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Facebook Marketplace Jewelry Sale Turns Into Robbery: Blotter

Reports also included thefts of liquor, a lawnmower, power steering fluid and a package from a mail room.

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Buffalo Grove Police Department weekly blotters dated May 6, May 13, May 20 and May 27 are included in this report. (NorthShore Updates)

BUFFALO GROVE, IL — The following information comes from the Buffalo Grove Police Department, except when noted, and court records as a record of incidents reported to police and those arrested on criminal charges, which represent accusations by the state that are often dropped or reduced.

Updated information may be available from the Lake County Clerk of the Circuit Court. Everyone arrested is presumed to be innocent unless found guilty in court beyond a reasonable doubt.

INCIDENTS

ROBBERY

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A person reported a robbery at 8:47 p.m. May 18 in the parking lot at 770 S. Buffalo Grove Road. Police said the person was selling a piece of jewelry on Facebook Marketplace and agreed to meet in the parking lot. The offender grabbed the jewelry from the victim’s hand, and the suspect vehicle left the scene southbound. The investigation is ongoing.

RETAIL THEFT

THEFT

DISORDERLY CONDUCT

ARRESTS

DOMESTIC BATTERY

DUI

RECKLESS DRIVING

DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED OR REVOKED LICENSE

NO VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE

LAST WEEK'S BLOTTER: Remorseful Thief Returns Stolen $2 Cigarillo To Store

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