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Police beat

Posted November 07, 2008 10:00 pm

Daily Herald Staff Report

Des Plaines

• John Nicholas, 48, 1768 Mannheim Road, Des Plaines, was arrested around 11:40 a.m. Nov. 3 during a traffic stop on the 1200 block of Everett Avenue and charged with possession of marijuana and felony possession of a controlled substance. His court date was not available.

• Sara Martinez, 19, 401 S. Elmhurst Road, Mount Prospect, was arrested around 11:45 p.m. Nov. 3 after a traffic stop on the 700 block of West Golf Road and charged with possession of marijuana. Her court date is Dec. 12.

• A $200 digital camera was stolen out of an unlocked 2001 Honda Accord in a driveway on the 1700 block of Spruce Avenue about 1:30 p.m. Oct. 31.

Mount Prospect

• An older teenage boy, possibly 17, took $40 from an elderly couple on the 700 block of North Russell Street around 3:15 p.m. Oct. 3. He pretended to be a student at Prospect High School, soliciting funds for a band trip to Europe. He told the couple he would give them a magazine subscription for the donation, but they refused the subscription and gave him the $40 donation anyway. He gave them a receipt, asked for water and used their bathroom before leaving. He tried the same ploy at the next door neighbor's home, but the man there refused to let him in and would not give him water. There was no indication anything was missing from the first home. The high school band was not soliciting funds and members do not go door-to-door.

• A black and gray bicycle was stolen out of an open garage on the 400 block of North Pine Street 6-9 p.m. Nov. 1. Value was estimated at $550.

• Kathryn A. Shaffer, 17, 615 S. George St., Mount Prospect, was arrested around 2:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at Prospect High School, 801 W. Kensington Road, and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. Her court date is Nov. 24.

Prospect Heights

• Someone broke the padlock and door frame to the furnace room at an apartment building on the 700 block of Piper Lane Oct. 24-Nov. 3, but did not get inside. Vandals have pried the door three times in the last two months. Damage estimates were not available.

• A wheel and tire were stolen off a 2005 Nissan Sentra outside an apartment building on the 800 block of East Old Willow Road, between 5 p.m. Nov 2 and 6:20 a.m. Nov. 3. A damage estimate was not available.