Police briefs

By Journal Times staff

Monday, October 31, 2005 2:05 AM CST

* CALEDONIA Couple tied up, robbed in their home An elderly couple was tied up and robbed in their home around 10 a.m. Sunday, according to televised reports.

The perpetrator entered the couple's home following a knock on the door, which leads police to believe that the victims may have known their assailant, the report said. Cash, credit cards and the family van were stolen, but the couple was not seriously hurt. The van was found abandoned, several miles from the crime scene.

During a television interview, Lt. Keith Stannis of the Caledonia Police Department told reporters that one of the victims was able to use her teeth to operate the phone and call police after the robbery.

The Caledonia Police Department was not releasing any information about this incident Sunday night.

* WATERFORD Crash victims remain hospitalized Two of the three people injured in a two-car collision Friday night were still in the hospital as of Sunday night, according to information from the Racine County Sheriff's Department. The collision, which took place around 9 p.m. on Highway 36 near East Main Street, sent three people to the hospital, one of whom was released earlier, according to department officials.

The crash occurred when a Jeep Cherokee, driven by Esfrain Lechuga, 16, turned in front of another vehicle, driven by James Bestel, 46. All of the injured parties were in the vehicle driven by Esfrain, and all were Illinois residents. Bestel, of New Berlin, was not

hospitalized.

Lechuga was issued a citation for failure to yield. No evidence of alcohol being involved in the crash has been found, according to the Sheriff's Department.

Journal Times staff

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