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Northwest suburban police blotter

Arlington Heightsbull; Vandals used gray, black and red paint to spray graffiti on the east brick wall at Forest View Racquet Club, 800 E. Falcon Drive, between May 8 and 13.bull; Burglars ransacked the master bedroom and rifled through a computer desk in a den at an unlocked home on the 800 block of Jennifer Court between 6 and 7:15 a.m. May 15.bull; Thieves stole a men's unlocked black 26-inch, 10-speed bicycle parked in the hall outside an apartment on the 100 block of South Dryden Avenue between midnight and 1:45 a.m. May 15. Value was estimated at $60.bull; Thieves stole a skateboard, roller blade, and an unlocked orange BMX bike off an apartment porch on the 300 block of West Miner Street between 10 a.m. and noon May 8. Value was estimated at $180.bull; Vandals hurled a baseball-size polished rock at the windshield on a 2003 Pontiac Montana minivan in a driveway on the 2700 block of Harvard Avenue between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. May 14. bull; A man, 25-30 years old, kicked over a flowerpot outside Grand Station Restaurant, 101 W. Campbell St., around 8 p.m. May 14. A witness followed him but lost sight of the offender in the Vail Street garage. Damage was estimated at $250.bull; Vandals shot seven BB-gun pellets into a driver's-side window on a 2004 Lexus in a business lot at 2200 W. Euclid Ave. between 3:15 and 5:36 p.m. May 15. Damage was estimated at $120.bull; Burglars stole a wallet out of an unlocked 2010 Ford Focus at Ridge and Euclid Avenue between 7:25 and 7:40 p.m. May 14 while the male victim was carrying items to the car.bull; Burglars stole a cell phone and laptop computer out of an unlocked 2006 Chrysler Town and Country minivan in a driveway on the 200 block of South Windsor Drive between 6:30 p.m. May 14 and 8 a.m. May 15. Value was estimated at $2,100.bull; Burglars entered three unlocked vehicles in a driveway on the 0-100 block of North Stratford Road between 10:15 a.m. May 12 and 7 a.m. May 13 and stole loose change out of a 1995 Nissan Maxima and a GPS valued at $200 out of a 1999 GMC. Nothing appeared to be missing out of a 2008 Honda Civic.bull; Burglars stole a subwoofer and bottle of cologne out of a 1995 Toyota 4 Runner in a driveway on the 1000 block of North Douglas between 4 p.m. May 5 and 7 a.m. May 7. Value was estimated at $380.bull; Burglars stole a set of golf clubs, bag and shoes out of an unlocked 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee on the 200 block of South Walnut between noon May 8 and 7 a.m. May 15. Value was estimated at $2,000.Barringtonbull; Thieves stole an iPod valued at $160 during a sleepover at a home on the 400 block of Lageschulte Road around April 25. bull; Burglars broke into a Mercedes-Benz at Barrington Middle School, Station Campus, 215 Eastern Ave., between 11:20 a.m. And 2:20 p.m. May 12 and stole a purse valued at $350.bull; Burglars broke into a Cadillac Escalade on the 1600 block of East Main Street around 7:30 p.m. May 16 and stole a radar detector.Buffalo Grovebull; ROI North America, 1250 Barclay Blvd., asked police to investigate the theft of computer software worth more than $300, possibly by a former employee, between April 1 and May 14.bull; Thieves stole a cell phone at Cooper Junior High School from inside a school bag, which was in the locker room while the student participated in a track event about 3:40 p.m. May 13.bull; Thieves took a bicycle worth more than $300 from a garage in the 100 block of Morningside Lane West about 4 p.m. March 15. The overhead door was closed but the inside access door was unlocked. The resident shares a common hallway with three other units.bull; Vandals tipped over a portable toilet, egged the pavilion and threw toilet paper on various trees at Woodland Park on May 15.bull; Vandals tipped over portable toilets at Longfellow Park, Cooper Park and Kilmer Park on May 16.bull; Thieves stole 3,600 worth of jewelry from the master bedroom of a home in the 300 block of Ronnie Drive between April 21-28.Rosemontbull; Rosemont conducted targeted enforcement patrols over a two-week period: April 23-May 9, through a grant funded by the Illinois Department of Transportation. Officers issued 63 citations, with the majority for motorists who did not utilize their safety belt restraint system, or properly secure their children in a proper child restraint system. The balance of the citations were for equipment violations as well as six tickets for lack of insurance coverage. The targeted enforcement patrols also let to arrest of two people for driving under the influence of alcohol or intoxicating compounds. One of them was also charged with possession of cannabis and drug paraphernalia.Wheelingbull; The Wheeling Police Department announced it will conduct a roadside safety checkpoint at Milwaukee Avenue and Dundee Road May 29.bull; Burglars broke into a 2004 Ford Sporttrac on the 400 block of Foxboro Drive between 10 p.m. May 11 and 8:30 a.m. May 12 and stole a CD/DVD player. Loss was estimated at $550.bull; Vandals cut three tires and scratched both sides of a 2008 Toyota 4 Runner in an apartment lot on the 500 block of Manda Lane between 10:30 p.m. May 12 and 7 a.m. May 13. Damage was estimated at $2,540.bull; Two offenders stole $139 out of a woman's mobile home on the 100 block of Phaeton Drive around 2:40 p.m. May 14. One of the offenders kept the occupant distracted in the front area of the mobile home, asking questions about her homeowner's insurance, while the second offender opened the rear door, ransacked a bedroom and stole the money. bull; Burglars entered an unlocked sliding patio door at a home on the 100 block of West Norman Lane between 8 p.m. and midnight May 8 and stole a laptop computer valued at $1,100. bull; Vandals smashed the windshield and a driver's-side window on a 1992 Acura in a driveway on the 800 block of Tanglewood between 7:15 and 8:50 a.m. May 9. Damage was estimated at $500.bull; Burglars broke into a 2001 Audi S8 in a hotel lot at 601 N. Milwaukee Ave. between noon May 8 and 8:20 p.m. May 9 and stole a radar detector. Loss was estimated at $550.