Police beat

Des Plaines

• A home on the 0-100 block of West Bradley was robbed of $50,000 in jewelry between Nov. 14-27. Police say the victim lives alone and only a utility employee came into the house during that time.

Mount Prospect

• A trampoline canvas at a home on the 500 block of North Prospect Manor Avenue was vandalized overnight Nov. 26-27. Damage was estimated at $100, but the same trampoline was vandalized in October.

Prospect Heights

• A man rented but did not return a sewer camera, locater and rodder from Route 12 Rental, 1306 E. Rand Road, on Nov. 15. A loss estimate was not available.

• Vandals kicked the rear door of a 1998 Pontiac van on the 1200 block of North Stratford Road and hurled a landscape brick through a rear window, all on Nov. 23. A damage estimate was not available.

• Thieves stole two plastic sandwich board signs for Yummy Gourmet Restaurant, 1255 N. Rand Road, overnight Nov.22-23. One sign had been chained and anchored to the ground; the chain was cut. The first sign was discovered in a trash Dumpster behind a restaurant on the 1300 block of Rand. The loss was estimated at $400.