Crime & Safety
Police Blotter: Intruders and Residential Burglaries
The following arrest information was supplied by the St. Charles Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
A late-night intruder awakened two St. Charles women earlier this month after sneaking in through a kitchen window of a home on the 1200 block of Jewel Avenue.
According to a report filed with the St. Charles Police Department, a woman, who sleeps in a basement bedroom, went upstairs after hearing a loud noise that sounded like someone tripping. Thinking it was her daughter the woman went to investigate.
Before she could ascend the stairs, she told police she heard her dog barking, then the basement door opened and the dog was thrown down the stairs.
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The woman screamed and called for her daughter. The two women met in the kitchen and, after finding no one in the house, discovered an open purse and wallet on the counter.
They discovered an open window in the kitchen.
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Police found fingerprints on the window and are investigating.
Burglary
An attached garage at a home on the 1200 block of S. 3rd St. was broken into around April 12. The residents of the home reported several missing items, including an X-Box game system, the game inside the system, a remote controlled toy, and a 1970s era bicycle.
The owner of the game system told officers her credit card number was electronically stored on the X-Box. Police advised her to cancel the credit card.
Police are investigating.
Theft
A portable basketball hoop was stolen from a residence on the 1300 block of S. 3rd St.
The Complainant told officers the pole was $350 new, but his pole was older and in poor condition.
Officers assumed the pole was mistaken as trash and picked up by a metal scrapper, according to the police report.
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