Things that Go Bang in the Afternoon and a Chicken Who Crossed the Road

Coming Soon to Ghost Hunters

LA GRANGE, March 1—A woman living in the 100 block of north Edgewood Lane told police at about 1:11 p.m. that she believed someone was in her home and she and her son were hiding in an upstairs bedroom. She had been hearing banging noises downstairs. An officer checked the exterior and interior of the home and said it was secure. It was unknown what caused the noise, according to police.

Plucky Poultry Prompts Police Pursuit

LA GRANGE, Feb. 28—A woman living in the 200 block of south Spring Avenue reported seeing a live chicken in her driveway at about 8 a.m. A woman living the next block over, on Waiola Avenue, told La Grange police she was missing a chicken and would be en route to catch it. An officer caught the chicken. The owner and chicken were reunited, police said.

Couldn't Pass up the Purse, or the Discount

DOWNERS GROVE, Feb. 28—A woman reported leaving her purse at the checkout counter at the Dominick’s Store, at 42 Ogden Ave., and discovered $296 was missing when she retrieved it.

A loss prevention employee at the store watched video surveillance that showed another woman taking money from the purse, placing it in her pocket and making a purchase using her Dominick's savings card.

The savings card led police to an address Dominick's provided, where police found the second woman, who admitted being at the store. A man at the residence turned over bills from his pocket totaling $220.

Patricia S. Glasgow, 59, of Downers Grove, was charged with theft, taken to the station and later released on bond.

Oopah!

LA GRANGE, Feb. 25—At about 7:03 p.m. the Fire Department went to a home in the 700 block of south Seventh Avenue where cheese drippings were on fire in the bottom of an oven, but the flames were out before they arrived. 

Dog Trouble on Rex Street

ELMHURST, Feb. 24—A man's dogs were barking at 10:38 p.m. He told police that when he went out to check, he found the dogs near the fence in his yard on the 600 block of South Rex Street and his 72-year-old neighbor hiding in the weeds.

When the man asked the neighbor what he was doing there, he said the neighbor told him he had something for the dogs. The man said the neighbor was trying to hide a can of chemical dog repellant behind his back. During the ensuing argument, the man said the neighbor said he wanted to give him "another smack in the head." The man said that since the neighbor had hit him before, he decided to call police.

The neighbor, Roger D. Grobe, of 601 S. Rex St., was charged with disorderly conduct, taken into custody and released on an I-bond.

Will Middle East Unrest Bring Back Full Service?

GENEVA, Feb. 26—Someone took 9.1 gallons of regular gasoline from pump No. 4 at the Geneva Citgo station, 206 East State St., around 1:19 p.m., reports said. The gasoline had a value of $32.10. The thief was last seen driving east of State Street in a red, smaller-model vehicle, reports said.

ELMHURST, Feb. 23—Someone pumped $38.38 in gas into a vehicle at Shell, 301 W. Butterfield Road, and left without paying. The incident occurred at 12:10 p.m.

In Case They Need to Pick Their Teeth

ELMHURST, Feb. 23—Two juveniles took a Slim Jim beef stick and a pair of pliers from Sears Essentials, 265 S. Route 83, at 4:45 p.m. Total loss is $15.68.

This Card Looks Awfully Familiar

ELMHURST, Feb. 20—A woman reported losing her debit card after making a purchase at Panera Bread at 8:06 p.m. She went back to her job next door at CVS Pharmacy, at 110 E. North Ave. The person who found her debit card then came into CVS and tried to use the stolen card to make a purchase. The thief presented the card to the victim, who was working the cash register at the time. Police are reviewing surveillance video.

He'll Skip Fat-Lip Road Trip

ELMHURST, Feb. 18—A woman filed a phone harassment report with police. She said her ex-boyfriend, from whom she has been separated for more than a year, called her cell phone 10 times between 6:29 and 7:21 p.m. Her current boyfriend got on the phone and challenged the ex to a fistfight. The ex-boyfriend, a 40-year-old from Noblesville, IN, just north of Indianapolis, told police he started driving to Illinois, but changed his mind. Police advised him to have no further contact with his ex-girlfriend.

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