a police officer, driving with a suspended driver's license, operating an uninsured vehicle and possession of 2.5 grams or less of cannabis, according to a police report.
  

   

• Fox Valley police reports Apr 30, 2013 12:00 AM
  A 17-year-old boy from Huntley was arrested Friday and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana, police said. In the same incident, Jeremy G. Stokes, 22, of the 5900 block of west Superior Street, Chicago, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, according to a police report.
  

   

• Tri-Cities police reports Apr 30, 2013 12:00 AM
  Jose J. Vasquez-Silva, 40, of the 1200 block of East Wilson Street, Batavia, was arrested at 4:36 p.m. Monday at the Kane County jail on a warrant charging him with identity theft, according to a police report.