Crime & Safety
$7,500 Watch, $700 Cell Phones Stolen: Police Blotter
Wheaton police reports, May 10-20
MONDAY, MAY 20
Loose Change Theft
Someone entered an unlocked vehicle and removed $3 worth of loose change from the center console. The incident occurred sometime between 8 p.m. May 19 and 9 a.m. May 20 on the 1600 block of Woodcutter Lane, according to a police report.
FRIDAY, MAY 17
Handicap Parking Placard Jacked
Someone took a handicap parking placard from an unlocked vehicle on the 400 block of West Front. The incident occurred sometime between 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., according to a report.
$700 Phone Gone I
Someone took a man's $700 cell phone from a storage cubby in a weight room on the 600 block of East Kenilworth. The incident occurred sometime between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m., according to a report.
Don't Leave Your Purse Alone
A woman's $15 wallet was taken from her purse while she left it on a table to fill a drink cup, police said. The incident occurred sometime between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. at a restaurant in the Rice Lake Square Square Shopping Center. She opened her purse after she came back to retrieve money from her wallet and found it was missing. She went to the cashier to ask if anyone had turned in a wallet and no one had.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15
$7,500 Watch Swiped from Unlocked Locker
Someone stole a woman's $7,500 watch from an unlocked locker on the 1000 block of West Prairie. The incident occurred between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., according to a report.
FRIDAY, MAY 10
$700 Phone Gone II
Someone took a woman's $700 cell phone at about 8 p.m. while she was at a business on the 300 block of Rice Lake Square, police said.
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