OMGPD: Angry Ex, Theft Interrupted, Grates Gone

ELMHURST

Can’t Imagine Why They Broke Up

Police said a man's ex-girlfriend entered his apartment on the first block of Elm Creek Lane between 9:30 and 11:30 p.m. Nov. 13. Police said she cut the cable and TV cords, slashed the couch, scratched the TV, scratched the dresser top, slashed a painting, slashed an inflatable mattress, wrote in green crayon on the bathroom wall, "we had sex yesterday," stole an iPad mini and a makeup bag containing car and house keys belonging to the man's new girlfriend.

BATAVIA

Maybe We Don’t Need This Stuff. After All ...

A theft-in-progress at Wal-Mart in Batavia apparently was abandoned when the suspects figured they’d been spotted. According to a Nov. 17 report, the offenders were seen taking items and “left their shopping cart filled with store items at the front door after they realized they were being watched,” reports said. No stolen merchandise was found after a search of their vehicle.

ST. CHARLES

Not a Great Thief, a Grate Thief ...

A witness called police after watching someone in an older blue, extended-cab pickup stop on the south side of Ohio Avenue, across from his business, and bend over the storm grate. The witness at first thought the man was clearing leaves from the grate, but then was shocked to see the individual, wearing a blue and gray flannel-type jacket and stocking cap, pick up the 17- by 22-inch storm grate and throw it into the back of the truck before driving off. Police checked the area and discovered there were two storm grates missing at 3820 Ohio Avenue, and at Ohio and 37th avenues. The grates were valued at $167 each.

GENEVA

'P' Word on B-N Garage Door

Someone damaged an overhead garage door of the Burgess Norton Manufacturing building at 737 Peyton St. sometime between 4:30 p.m. Nov. 8 and 7 a.m. Nov. 12, reports said. The company’s environmental manager told police that unknown offenders pushed out a window and wrote the word “penis” onto the overhead garage door on the north side of the manufacturing building. The estimated cost to replace the window and remove the spray paint was $250.

DOWNERS GROVE

Shaving-Cream Swastika in the Park

Someone vandalized a tree at Randall Park, 749 Randall Road, with shaving cream. Someone had written the word “blood” on a tree and had also drawn a swastika. The graffiti was washed off.

GENEVA

Purse Disappears During Yard Work

Just 15 minutes to do some yard work. Is that too much to ask? Apparently it was for one Geneva resident. According to reports, the victim was outside doing some yard work and had placed her purse on the outside stairs of her home at 2:20 p.m. When she was getting ready to leave at 2:35 p.m., she was not able to locate her purse. The contents included a wallet, driver’s license, debit and credit cards, a checkbook and vehicle and house keys, reports said.

LEMONT

Bomb Threat Prompts Soft Lockdown at Middle School

A bomb threat written on the wall of a girls' bathroom at Old Quarry Middle School caused a soft lockdown Wednesday morning.

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