Burglary Reported on Wilson, But the Home Was Vacant

Residential Burglary

Between 7 p.m. May 1 and 11 a.m. May 2, someone entered a home on the 200 block of East Wilson by forcing open two basement windows. The home was empty because the residents had moved out, and nothing was stolen. But they did notice the upstairs bedroom door to the deck was open, as were built-in dresser drawers. Damage to the windows is estimated at $500.

Property Damage

Someone punctured the left rear tire on a vehicle parked on the 200 block of North West Avenue between 3 and 6:38 a.m. April 19. The victim said the same tire had been punctured the day before, and she had just replaced the tire at a cost of $112. On the same morning and on the same block, another victim was contacted by a neighbor, who said someone had punctured both of the rear tires on her vehicle. This victim also had just replaced the two tires because they had been punctured the day before. Loss is $250.

Someone spray-painted "4/20" with a cannabis leaf and several other obscenities on the walls, floors and wood beams of the first and second floors of a home under construction on the 400 block of South Prairie between 6 p.m. April 20 and 11 a.m. April 21.

Someone spray-painted several comments along the Salt Creek Trail Bridge at Route 83. The damage was discovered at 2:27 p.m. April 23.

Someone spray-painted "MAR" with three small circles above the letters and three larger circles below the letters on the south side of Joe Gentile's Service Station, 954 N. York Road between 6 p.m. April 24 and 6:30 a.m. April 25.

Someone spray-painted "CAL" and "UAR" on the side of a building at 137 W. Diversey. The damage was noticed at 12:46 p.m. April 29.

Someone spray-painted an elevator door at the Schiller Parking Deck on the first block of Schiller Street. The damage was discovered at 1:36 p.m. April 29.

The owner of a property on the 600 block of North York Street told police that his tenants had just moved out, and when he went to the home at 1 a.m. April 29, he found numerous windows broken from the inside. Damage is estimated at $1,000.

Someone marked the North Avenue/Emroy underpass with purple graffiti between 11 a.m. May 1 and 11 a.m. May 2