By Journal Times staff | Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:00 am
RACINE
Electronics targeted in burglaries
Several people reported video games and electronics stolen around Christmas, according to police reports.
- On Dec. 22, a woman reported a window in her house in the 3700 block of Osborne Boulevard was broken and video games, a laptop computer, cell phone, watch, gift certificate and $1,000 cash were stolen. Presents beneath the tree were opened.
- On Dec. 22, sometime after 9 p.m., an XBox, games and two speakers were stolen from a home in the 5500 block of Byrd Avenue.
- On Dec. 23, someone reported a GPS device was taken from a truck parked in the 2500 block of Ridgewood Avenue.
- An XBox was reported stolen from a home in the 1800 block of Superior Street on Christmas morning. A woman said she had just opened and hooked up the system before leaving the house around 9:30 a.m. When she returned at 11:30 a.m. the system was gone.
- A woman said she suspected people that she knew took an XBox, a Nintendo Wii and games from her home in the 1000 block of North Main Street on Christmas. She said she tried to get the items back and was attacked by the girlfriend of one of the suspects.
- A PlayStation 3 game console, games, controller, purse and two cameras were reported stolen from a home in the 1700 block of Lasalle Street on Saturday.
RACINE
Ring missing after purse snatching
A woman reported her purse was stolen from a parked vehicle in the 3400 block of Fourth Avenue between 10:30 and 11:59 p.m. Friday.
Her purse was later found by a man walking his dog, and everything within it returned, except for a white gold and diamond ring valued at $400.
RACINE
Man knocked out after brawl
A man was knocked out when patrons at the Warning Track, 1301 Washington Ave., got into a fight about 1 a.m. Wednesday, according to police.
A 25-year-old man was knocked unconscious, a 25-year-old woman had her ankle broken and a 29-year-old man was punched during the altercation. Some of the injured parties were reportedly trying to break up the fight when they were injured.
RACINE
Heavy equipment missing from business
Tens of thousands of dollars in equipment were reported stolen from Champion Environmental, 1425 N. Memorial Drive, between Thursday and Friday, according to police.
Reported missing are a trailer, valued at $3,000-$4,000; two skid loaders valued at $30,000 each; a toolbox; four chop saws, each worth $600; and hand tools. The items were removed overnight, according to reports.
RACINE COUNTY
Graffiti incidents investigated
Racist graffiti was found spray painted at two west-end residences last week, although there was no indication that the incidents are related.
At 9:06 a.m. Christmas Eve morning, racial slurs were found painted in neon orange on a white fence at property in the 11000 block of 5 Mile Road in Raymond. A deputy responding to take a report on the damage also noticed a road sign in the area tagged with the same color paint.
On Saturday morning, a Hinsdale, Ill., woman called to report finding racists slogans and obscene images spray painted in green on a summer residence located in the 23000 block of Golf Road in Dover. There was no estimate of damage.
Property owners in both incidents said they had not received any threats or had experienced any other incidents of vandalism.
According to sheriff's reports, Mount Pleasant police had taken a report in early December about damage similar to that found at the 5 Mile road address. In the Mount Pleasant case, damage was estimated at $30,000.
DOVER
Snowmobiler arrested after crash
John LeRoy Roberts, 4823 S. 96th St., Greenfield, was cited for operating a snowmobile while intoxicated after a snowmobile was involved in a crash just before 11 p.m. Friday on Highway C , just north of Highway 11.
According to a witness, Roberts' snowmobile was crossing Highway C from the west to the east when it missed the trail and hit a ditch. Roberts was ejected from the sled.
Kansasville rescue crews transported Roberts to Wheaton Franciscan-All Saints hospital, 3801 Spring St., Racine, for treatment of what sheriff's department reports described as neck injuries.
CALEDONIA
Mailbox blown up
A homemade soda bottle bomb is believed to have caused the explosion of a mailbox just after 4:45 p.m. Sunday in front of a residence in the 600 block of Kentwood Drive. There was no indication of possible suspects in a village police report.
CALEDONIA
Pickup found crashed
Village police were investigating a possible case of a stolen pickup that was found crashed early Saturday morning into a car at a driveway at 12606 Highway G.
No driver was found with the pickup, but its airbags were found deployed.
The truck belongs to a Caledonia excavating firm and the owner reported it missing at 7:14 a.m. Saturday. The Highway G homeowner said he discovered the crash at 4 a.m., but did not report it until after 7 a.m. because he found no occupants and because of foggy conditions.
Police said there was no signs of the steering column on the truck being tampered with.
TOWN OF NORWAY
Ice shanty broken into
A 43-year-old Greenfield man called town police just before 11 a.m. Sunday after discovering that his ice shanty on Wind Lake had been burglarized.
The shanty was offshore about 400 feet east of the Sportsman's Lounge, 25313 W. Loomis Road, police said.
Missing were three tip ups, valued at $35 each, and two fishing poles valued at $30 each. Damage to the shanty's door is estimated at $30. There are no suspects, according to reports.
TOWN OF BURLINGTON
Vandalism a theory in furnace malfunction
A resident of the Hall's Point neighborhood on Browns Lake said she believes vandalism may be the reason her heating stem malfunctioned on Dec. 21.
The Knollcrest Drive resident said she and her family awoke to no heat that morning. When a service man arrived, he found a nickel-sized, 1/4-inch thick piece of glass in the furnace exhaust vent. Town police said it is unlikely that one piece of glass malfunctioned the system, but it was unknown at the time of the report if more glass had made its way into the furnace system.
The woman told police their property has been the target of vandalism over the past couple of years.
Police ordered extra patrols of the area as a precaution.