Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Police have arrested two men for 14 Wilmette burglaries that occurred in the early morning of Friday April 12.
Wilmette police have arrested two suspects in connection to a string of burglaries that occurred in the early morning hours of Friday, April 12. Murad Eminov, 18, of Chicago is being charged with three counts of felony burglary and one count of felony unlawful use of an unissued credit card, and a 15 year old juvenile male from Chicago is being petitioned to be charged with one count of felony burglary, a release from the Wilmette Police Department stated. On Friday April 12, the Wilmette Police Department received calls about one non-force garage burglary and thirteen burglary reports to unlocked motor vehicles. At 1:45 a.m., a credit card stolen from one of the vehicles was used to make an unauthorized purchase at a Highland Park gas …
Monday, December 24, 2012
The following arrest information was provided by the Wilmette Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
Last week: 81-year-old Woman Drives on Metra Tracks, Delays Train Theft Someone stole a $1,700 watch and over $2,000 worth of jewelry from the locker room of an athletic club located in the 900 block of Michigan Avenue. The victim told police that she had left the items inside her gym bag, which she left unsecured in the locker room while she swam. The stolen items included a set of Ippolita earrings, one Ippolita necklace and an Ebel women’s watch. Criminal Damage An unknown offender fired air-gun pellets (BBs) through three storefront windows of a business located in the 200 block of Green Bay Road at approximately 2 p.m. on Dec. 6. Officer reported that the business’s windows were punctured, but not shattered, by a small, circular …
Friday, December 21, 2012
The following arrest information was provided by the Wilmette Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction. For questions about this blotter, contact: jordan.s.graham@gmail.com.
Earlier: Jewelry Targeted in Wilmette Weekend Home Burglaries Driving on the Train Tacks An 81-year-old Evanston woman drove onto the Metra train tracks near Lake Avenue at approximately 5:57 p.m. on Dec. 16. Police reported that he woman had been driving on the wrong side of the road before turning onto the tracks. Train service was reportedly interrupted until 6:30 p.m. Police said they gave the driver a citation ordering she take a driver’s license retest. Disturbance A woman living in the 300 block of Washington Avenue called police at 11 p.m. on Dec. 13 to report that her ex-husband had chased her male babysitter down the street. According to the police report, the babysitter told police that he was talking to his employer on the …
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Two burglaries and one attempted burglary occurred within three hours .
Wilmette police were called to three local homes Saturday evening after someone attempted to force entry to one residence and two more were burglarized, all within a three-hour span, police reported. Offenders made off with approximately $5,000 worth of jewelry in one burglary, stole an undisclosed amount of jewelry in another and were denied entry in a third incident, according to police reports. Police were alerted to the first burglary when they responded to an alarm call coming from a two story building located in the 1600 block of Elmwood Avenue at 6:21 p.m. Responding officers reported that the building's back door had been forced open with a pry tool and the alarm panel had been ripped off the wall. Empty jewelry boxes were found on…
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
The 10 topics that most interested readers during the past year were stories about local eateries, noteworthy crimes, unfortunate accidents and exceptional residents.
Now that the year is nearing its end, it offers an opportunity to look back on which stories most interested Wilmette-Kenilworth Patch readers. What story did you follow most closely? 1. C.J. Arthur’s closed in September, but the space could soon be home to a new gastropub. Residents must have felt down after we reported that C.J. Arthur’s, one of Wilmette’s few live music spots, would be closing its doors at the end September after serving the North Shore for 23 years. Yet, less than three months later, we broke a story that a group of eight Wilmette families had leased the former C.J. Arthur’s storefront with an aim to turn the space into a new gastropub by late next spring. News of a potential family-friendly tavern and eatery serving “…
The following arrest information was provided by the Wilmette Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction. For questions about this blotter, contact: jordan.s.graham@gmail.com.
Last week: Christmas Lights Cut, Porno Mags Left, Eggs Thrown During Months of Harassment Theft A Wilmette man living in the 800 block of Harvard Street told police on Dec. 10 that he thinks at least one of three men who delivered a bed to his home a week earlier stole a $300 Timex watch from the top drawer of his bedroom nightstand. Police said the man told them that three men delivered the bed at around noon on Dec. 4 and left approximately 45 minutes later. According to the police report, the man said that when he tried to locate the watch the following day, he could not find it. Police reported the man had no proof the watch was stolen. Criminal Damage Unknown offenders used a black permanent marker to write the words “the mob”, “the …
Friday, December 14, 2012
The following arrest information was provided by the Wilmette Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction. For questions about this blotter, contact: jordan.s.graham@gmail.com.
Last week: Woman Reports Losing $10,000 Ring at Wilmette Shopping Center Criminal Damage and Harassment A Wilmette woman living in the 2300 block of Pomona Lane told police on Dec. 5 that she has been the victim of several incidents of vandalism and harassment during the past two months. According to the police report, the woman said that Christmas lights on the outside of her home had been cut twice within the previous week and that on Dec. 1, someone had pried and damaged the door to her handmade mailbox, causing approximately $150 in damages. The woman also told police about several other strange incidents, including an unknown offender drawing a line on her car with a silver marker, someone pushing over a basketball hoop at her home, …
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Wilmette police arrested two Chicago men in connection with a Dec. 4 burglary and a third man for allegedly stealing a car.
Wilmette police arrested two Chicago men who are suspected of breaking into a Wilmette home, stealing jewelry and electronics, and pawning the goods in Chicago, police reported. Police say Syed Mujeebulla Qadri, 20, and Michael T. Rosellini, 20, entered a home in the 1500 block of Lake Avenue on Dec. 4 through an unlocked door and stole several pieces of jewelry, an Apple iPod, a “docking station”, an Apple iPhone, a digital camera and cash. The two men pawned some of the stolen property shortly after the burglary, according to a police press release. Wilmette detectives said they traced some of those goods to a Chicago pawn shop and found additional items in the suspects’ Chicago homes. While investigating the burglary, Wilmette …
Friday, December 7, 2012
The following arrest information was provided by the Wilmette Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction. For questions about this blotter, contact: jordan.s.graham@gmail.com.
Earlier: Woman Reports Losing $10,000 Ring at Wilmette Shopping Center Theft A Wilmette gas station located in the 900 block of Green Bay Road has had more than $200 worth of gas stolen and suffered hundreds of dollars in property damages after the station was robbed four times during the past three months, according to police reports. In each incident, the offender has used a pry tool to open the front panel of a gas pump in order to bypass the station’s payment system. In addition to the stolen gas, the damage caused by the break ins has been costly, as high as $500 in one theft. The most recent theft occurred Saturday, when a man and a woman driving a white Pontiac stole approximately $60 worth of gas and caused $200 worth of damage to …
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
The following arrest information was provided by the Wilmette Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction. For questions about this blotter, contact: jordan.s.graham@gmail.com.
Earlier: Teen Crashes Truck Through School Fence Lost Ring An Evanston woman told Wilmette police on Nov. 28 that she had lost a platinum and diamond ring worth $10,000 while shopping at several Wilmette retailers located in the 3200 block of Lake Avenue five to six months earlier. The woman said she recalled wearing the band while shopping at three Edens Plaza stores during May or June, and, according to the police report, she said she noticed the ring missing when she returned home. The woman told police she could not recall the specific date when she lost the ring, but said she would examine her credit card statements to pinpoint the day. Wilmette police reported that the department’s property room contained no ring matching the …
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