Elmhurst police reported a number of incidences of property damage over the past month. Reports were released between June 9 and July 11.
Windows were shattered on a dealership's car parked at Honda of Elmhurst, 300 W. Grand Ave., sometime between 10:30 p.m. June 7 and 9 a.m. June 8. The vehicle was locked and nothing appeared to be missing. Damage is estimated at $500.
Someone drew a penis and wrote the word "slut" on the sidewalk in front of a home on the 200 block of East Third Street between 12:30 and 2 p.m. June 9. Several eggs also were thrown at the home, causing damage to the aluminum siding.
Someone damaged an outdoor walkway lamp worth $300 on the 700 block of Chatham between 9:30 p.m. June 8 and noon June 9.
Someone used spray-painted in purple the words "Sleks" and "Slek" on the wall of the underpass at North and Emroy between 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. June 17. The suspect is described as a male about 6 feet 2 inches who walks with a limp and has acne. He was carrying a skateboard and a backpack.
Unreadable black and gray graffiti was found scribbled and sprayed on the Union Pacific Railroad utility box near Pioneer Park at 8 p.m. June 19.
Someone shot orange paintballs at the front of a home on the 300 block of Lexington between 10:30 and 11:30 p.m. June 22. Damage is estimated at $200.
Police had to replace about 15 drain and manhole covers in the area of Second and Third streets and Elm and Oak streets at 7:38 a.m. June 24. Most of the grates were still in the sewer and had to be lifted out. Two manhole covers had been removed and were on the parkways. Police also noticed a 4-inch-by-4-inch hole in the concrete in front of a sewer drain on the southeast corner of Second and Evergreen, possibly due to an offender dropping a grate on the road. Police said the neighbors didn't see anything unusual.
The right side and rear of a silver 2003 Saturn L200 was keyed while it was parked in the parking deck at 120 Adelaide between 4 p.m. June 23 and 11:15 a.m. June 24.
A window on the north side of Sandburg Middle School, 345 E. St. Charles Road, was damaged with what appeared to be a baseball between noon June 22 and 8 a.m. June 25. Damage is estimated at $50.
Someone apparently kicked the door panel of a garage door on the 200 block of East First Street damaging two of its lower panels and causing $700 in damage. The incident was reported at 1 p.m. June 29.
The front window of a home on the 700 block of South Spring Road was damaged by a rock. Damage is estimated at $200. The incident was reported at 10 p.m. July 1.
The "Welcome to Elmhurst" sign at North Avenue and Route 83 was found knocked down at 1:30 p.m. July 11.
this type of behavior has to be stopped early on, if not it can, and will spiral out of control into much bigger problems for the community. no one wants to see Elmhurst on ABC, CBS, or NBC, FOX or WGN News, for what these kids could potentially do. Let's not forget kids and teenagers do stupid things. I would recommend that the culprits be identified, and undergo mandatory psychological evaluations, and mandatory counseling sessions 3x a week. that is really the only way to solve the problem. that behavior is unacceptable, and makes our community look bad. With all the problems going on in this country with the economy and everything else, it only makes sense that people would absorb all of this negativity psychosomatically and expel it through negative destructive behavior.
like the article here on patch about empathy vs bullies. starts with parents, the community, and kids who understand what it takes to earn a dollar doing hard work. not rich kids in their parents car who are bored, drunk, stoned, and lack any sort of mentoring.