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Police beat

Posted August 04, 2008 11:00 pm

Daily Herald Staff Report

Arlington Heights

• Someone removed the lock on a vending machine at a medical building on the 1600 block of West Central Road and stole products and cash around 11:30 a.m. July 29. A loss estimate was not available.

• A purse was stolen out of a 1998 Chevrolet Camaro in a restaurant lot on the 800 block of West Dundee Road between 2 and 2:20 p.m. July 29. The thief reached in through an open window; the theft was valued at $72.

Des Plaines

• Sergio Garza, 22, 1250 Campground Road, Lot 101, Des Plaines, was arrested July 29 and charged with retail theft from Kmart, 1155 E. Oakton St. His court date is Sept. 16.

• A men's black and white mountain bike was stolen from outside a store on the 500 block of Metropolitan Way between 10:55 a.m. and 8 p.m. July 29. The bike, worth about $500, had been locked in a rack.

Long Grove

• A laptop computer, wallet and change were stolen out of an unlocked 2005 Dodge Durango on the 2500 block of Shenandoah Lane between 7 p.m. July 25 and 7 a.m. July 26. A value estimate was not available.

• Someone drove over a mailbox on the 1500 block of Sumter Drive overnight July 22-23. Damage was estimated at $150. This is the second time in two weeks a mailbox at the home has been damaged.

Mount Prospect

• Pavement at two homes on the 600 block of Pickwick Court was vandalized with spray paint July 28 or 29. Total damage was estimated at $70.

• Four tires were slashed on a 1993 Oldsmobile on the 1700 block of Chariot Court between 8:30 p.m. July 27 and 2:20 p.m. July 28. Damage was estimated at $300.

Prospect Heights

• An apartment building on the 700 block of Piper Lane was vandalized by spray paint on an unknown date but reported July 30. A damage estimate was not available.

• Someone hurled two bricks through a front window on the 400 block of Crest Hill Drive around 3:05 a.m. July 30. The bricks broke a large stone vase and cut a leather couch cushion in the home, but a damage estimate was not available.

Wheeling

• A 2004 Nissan 350Z on the 400 block of Plum Creek Drive was broken into between 10 p.m. July 27 and 5 p.m. July 29 and a radar detector stolen. The damage and theft was estimated at $550.