Man Vandalizes Nursing Home

Mark Anderson, 32, of Lombard was charged with disorderly conduct and knowingly damaging property April 6 after Niles police said he threw large stones at a nursing home in the 8500 block of Golf Road just after midnight. He also tore away three window screens from the window, then fled before police arrived, police said. 

Officers were able to locate him after 2 a.m. at a retail store one block southeast from the home. Police said he was trying to see his girlfriend, who lives at the nursing home. Police said Anderson had a backpack which contained many unopened items, including headphones, two baseball gloves, pens, cigarettes and playing cards, as well as a cutting tool they believed was for removing theft detection devices. Police said they asked him where he obtained the merchandise and whether he had a receipt, and they said he did not have a reasonable explanation of how and where he purchased the items. Police said Anderson was involved in a similar incident April 5, in which he was seen on the complainant's property without permission. Police inventoried the items they believed were stolen for further investigation or proof of ownership. Anderson's court date was April 11. 

Eight autos burglarized

On April 5 and 6, eight autos, some locked and some unlocked, were burglarized in Niles. In the 8000 block of Lake Street, someone removed an iPod worth $150 from a Toyota. In the 8500 block of Roseview, someone took a black leather wallet containing a driver's license and insurance carad from a Honda. In the 8400 block of Clara, someone took a mobile phone that was no longer in service from a Toyota. In other incidents, the value of items taken was $10 or less. The locations of the burglarized cars were: 8400 block of Clara (three incidents total on that block), 8400 block of Johanna, 8400 block of Bruce, 8000 block of Bruce.