Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Burglars break into three Amberside homes in just over three hours.
A rash of five burglaries since the first of the year including three Friday prompted Deerfield Police Chief John Sliozis to email Village citizens and make a plea for civic vigilance at Monday’s Village Board of Trustees meeting. “Five may not seem like a lot in some places but it’s five times as many as last year,” Sliozis said. “We ask for the community to help by keeping their eyes open in their neighborhoods. If you see something or someone let us know.” Get local news in a daily email from Patch. It's like getting a free newspaper. Learn more. Between 6:15 and 7 p.m. Friday there was a forced entry through the lower level of a home in the 1400 block of Ambleside and between 5 and 7:20 p.m. Friday a person entered a home in the same…
Monday, January 7, 2013
The following arrest information was supplied by the Deerfield Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
Car Burglaries Seven automobile burglaries to unlocked cars took place between 7 p.m. Dec. 24 and 12:22 p.m. Dec. 26 throughout Deerfield, according to Deerfield Police reports. No arrests were reported. Though most of the occurrences happened on Christmas Day, they were all reported a day after or later, according to the report. The time windows describe the time the victims last left their car and the time they discovered the break in. Two of the burglaries took place on Country Lane, one on Marcie Court, one on Waukegan Road, one on Hackberry Road, one on Wayne Avenue and one Wincanton Drive, according to the report. The items reported missing included I-pod chargers, a Play Station, GPS devices, cash, coins, power tools, hand tools…
Friday, December 21, 2012
Judge checks up on Mahoney and Norris during pretrial after charges the Deerfield teen agers invaded a Highland Park home in August.
Attorneys for the two Deerfield teens arrested in August for invading a Highland Park home told Judge Daniel Shanes today in Lake County Criminal Court in Waukegan they may seek dismissal of the case. Josh Norris and Joseph Mahoney, both 18, of Deerfield appeared in court today for a pretrial as their lawyers and Assistant Lake County State’s Attorney Reginald Mathews told Shanes both an agreed resolution was possible as well as a motion to dismiss. Earlier: Grand Jury Indicts Deerfield Teens “I may be filing a motion to dismiss,” Robert Gevirtz, the lawyer for Josh Norris, said. Mahoney’s attorney, Chris Cronson, told Shanes he agreed. Mathews, Cronson and Gevirtz all anticipate some discussion about the case between them before the next …
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Similar incident reported about 2 weeks earlier at another Deerfield residence.
Police responded May 11 to a report of a residential burglary in process at a home along Willow Avenue. A 69-year-old woman told officers she was watching TV in bed when she noticed a male intruder at the doorway to the room. The woman claimed in the police report that the “subject peeked his head in and immediately jumped back out of sight” when he was spotted. A 75-year-old male, also home at the time, told police he was sitting on a coach downstairs when the incident occurred and didn’t see anyone enter or leave. The homeowner did tell authorities that the garage door and front door were open because he was cleaning his car. Police responded to a similar incident on May 5 at a residence along Carliles Avenue. In that case, the Deerfield…
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