My favorite part of the paper always has been and probably always will be the police blotter. Here is what you missed this month by not reading the best page of the paper:
7/6/07 - Retail Theft: About 8:30 p.m., a man pumped 3.13 gallons of gasoline, valued at $10, into a tank of a tan-colored car at Gas City, 3004 Reflection Drive, and drove away from the station without paying for it.
7/6/07 - Defacement: Before 9:44 a.m., silver-colored marking pen and orange spray paint used to make graffiti on west side railing and west side of Main Street Bridge over DuPage River; total damage estimated at $10.
7/7/07 - Damage to Property: Between 10:30 p.m. July 6 and 5:45 a.m., red spray paint was used to deface a green plastic lawn ornament outside a home at 815 S. Loomis St.; damage estimated at $40; on previous night, peach-colored Garden Gazing Ball ornament, valued at $40, stolen from the front patio of the same home.
7/7/07 - Burglary to Vehicle: Between 2:30 and 7:30 a.m., Risk board game, valued at $15, stolen from unlocked car parked in driveway of home at 83 Foxcroft Road.
7/7/07 - Damage to Property: Between 4 and 6 p.m., 20 flowers stomped and pulled out of ground in front of home at 2157 University Drive; total loss estimated at $50.
7/7/07 - Theft: About 9:30 p.m., Honest Pleasure Drive street sign valued at $50 stolen from street’s intersection with Cavalcade Circle; group of 10 youths seen in area a short time earlier.
7/8/07 - Damage to Property: About 2 a.m., flag and wooden flagpole with total estimated value of $50 broken off side of house at 4124 Schillinger Drive.
7/9/07 - Damage to Property: About 12:48 a.m., fireworks were used to set fire to two city of Naperville recycling bins placed at a curb in front of home at 3913 Highknob Circle; total loss estimated at $40.
7/10/07 - Criminal Defacement: Sometime before 9:20 p.m., street gang graffiti painted on utility closet door, men’s bathroom wall and bathroom stall door at Belgio’s Eatery on the Riverwalk, 441 W. Aurora Ave.; damage estimated at $45.
7/13/07 - Retail theft: Michael G. Crosby, 38, Westmont; 2:45 p.m. at Jewel-Osco, 127 E. Ogden Ave.; charged with retail theft for sliding bottle of Smirnoff vodka valued at $13.79 down front of pants and then leaving store without paying for it.
7/17/07 - Burglary to Vehicle: Between midnight and 9:30 a.m., three unlocked vehicles entered while parked outside home at 4807 Clearwater Lane; bottle of Rimmy Martin cognac, valued at $18, stolen from one vehicle.
7/19/07 - Theft: Between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m., two wooden sawhorses, 3-foot-by-2-foot “No Trespassing” sign and spool of yellow plastic warning tape with a combined estimated value of $20 stolen from rear yard of home at 725 N. Brainard St.
7/21/07 - Burglary: Between 9 p.m. July 20 and 7:30 a.m. today, 30-can case of Miller High Life beer valued at $15 stolen from open garage of home at 4804 Chokeberry Drive.
7/21/07 - Theft: Between 11:30 a.m. and 3 p.m., electronic security device, valued at $10, stolen from fob on key chain when car was left at Monarch Landing, 2255 Erickson Drive.
I think my favorite crime is the stolen bottle of $18 cognac. First of all, who buys $18 cognac. Secondly, who leaves alcohol in their car. Last, but certainly not least, who reports a missing bottle of $18 cognac to the police? Hopefully the Naperville Police Department has detectives working in shifts to recover the stolen cognac, case of Miller and the game of Risk.
Also, flower stomper, if you’re out there… You’re a monster.
Update: Oh my, they truly saved the best for last this month-
7/27/07 - Theft: Between 6 p.m. July 26 and 7 a.m. today, 40-gallon heavy-duty brown plastic garbage container valued at $30 stolen from curb in front of home at 1416 Shaw Ave.
7/27/07 - Theft: Between 6 p.m. July 24 and 9 a.m. today, envelope containing $25 sporting goods store gift card stolen from mailbox outside home at 1116 Wilder Court.
7/28/07 - Residential Burglary: Between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., six bottles Miller Genuine Draft beer with total estimated value of $7 stolen from refrigerator inside open garage of home at 1116 Monterey Court.
7/28/07 - Burglary to Vehicle: Between 9 p.m. and 10:15 p.m., unlocked sport utility vehicle entered while parked outside home at 1109 Candlenut Drive; $5 worth of coins stolen.
The MGD Bandits strike again, they might even be responsible for the change robbery! Nothing goes better with pilfered beer than a couple of stolen games of Golden Tee.
