Pair Caught Stealing $1.1K In Groceries: Buffalo Grove Police Blotter

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.

ARRESTS

DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED/REVOKED LICENSE

• Geovany Flores Figueroa, 30, is accused of driving on a suspended license, speeding (53 mph in a 35 mph zone), and was arrested at 9 a.m. April 13, in the 2500 block of Millbrook Drive. He was issued citations and was awaiting transport to Lake County Court at the time of the report.
• Jerome C. Mathews, 36, of the 1000 block of S. Wellington Road, Waukegan, is accused of driving with a revoked license, driving a vehicle with a suspended registration, operating an uninsured motor vehicle, and was arrested at 7:23 a.m. April 17, at Dundee Road near Vernon Lane. He was released after posting bond and assigned a court date of May 12.

RETAIL THEFT

Ana Maria Cuellar Saenz, 24, of the 4100 block of N. Bloomington Avenue, Arlington Heights, and Johanna Saenz Flavijo, 42, of the 4100 block of N. Bloomington Avenue, Arlington Heights, are both accused of retail theft, and were arrested at 4:15 p.m. April 14, at Woodman's Grocery, 1550 E. Deerfield Parkway. Both had reportedly walked past the last point of sale with two carts of merchandise without paying. The combined value of the stolen groceries was $1,142.05, according to police. They were released after each posting $3,000 bond. Both were assigned court dates of May 10.

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INCIDENTS

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT

Police responded to the 800 block of S. Buffalo Grove Road at 11:30 p.m April 11, for a report of shots being fired. Officers found shell casings in the alley on the north end of the strip mall. Police spoke with the complainant and learned the conflict had started as a road rage incident.

CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY

A citizen called police at 8 a.m. April 13, to report criminal damage to property at a vacant building on Radcliffe Road. The building is in the beginning stages of interior demolition, remodeling and rehab, according to police. The citizen said they had left the property the day before and had returned to do work there April 13 when they found graffiti on the walls, a broken interior window and fire extinguishers being spent around the first floor of the building. They also found on a back wall of the building a brown teddy bear spray-painted red.

CRIMINAL TRESPASS TO PROPERTY

Police responded to the 1200 block of Radcliffe Road at 11:12 p.m. April 13, burglary in process. Police found four subjects inside the building. They later learned two other subjects had fled the building prior to police arrival. All six were identified and issued adjudication tickets for trespassing.

RETAIL THEFT

Police responded at 1:22 p.m. April 14, for a delayed retail theft incident at Woodman's Grocery, 1550 E. Deerfield Parkway. CCTV captured a female stealing $232 in merchandise. An investigation was ongoing at the time of the report.

BURGLARY

Police responded to the 1100 block of McHenry Road at 4:29 a.m. April 17, for a reported burglary. Police found the front window broken and a backdoor propped open with a garbage can. Cartons of cigarettes were taken.

THEFT

Police responded to Walgreen's, 15 N. Buffalo Grove Road, at 2:27 a.m. April 18, for a theft. Employees said a man had stolen medication and fled the area in a silver Nissan westbound on Lake Cook Road. The man was described as Hispanic, in his early 20s, with "bowl cut" dark hair, thin mustache, around 130 pounds. He was wearing a black shirt, black pants and white shoes. After entering the store, the man went to the area where the "Plan B" contraceptives are stored. He removed a single box, went into the restroom and remained there for several minutes. After he left the restroom, an employee went in and found the packaging for the pill, valued at $30, in the trash, but no pill. The employee had changed the trash bag several minutes prior to the encounter, and no other person had been in the store at the time. The man then proceeded to the register to buy an energy drink and denied any knowledge of the incident when confronted by employees. He paid for the drink and left the store.