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OMGPD: Sweatpants Thieves Hit Victoria's Secret, Costly Coffee Break

Among today's collection of odd and quirky reports are the theft of 41 pairs of children's Jeggings, and a Melrose Park man who, after a night of drinking, stops at the Elmhurst Police Station while trying to find his car.

GENEVA


Victoria’s Secret? (They Sell Sweat Pants)


Ten items of clothing were taken from Victoria’s Secret, 318 Commons Drive. Exotic lingerie? Nope: sweat pants and sweatshirts. The items were taken between 4:20 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Nov. 7, and had a total value of at least $601.35. The store manager told police two females took the clothes, got into a dark-colored sport-utility vehicle and proceeded north on Commons Drive.


WHEATON

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Bicycle Stolen During Coffee Break


A bicyclist who stopped in at Caribou Coffee, 390 W. Front St., about 3:41 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013, told police that as he drank his coffee inside, he saw a male get onto his unlocked bicycle and take off eastbound. The bicycle was valued at $650.


ELMHURST

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Next Time, He’s Probably On His Own


A Melrose Park man was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after an incident at the Elmhurst Police Station at 2:28 a.m. Nov. 3. He reportedly took a cab to the police department because he couldn't find his car after a night out at a bar. He was arrested in the lobby of the police station after he began yelling and swearing at his wife and sister, who arrived to pick him up, police said. He was released on bond.


Even Without Headlights, They Can Still See You


A Stickney woman was arrested and charged with DUI and possession of cannabis after police pulled over her black Jeep Wrangler for speeding and driving without headlights at North and Route 83 at 12:53 a.m. Nov. 9. She was released on bond.


Um, I’ll Take Some of That


Someone dumped two dressers, a headboard and footboard, a television, shoes, latex purple gloves and miscellaneous CDs and DVDs into a Dumpster at Tape and Label Graphic, 442 W. Fullerton, at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 9.


HINSDALE


Man Starts Fire, Steals Turtles


Riley J. McBride, 29, of the 400 block of South Monroe Street, Hinsdale, was charged with violating local theft and open burning ordinances, according to police. Authorities say he stole lawn ornaments from outside one home in the 600 block of West Hinsdale Avenue and started a brushfire in front of another between 8:41 p.m. and 9:16 p.m. on Nov. 9. Hinsdale Deputy Police Chief Mark Wodka said the responding officer observed some signs that McBride was under the influence of alcohol or narcotics, but did not find enough evidence to confirm it.


BATAVIA


Attack of the Killer Cement Can


Two West Chicago men are facing felony charges for allegedly rolling a cement city-of-Batavia garbage can through a glass storefront door. Around 12:11 a.m. Oct. 18, officers found a large, cement garbage can smashed through the front door of Instrument Exchange, 17. N. River St. Investigation revealed that the garbage can was property of the city of Batavia and had been rolled down the pedestrian stairs of the city's parking garage before it was rammed through the door of the business.


GENEVA


Grown Man Takes 41 Pairs of Girls Jeggings


According to Geneva police reports, a man took 41 pairs of girls, multicolored, children-sized Jeggings from The Children’s Place, 218 Commons Drive, at around 1:55 p.m. Nov. 7. The manager told police that a black male entered the store, grabbed three piles of Jeggings and left in a black Cadillac Escalade. Each pair of Jeggings was valued at $19.95, for a total value of $817.95, reports said. According to the Urban Dictionary, Jeggings are "a fairly recent combination in fashion, achieved when combining leggings and jeans."


ST. CHARLES


Closing Time? But I Wanna Pay My … What Tab?


A man pushed his way past a bar’s doorman at closing, insisting he only wanted to pay his tab. But the doorman questioned the excuse after letting the man in, only to see him meet up with some friends. When asked about paying his tab, Francesco Anthony Donatone, 23, of the 29W400 block of Lee Road, West Chicago, reportedly responded with an expletive and stormed out. A police officer who witnessed the exchange at The Alibi Bar & Grill, 12 N. 3rd St., cited Donatone with disorderly conduct-public drunkenness, then arrested the man on a charge of obstruction when he refused to let police see his identification. The incident occurred at  1:47 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013.


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