Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park Biker goods lifted from SUV Several items were taken overnight Monday from a 2002 Ford Explorer parked in the 1400 block of Paris. The owner said she had parked the vehicle in the driveway at 6 p.m. last Sunday and found that the items were gone at 1 p.m. Monday. Among them were the in-dash stereo, which was valued at $300, a Global Positioning System unit ($200), a motorcycle helmet ($1,300) and two motorcycle leather coats ($800 each). The driver’s-side front window had been broken … [Read more...] about Police Blotter

Lincoln Park Unattended tools go missing Power and hand tools valued about $1,400 were taken Oct. 10 from outside a church in the 200 block of Porter. A man hired to cut the grass there left a string trimmer, a blower and an edger next to his truck, which was parked just east of the church, while he went inside just before 8 a.m. When he came back out a few minutes later, the items were gone. Jewelry taken from house during wedding Nearly $10,000 worth of jewelry was taken from a house in the … [Read more...] about Police blotter

Lincoln Park High school robbed, ransacked A large amount of cash was taken last weekend from Lincoln Park High School, 1701 Champaign. Police were called early Monday morning and found a milk crate on the roof that they believed thieves used to gain access to a second-floor window, where blood was found on the ledge. Blood also was found throughout the cafe on the second floor. The cash was taken from a storage room after its glass door had been broken. The glass door on the bookstore storage room also was … [Read more...] about Police blotter

Lincoln Park Paper route cut short   The car of a Taylor woman was stolen early last Sunday while she was delivering papers along Markese near Dix.      She said she had just walked up to a house about 5:30 a.m. when she heard someone whistle. She then turned around to see a white man in his 20s with a shaved head get into her 2001 Chevrolet Cavalier and drive off with about 150 newspapers still inside.      The man was wearing a white T-shirt and described as about 5 feet 6 inches tall with a thin build.   Couple … [Read more...] about Police Blotter

Lincoln Park Garage damaged, raided within hours A resident in the 1100 block of Fort Park locked his garage at 1 a.m. Monday and returned four hours later to find its front door damaged and several items missing. The door sustained $2,000 in damage by thieves, who made off with three power saws valued collectively at $680 and $200 worth of hand tools. Shopper chases, catches purse snatcher A 37-year-old resident was caught late Monday after snatching the purse of a woman at Meijer, 3710 … [Read more...] about Police Blotter

Lincoln Park   Sound equipment swiped from vehicles       Two vehicles parked at a residence in the 1300 block of Applewood were broken into between 3:30 and 7:30 a.m. last Sunday.     An AM-FM-radio/CD player valued at $75 was taken from a 1997 Chevrolet Blazer. Missing from a 2007 Dodge Nitro were two turntables valued collectively at $600, two monitor speakers ($800), a mixer ($100), headphones ($30), connective wiring ($40) and a case containing 75 CDs ($750).     The thieves returned a key to one of the vehicles … [Read more...] about Police Blotter