Police beat

Buffalo Grovebull; Sometime on New Year's Eve, a bullet came through the roof and then through the ceiling and ended up on the floor of the master bedroom of a residence in the 700 block of Heatherdown Way.bull; A 19-year-old man reported that a friend had taken money from him and punched him in the face several times about 10:30 p.m. Jan. 1 at Acacia Terrace and Buffalo Grove Road. Complaints for battery and theft were signed and an arrest warrant will be sought.bull; Juveniles 15, 16 and 17 from Long Grove and Buffalo Grove were arrested in Buffalo Grove and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession and consumption of alcohol by a minor.bull; Brandon R. Olker, 20, of the 6500 block of Stock Bridge Lane, Long Grove, was arrested at Thompson Boulevard and Copperwood Drive and charged with DUI, possession and consumption of liquor by a minor, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of cannabis.bull; Luis Gerardo Flores-Medellin, 30, of the 1900 block of Cambridge Court, Palatine, was arrested on Oak Creek Drive and charged with possession of a controlled substance.bull; Thieves removed two gnome statues from a backyard in the 500 flock of Crown Point Court between Dec. 5 and Dec. 19.bull; Vandals used a rock to break two of the upstairs bedroom windows of a residence in the 100 block of Willow Parkway overnight Dec. 21.bull; Vandals made two long scratches on the driver's-side of a vehicle in the 600 block of Trace Drive between 2:30 p.m. Dec. 21 and 10 a.m. Dec. 23. A neighbor, with whom the resident has had some issues, pushes a cart to her car each morning and a set of wheel tracks the size of the cart were alongside the resident's car.bull; Six mailboxes were damaged about midnight Dec. 23 in the 1000 block of Ivy Hill Lane.bull; Burglars smashed out the passenger-side window of a vehicle in the 1200 block of Deerfield Parkway between 8:30 p.m. Dec. 25 and 2 p.m. Dec. 26, entered the vehicle and removed the navigation system and $100 in cash from the center console.Elk Grove Villagebull; A trailer containing two motorcycles was stolen from a parking lot of DS Wire Inc. at 2521 E. Devon Ave., for a loss of $80,000. The 27-foot V-nosed Legend trailer valued at $12,000 was taken between noon Dec. 17 and 8 p.m. Dec. 18. It contained a gray and a white 1998 Honda Gold Wing valued at $34,000 each.bull; Arsonists threw a Molotov cocktail into a garage in the 1200 Block of Bradley Lane about 7 p.m. Dec. 18, doing extensive damage to a silver 2005 Chrysler 300 four-door. The loss was put at $2,000.bull; Thieves removed a $3,000 part from beneath the right passenger door on a 2005 Volvo tractor in a parking area at Higgins and Landmeier roads on Dec. 19-21.bull; Peter J. Herzmann, 19, of the 100 block of Tanglewood Drive, Elk Grove Village, was arrested at 2:48 a.m. Dec. 18 at Hastings and Shelley and charged with possession of cannabis and drug paraphernalia.bull; Justin S. Jordan, 19, of the 200 block of North Wolf Road, Prospect Heights, was arrested at 4 p.m. Dec. 18 in the 300 block of Elk Grove Boulevard and charged with criminal damage to property. bull; Alejandro Sanchez Jr., 18, of the 300 block of Catalpa Lane, Wood Dale, was arrested at 12:55 a.m. Dec. 19 in the 200 block of Brookhaven Drive and charged with criminal damage to property. His court date is Jan. 14.bull; Thieves about 10 p.m. Dec. 21 took a 42-inch plasma flat screen television set from the dining room area of Manor Care Health Services, 1920 Nerge Road, for a loss of $1,000.bull; Thieves about 2 p.m. Dec. 15 took an Apple iPod worth $250 near books on the floor in a classroom at Complainant reported unknown offender(s)bull; Burglars overnight Dec. 23 broke the driver's-side window on a 2002 Pontiac Grand Am in the 400 block of Laurel and took an Apple iPod and a Garmin GPS system for a loss of $400.bull; Burglars between Dec. 2-23 cut off the lock and handle to a 2000 Hallmark trailer in a lot at 1485 Landmeier Road, doing $175 damage. Nothing was taken.bull; Thieves in the early morning hours of Dec. 27 took eight empty beer kegs and a metal rack at the back of Coach's Corner, 152 Biesterfield Road, for a loss of $340.bull; Burglars punched out the driver's lock cylinder on the Stone Shop's 2001 Chevrolet cargo van overnight Dec. 28 at 2435 Brickvale Drive, but nothing was taken. Damage was $250.bull; Vandals the morning of Dec. 29 broke out the rear window to a 2005 Ford Escape parked in the 500 block of Walnut Lane, doing $200 damage. bull; Burglars broke into several vehicles the evening of Dec. 17 in a parking lot at 121 Northwest Point Blvd. They broke out the driver's-side window of a 2005 Cadillac Escalade, the passenger-side window of a 2005 Chrysler Town and Country van and the passenger-side window of a 2009 Chevrolet Impala four-door. In all three cases, glove boxes were rifled but nothing was taken. Damage in each case was estimated at $200.bull; Burglars smashed the driver's-side window on a 2009 Chevrolet Equinox in the 700 block of Perrie Drive and took the GPS unit overnight Dec. 21, for a loss of $550.bull; Vandals broke out the windows on two Orkin Pest Control trucks at 751 Lively Blvd., doing $200 in damage overnight Dec. 21.bull; Burglars broke out the back passenger window on a 2008 Chevrolet Equinox parked in the 1100 block of Touhy Avenue and took a black tote bag and an umbrella for a loss of $410 overnight Dec. 21.Rolling Meadowsbull; Burglars smashed the front, passenger-side windows to two vehicles parked at a church at 800 Rohlwing Road, about 8 p.m. Dec. 17. One vehicle was a 1996 blue Toyota Rav4. Taken was a brown Vera Bradley brand tote bag, $800 value, containing a white MacBook laptop computer, $1,0000 value. The other vehicle was a 2006 black Volkswagen Jetta. Taken was a black and tan imitation Coach purse, $400 value.bull; Burglars smashed the front, passenger-side windows to two vehicles parked at a restaurant at 3223 Algonquin Road between 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 20. One vehicle was a 1995 green Chevrolet Impala. The other vehicle was a 1997 burgundy Pontiac Bonneville. Taken in both cases were in-dash car stereos.