Northwest suburban police blotter

Arlington Heights bull; Aisha V. Howard-Knight, 33, who is homeless, was arrested around 10:30 a.m. April 23 at Euclid and Evergreen and charged with felony aggravated battery, assault, disorderly conduct and resisting a peace officer. Police said she spat and swore at St. James Catholic School students who were crossing Arlington Heights Road with their teacher. When questioned by an officer, she pulled an 18-inch-long metal bar from under her sweatshirt and hit the officer on the head, police said. The officer held her, aided by a 66-year-old Arlington Heights man who was walking by, until other officers arrived. The officer was treated at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights. Howard-Knight's court date is May 24.bull; Nicholas W. Hamilton, 27, of the 1200 block of South Highland, Arlington Heights, was arrested around 4:15 p.m. April 22 and charged with disorderly conduct, resisting a peace officer, battery, domestic battery, and violating an order of protection. His court date is June 3.bull; Rosa A. Garcia, 22, of the 0-100 block of Laurel, Wheeling, was arrested around 3:40 p.m. April 23 at Kohl's, 800 W. Dundee Road, and charged with felony retail theft. Reports said she took a purse off a shelf and filled it with children's shoes and clothes, men's clothes, and jewelry valued at $803. Her court date is May 24. She has a previous retail theft conviction, police said. bull; Burglars pried the rear door at a home on the 1200 block of North Ridge Avenue between 6:45 and 10:45 p.m. April 24, ransacked four second-floor bedrooms, closets, and bathrooms, and stole two watches, 13 bracelets, 7-8 necklaces, and two pairs of diamond earrings. Value was estimated between $12,000-$20,000. Four teenage boys standing in front of the house ran away when the victim drove into the driveway. bull; Thieves stole 26 steel pipe bollards from the sidewalk in front of the Mariano's Fresh Market construction site, 802 E. Northwest Hwy., between 4 p.m. April 20 and 7 a.m. April 22. Value was estimated at $3,000.bull; A teenage boy stole an employee's cell phone valued at $300 at Walgreens, 1711 W. Campbell St., around 12:30 p.m. April 25, after the employee placed it on a counter. bull; Burglars stole a cell phone valued at $350 out of an unlocked 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt in a business lot at 507 W. Algonquin Road around 3:30 a.m. April 26.bull; Vandals broke 15 solar landscape lights along the backyard fence at a home on the 2100 block of North Fernandez between 11 p.m. April 23 and 8 p.m. April 24. Damage was estimated at $200. Vandals broke solar lights at the same house March 31.bull; A man talked his way into a woman's apartment on the 1700 block of Woods Drive around 1:30 p.m. April 23; he told her he could help her with floral planting and walked with her to her balcony. He received a phone call and told her he would be back later. After he left, she noticed several drawers open, but nothing appeared to be missing.Barrington bull; Vandals damaged the door trim and jamb on a 2006 Honda Odyssey from 1:30 to 4 p.m. April 23 at the Barrington Library on Northwest Highway.Buffalo Grove bull; An employee reported that he left his personal navigation system in a Sears Carpet company truck at 1005 Commerce Court overnight April 23 and the system was not in the truck the following day.bull; Thieves broke the passenger rear window on a vehicle parked at Emmerich Park West, 150 Raupp Blvd., during a ballgame the evening of April 24 and took a purse from the rear seat. bull; Ivy Hall School officials reported that someone took two park benches valued at $400 from the park area behind the school between 8 a.m. April 17 and 18.bull; A witness observed a male subject leaning into the front passenger window of a vehicle in the 100 block of Lexington Drive on April 22. There was broken glass on the ground. The subject then got into a vehicle and drove away. A radar detector was missing.bull; Thieves entered a vehicle and removed a radar detector overnight April 15 on the 1100 block of Hidden Lake Drive. The locking mechanism on the driver's-side door was damaged. bull; Thieves took a television, projector, laptop computer and a briefcase from the office area and the conference room of Assembled Products, 300 Hastings Drive, over the weekend of April 16. Officials are reviewing security footage and alarm records to see who had access to these areas over the weekendbull; A security guard reported that someone broke the passenger-side window to a vehicle in the Allstate parking lot at 2150 E. Lake Cook Road the morning of April 19. A power cord and holder to a radar detector were taken. Rolling Meadows bull; Eric J. Fritz, 18, of the 3000 block of Oriole Lane, Rolling Meadows, Brandon J. Orleman, 19, of the 2700 block of Campbell Street, Rolling Meadows, and a 17-year-old male from Rolling Meadows, were arrested about 10:30 p.m. April 12 in the 2200 block of Hicks Road after an officer on patrol observed an occupied vehicle parked at a business that was closed for several hours. Fritz was charged with unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, Orleman was charged with unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and unlawful possession of cannabis. Both were released on bond and are due in court May 3. The juvenile was charged with unlawful possession of cannabis and released to his parents.bull; The building manager at Carriageway Condos, 5200 Carriageway Drive, reported that between April 5 and 16, thieves took property from three apartments was vacated due to a fire, with some of the victims' property being left behind during renovation. A complete list of items taken was still being compiled, but missing items included a guitar, a jewelry box with jewelry, several items of jewelry and several CDs.bull; Thieves entered an unlocked 1996 black Ford Mustang in the 2300 block of Birch Lane between 1-9 p.m. April 12 and removed the face plate, $150 value, to a JVC brand car stereo system.bull; Thieves entered a 1998 black Mercury Mystique overnight April 13 in the 2700 block of Northampton Drive and disturbed several items.bull; A man attempted to gain entry to a 1996 silver Jeep Cherokee about 10 p.m. April 17 in the 4700 block of Calvert Drive, but was chased off by the owner, who was unable to apprehend the subject.bull; Thieves stole a black leather purse, $50 value, from a 2007 white Honda Accord parked at the north parking lot at 3001 Central Road the late afternoon of April 18 while the owner was watching a ballgame.bull; Thieves entered a 1996 green and tan Ford Explorer and took three compact discs, $30 value, in the early morning hours of April 17 in the 4400 block of Magnolia Drive.