Crime & Safety

Valuable Basketball Card Stolen After Package Opened In Downers Grove

A basketball card was stolen from a package that was delivered to a Downers Grove home April 20.

DOWNERS GROVE, IL — Police say a valuable basketball card was stolen from a package before it was delivered to a Downers Grove home on April 20.

A resident told police they ordered a 2018 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander card on Ebay on April 8. According to police, USPS delivered the card to the resident's home in the 900 block of Weatherbee Avenue.

The resident told police they signed for the card and then noticed the package was already open and the card had been taken from its holder.

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The card was valued at $2,600.

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