Crime & Safety
Police: Man Steals Back Car He Just Sold, Fowl Statues Take Flight
A look at weird crimes in the northern Chicago suburbs.
By Emily Stone and David MacLean
Someone lit toilet paper on fire inside a port-a-potty in a Lake of the Hills park.
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Once, twice, three times a felon?
An Evanston man sold a stolen car, stole it back from the buyer and then tried to sell it again to undercover police, according to police.
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The man found someone to buy the 2010 Toyota Camry via Craigslist on a Wednesday, then sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday morning stole the car back using a GPS he attached to the car; and on Friday tried to sell the car again but this time to undercover police officers.
A 20-year-old woman was found sleeping under a tree in Lake of the Hills.
A Des Plaines resident reported someone had taken a cement goose statue worth $50.
That same day, another resident on the same block said she had placed her cement duck statue, worth $50, near her flower bed but discovered it missing several days earlier. She did not make a report at that time, but since another resident had had a goose statue stolen, she decided to make a police report.
Highland Park thief prepares to go a-courtin’
An unsecured paddle boat was stolen overnight in Highland Park. In a separate incident, someone stole a violin from the front seat of a car in Highland Park.
A Lake of the Hills street light was struck by lightning.
A Modelo beer bottle was thrown through a living room window of an Arlington Heights condominium at 2:09 a.m. The resident was awoken by the damage.
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