Crime & Safety

Fast Food Fuels Fight, Appliance Theft

A look at weird crimes in the Chicago area.

A couple ordered food and several drinks valued at $126.34 at Sports Page Bar and Grill in Arlington Heights. When the server went to give the couple their check, they were gone.

Crime spree also included taking candy from baby, knocking old lady over in street

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A man stole a blue and black children’s backpack decorated with dinosaurs and cash from a shopping cart at an Evanston grocery store.

Where's the beef?

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Niles police responded to a fight between a woman in her 50s said her son, 19, that originated when she did not get him any food when she went to Burger King.

Is your refrigerator running away

Someone entered the open window of an Evanston home and stole a refrigerator.

If she gets arrested she can do two years in just 30 minutes

A microwave was removed from a long-term rental room at an Arlington Heights hotel. Employees believe it could have been taken by a long-term female guest who stayed there for two years.

Volkswagen painted by the people

A group of 10 men hit a 2013 Volkswagen with orange paintballs in Evanston.

She was following a bad lie

Officers said they observed a woman steal a golf cart from the Buffalo Grove Days grounds.

Brown couch's owner blue

A man stole a three-year-old brown couch in a burglary in Evanston.


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