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Car Burglaries

Monday, March 11, 2013

Car Burglaries Prompt Police Warning

Lake Bluff Police Department offers suggestions to residents to avoid being theft victims.

Windows were smashed on two cars at the Lake Bluff train station parking lot and items taken Thursday prompting Deputy Police Chief David Belmonte to offer suggestions to reduce the chances of car burglaries. According to a news release from the Lake Bluff Police Department, officers received a call at 8:45 a.m. Thursday that two vehicles parked at the train station had smashed windows on the drivers’ side. Loose change, sunglasses, a GPS unit and a cell phone charger were taken. Get local news in a daily email from Patch. It's like getting a free newspaper. Learn more.  Belmonte indicated car burglaries like these are common along the North Shore, particularly in large parking lots like train stations or corporate locations. Valuables are…

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Lake Bluff Police Department and Lake Forest Teen Arrested for Breaking into Cars

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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Regional Police Report: Sex Offender Robbed Waitress, Family; Prositution at Dragon Spa Again and More

The following is a selection of police related items from area Patches. Where an arrest is referenced it is only an accusation and does not indicate a conviction.

Cops: Sex Offender Robbed Waitress, Family A Tennessee convict is ordered held in lieu of $1 million after storming into the Lake View restaurant Cassava Bread Sunday night and robbing a waitress, a Buffalo Grove mother and her two children, the Chicago Tribune reports. William Castle, 43, was charged with aggravated robbery, unlawful restraint and aggravated kidnapping, police said. He is also on Tennessee’s sexual offender registry for aggravated sexual battery in 2009. Police say the Buffalo Grove family was eating at the Lake View bakery at 3338 N. Clark St. when Castle busted in around 6:10 p.m., asking the 19-year-old waitress if he could use the bathroom, the Hartford Courant reports. Instead, the man entered the kitchen, grabbed …

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Sex Offender Held After Robbing Waitress, Buffalo Grove Family (in Buffalo Grove Patch), Cassava Bread (in Lake View Patch), Crystal Lake Man Charged with 17 Car Burglaries, Theft, Forgery (in Crystal Lake-Cary Patch), and 4 more ›

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