Articles filed under Police Blotter

• Tri-Cities police reports May 21, 2013 12:00 AM
  Randall W. Hallberg, 48, of the 400 block of Illinois Avenue, Batavia, was charged with assault, at 3:16 p.m. Monday in the 200 block of North Washington Avenue, according to a police report.
  

   

• Fox Valley police reports May 20, 2013 12:00 AM
  A 16-year-old boy from West Dundee was charged with theft under $300 on May 15, police said. He turned himself in to Algonquin police and was later released to his parents, police said.
  

   

• Tri-Cities police reports May 20, 2013 12:00 AM
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• Northwest suburban police blotter May 20, 2013 12:00 AM
  Burglars entered an unlocked apartment on the 900 block of West Panorama Drive in Palatine May 8 and stole two keyboards, watch, digital workstation, 8-track mixer and other electronic equipment. Value was estimated at $8,200.
  

   

• Tri-Cities police reports May 17, 2013 12:00 AM
  Four vehicles in the 36W200 block of Indian Mounds Road near St. Charles were burglarized between 2 and 6:30 a.m. Wednesday and a 2003 Mercedes was stolen, according to a sheriff's report
  

   

• Northwest suburban police blotter May 17, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Schaumburg man was charged with criminal damage to property after a dispute over how fast motorists were driving on his street. Reports said he hurled a roll of tape that cracked the windshield on a vehicle he tried to stop because he felt it was going too fast. Reports said the driver at first just wanted the windshield repaired, but later said he wanted to press charges because the repair work had not been done.
  

   

• Fox Valley police reports May 16, 2013 12:00 AM
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• Tri-Cities police reports May 16, 2013 12:00 AM
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• Northwest suburban police blotter May 16, 2013 12:00 AM
  A male driver stole the cellphone from a woman driver during a traffic altercation, Des Plaines police reports said. The female driver rear-ended the male and continued driving. The male driver checked the damage to his vehicle, then resumed driving, catching up to the Lancer stopped at a red light. He sidwswiped the female's vehicle and, when the female victim got out of her car, grabbed her cellphone and drove away, reports said.
  

   

• Bike accident victim identified as Elk Grove woman May 15, 2013 12:00 AM
  A bicyclist who was killed by a car Tuesday morning whole crossing Higgins Road at the exit ramp from northbound Route 53 has been identified. A spokeswoman from the Cook County medical examiner's office said the victim was Rosaleen Waters, 46, of Elk Grove Village.
  

   

• Northwest suburban police blotter May 15, 2013 12:00 AM
  Thieves stole the air conditioner unit from the roof of a building at 1090 Executive Way in Des Plaines. The roof was damaged and water has been leaking into the foreclosed building, reports said. Loss was estimated at $50,000.
  

   

• Fox Valley police reports May 15, 2013 12:00 AM
  Laurencio C. Pena Jr., 42, of Elgin, was charged Tuesday with forgery, issue or delivery of a forged document and identity theft after he used a relative's name, birth date and Social Security number to seek treatment at a hospital, according to a police report.
  

   

• Tri-Cities police reports May 15, 2013 12:00 AM
  Daniel Dieter, 45, of Aurora, was charged with driving under the influence, DUI with a blood alcohol concentration of .08 or more, improper lane use and driving without lights when required after a traffic stop at 2 a.m. Saturday at South Randall Road and Gleneagle Drive near Geneva, according to a sheriff's report. Dieter failed field sobriety tests and a breath test, and registered a .14 BAC, the report said.
  

   

• 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.
  

   

• 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.
  

   

• 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.
  

   

• 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.
  

   

• 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 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.