Articles filed under Police Blotter

• Shots fired at man in Wheeling May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  A 19-year-old man was injured fleeing a man firing a gun at him in the 800 block of Colonial Drive in Wheeling, police said.
  

   

• Tri-Cities police reports May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  A resident of the 43W800 block of Oakwood Drive near Elburn reported on Wednesday that someone opened up an AT&T account in that person's name and ran up a bill of $2,156 between March 1 and May 1, according to a sheriff's report.
  

   

• Northwest suburban police blotter May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Two balcony fires in Mount Prospect were blamed on cigarettes. At cigarette probably set a wooden balcony, vinyl siding and plastic chair on fire at an apartment on the 2300 block of Colony Drive around 1:30 p.m. May 16. Damage was estimated at $600. A lit cigarette may also have caused a balcony fire at an apartment on the 1700 block of Forest Cove Drive around 11:35 p.m. May 22. Damage was estimated at $2,000.
  

   

• Buffalo Grove massage parlor faces license hearingMay 24, 2012 12:00 AM
  :A Buffalo Grove massage establishment where workers have a history of prostitution arrests could lose its business license. Next Thursday, Buffalo Grove will be holding a hearing at 2 p.m. in the council chambers at village hall on whether to revoke the business and/or massage license of Sun Spa, 1359 Dundee Road.
  

   

• Tri-Cities police reports May 24, 2012 12:00 AM
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• Police report May 24, 2012 12:00 AM
  A police officer shot and killed a pit bull that attacked him when he responded to a call for a dispute between a resident and a postal worker, police said. Arris Newsome, 22, of Elgin, was arrested Wednesday and charged with aggravated assault and reckless conduct for not controlling her pit bull, according to police reports. A police officer responded to a call about a dispute between a postal worker and Newsome when Newsome started to argue with the officer, reports said. When she opened the door, the dog attacked the officer and the officer shot and killed it, according to reports.
  

   

• Tri-Cities police reports May 23, 2012 12:00 AM
  A home in the 6N900 block of Wabash Avenue near St. Charles was ransacked between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday, according to a sheriff's report. Two televisions were scratched and several items stolen.
  

   

• Police report May 22, 2012 12:00 AM
  Ann Thompson, 48, of the 200 block of Division Street, Elgin, was arrested and later charged with criminal trespassing Monday, according to police reports. Her bond was set at $5,000, of which she must pay 10 percent in order to be released before her court date, scheduled June 1 in Elgin.
  

   

• Tri-Cities police reports May 22, 2012 12:00 AM
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• Northwest suburban police blotter May 22, 2012 12:00 AM
  A 19-year-old Rosemont man was arrested in Des Plaines and charged with city ordinance criminal damage to property after he admitted writing graffiti with a black marker while waiting for a bus after coming to town to get job applications, police reports said.
  

   

• Fox Valley police reports May 21, 2012 12:00 AM
  Police are looking for a pair of teenagers they say tried to rob a local doughnut store with a pellet gun on Saturday afternoon. Police say that a day earlier, the pair also mooned the same clerk they held up.
  

   

• Northwest suburban police blotter May 21, 2012 12:00 AM
  Thieves stole a 2009 Vanguard trailer loaded with 26 pallets of cigarettes out of a lot at FPS Logistics LLC, 1511 Carmen Drive, between 12:05 and 8:30 a.m. May 13. Value was estimated at $15,000.
  

   

• Fox Valley police reports May 21, 2012 12:00 AM
  Police are looking for a pair of teenagers they say tried to rob a local doughnut store with a pellet gun on Saturday afternoon. Police say that a day earlier, the pair also mooned the same clerk they held up.
  

   

• Tri-Cities police reports May 21, 2012 12:00 AM
  David James Dollinger of Batavia was charged with battery at 3:27 p.m. Friday at his home, according to a police report.
  

   

• Woman fights off attacker in Streamwood May 21, 2012 12:00 AM
  A woman told Streamwood police she fought off a man who dragged her into bushes, threatening, "If you scream, I'll break your neck."
  

   

• Police patrols added for traffic violations May 20, 2012 12:00 AM
  Hoffman Estates is operating extra patrols to spot violations of seat belt and child restraint laws from Monday, May 21, to Sunday, June 3, as part of a program funded by a federal grant administered by the state.
  

   
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  Man charged with drug-induced homicide in Wauconda death May 19, 2012 12:00 AM
  Two Waukegan residents face drug charges growing out of the investigation of the death early Thursday of a 26-year-old Wauconda man from a heroin overdose, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said Saturday in a news release.
  

   
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  Police: Streamwood gang member faces drug charges May 18, 2012 12:00 AM
  Hanover Park police said an 18-year-old self-admitted gang member from Streamwood faces felony drug charges for what officers found during a traffic stop. Luis Tavares was charged with possession of cannabis with intent to deliver, possession of cannabis and possession of a controlled substance.
  

   

• Tri-Cities police reports May 18, 2012 12:00 AM
  Five unlocked vehicles were broken in to overnight May 16-17 in the 300 and 400 blocks of Douglas Road and the 300 block of Maves Drive in Batavia. Items stolen included a Coach purse, a pink iPod, an Under Armour shirt, Revo sunglasses, an HP laptop computer, a Tom Tom GPS device and $20.
  

   

• Northwest suburban police blotter May 18, 2012 12:00 AM
  Thieves stole a portable X-ray machine after the male victim left it by mistake at the Alden Nursing Home, 1227 E. Golf Road, Des Plaines, around 10:30 a.m. May 16. Value was estimated at $14,000.