Crime & Safety
Windows Broken in Homes, Vehicles as Property Damage Reports Come In
Graffiti also spray painted in pink on transformer box.
Someone smashed out the rear window of a vehicle parked on the driveway of a home on the 900 block of Cedar between 10:30 p.m. May 13 and 7:30 a.m. May 14. A smashed beer bottle was found on the ground behind the vehicle. Nothing appeared to be missing. Damage is estimated at $200.
Someone used a rock to break out the rear window of a vehicle parked on the 100 block of West Armitage between 8:30 p.m. May 14 and 9:30 a.m. May 15. Damage is estimated at $400.
Eggs and mayonnaise were smeared on the windows and both sides of the doors of a home on the 300 block of South Fair between March 30 and May 15. The home is unoccupied and for sale.
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A classroom window at Emerson School, 400 N. West Ave., was damaged between 8 p.m. May 16 and 7:15 p.m. May 17. Only the interior pane of glass was damaged and there was no sign of forced entry.
A golf ball was thrown through a bedroom window of a home on the 100 block of Lawndale Avenue at 3:30 a.m. May 19. The resident heard the sound of glass breaking and found her 13-year-old daughter in her bed "covered in glass," police said. The golf ball was found in the room. Police have no suspects and neighbors didn't see anything.
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Someone wrote "SLEk" and "JARS" in pink spray paint on a ComEd transformer box at Grace and Elm Park between 9 a.m. May 20 and 7:55 a.m. May 23. Damage is estimated at $30.
Someone broke a van window and spray-painted the east wall of a church on the 300 block of East Belden between May 20 and 1:45 p.m. May 26. Damage is estimated at $500.
Someone broke a large window of a business on the 100 block of West Vallette between 4 p.m. May 26 and 6:49 a.m. May 27. Entry was not gained, but damage is estimated at $800 to $1,000.
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