String Of Car Burglaries In Darien: Cops

DARIEN, IL – Several car burglaries occurred early Sunday morning within blocks of each other in Darien, police said. Here is information from the reports:

An unlocked car in a driveway in the 2200 block of Donegal Drive was burglarized early Sunday morning. A total of $6 in change was stolen.

Two unlocked cars in the 8900 block of Kilkenny Drive were burglarized between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. Sunday. Nothing was stolen.

About 2:30 p.m. Sunday, an officer was canvassing the Tara Hill subdivision for any victims of car burglaries. A resident showed the officer video of three men at 3:55 a.m. removing a blue tooth speaker from the glove box of an unlocked car parked in a driveway. The loss was estimated at $150.

Police said three men who stole a car in Kenosha, Wisconsin, left the same vehicle on Tara Hill Road near where a car burglary took place in the 8900 block of the same street. Officers found video of the three men breaking into four cars, police said.

Here is information from other police reports:

DUI

• Ralph Wascher, 60, of Westmont, was arrested about 1 a.m. Sunday on Cass Avenue on a Clarendon Hills warrant and charges of DUI, speeding and no insurance. He was speeding 60 mph in a 40 mph zone. He was taken to the Clarendon Hills police station.

Retail theft

• Jalen Hernandez, 23, of Chicago Heights, was cited about 9 p.m. Sunday at Walmart, 2189 75th St., on a charge of retail theft. He left in a small white hatchback. Officers found Hernandez and stopped his car. He was released and given a date to appear in court.

Driving violations

• Temprance Lewis, 35, of Gary, Indiana, was cited about 3 a.m. Thursday in the 8200 block of Cass Avenue on a Glenwood warrant and charges of driving with a suspended license and speeding. She was speeding 57 mph in a 40 mph zone. Glenwood police took her into custody.
• Antivia Gray, 20, of Aurora, was cited about 12:30 p.m. Friday on 75th Street near Plainfield Road on charges of driving with a suspended license and suspended registration. She was released and given a date to appear in court.
• Brian Williams, 35, of Downers Grove, was cited about midnight Saturday in the 7400 block of Cass Avenue on charges of driving with a suspended license and an improper turn at an intersection. He was released and given a date to appear in court.

Police report information is provided by local police departments. Charges are not evidence of guilt. They are a record of police actions on a given day, and people charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.