Community Information Alert

Bulletin Number: 06-04
Date: September 21, 2006
** Additional Information added **

Activity Summary:

§ On Saturday September 9, 2006, Monday September 11, 2006 and again on Wednesday September 20th residents in the area of Riverside’s First Division have been the victim of daytime burglars. Residents on Fairbank, Bloomingbank and Scottswood Roads have all suffered break-ins during daylight hours.

§ *Today (Thursday, September 21, 2006) an additional burglary from the 100 block of Riverside Road where jewelry and a computer were taken. The homeowner may have been home and unaware when this burglary took place.*

§ On two burglaries, window screens were cut and windows forced open to gain entry to the homes. On the burglaries from September 20th brute force was applied to the doors to gain entry.

§ It appears in every case that jewelry and in one case a laptop computer was stolen from the homes.

§ During the attempts, some of the residents may have been home and were unaware their homes were being broken into or the homeowner was gone no longer than an hour.

Suspicious Activity:

It has been learned that a white work type van with “Carpet Cleaning” on the side and no phone number has been seen in the area. It is unknown if this vehicle is involved but one such vehicle was located by patrol and information forwarded to Investigations. Other work type vans have been checked as have several suspicious vehicles in the area. None of these have yielded any positive results.

Residents are encouraged to report any activity they feel is suspicious. We ask your assistance in helping us to locate the offender(s) of these crimes.

Residents are reminded to keep their doors locked when they are not home as well as locking exterior doors when home.

Area(s):

Village-wide but these burglaries have all occurred in the area from Indian Gardens to the area near the Swim Club and the 100 block on Riverside Road.

Please contact Detective Sergeant Bill Legg 708-447-2127 extension #262 or via email at blegg@riverside.il.us if you have any questions or updates to the information contained in this report.