Crime & Safety
Police Blotter: Gas-and-Dash, Graffiti, Theft
The police department has provided the following reports. Charges do not indicate a conviction.
"Readers are reminded that an arrest by the police does not constitute a finding of guilt, and that the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty," according to a statement from police Cmdr. Michael Fujara. All information comes directly from police reports.
Theft
An unidentified man filled up his vehicle with gas at the Shell Station at 5600 Dempster St. on June 1 and sped off without paying.
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Deceptive practices
An unknown male called a resident posing as the resident's grandson and asking for money because he was in trouble. The resident wired the money on June 1 but then found out it was a scam.
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Theft
Two people ordered food at a restaurant at 9001 Waukegan Rd. on June 1, but they left without paying.
Criminal damage to property
Someone spraypainted a wooden fence at 6100 Dempster St. on June 5.
Unknown offenders spraypainted two different business in the 6000 block of Dempster Street on June 6.
A driver found the window of his vehicle smashed out at Menards (8800 Menard Ave.) on June 6.
Another driver found his car spraypainted at 6000 Dempster St. on June 6.
