Retirement Home Burglar Returns, Gets Caught: Cops

EVANSTON, IL — A Rogers Park man who stole cash from the room of a resident at an Evanston retirement community was arrested when he returned to the same spot two days later, police said.

Dwayne L. Hayden, of the 7700 block of North Paulina in Chicago, was arrested Tuesday and charged with one count of felony residential burglary in connection with an incident that occurred earlier in the week, according to Evanston police.

At 7:20 a.m. on Sunday, the public safety manager at Presbyterian Homes on the 3200 block of Grant Street reported that a 76-year-old woman had just had $70 in cash stolen from her room, according to police reports.

Police checked security video and saw the suspected robber enter and leave the room, and detectives began an investigation, Evanston Police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said.

Two days later, Presbyterian Homes security spotted Hayden trespassing by the rooms, according to Dugan. Staff confronted him and recognized him as the same person seen on the video robbing the Westminster Place resident.

Hayden was turned over to police and is being held at Cook County Jail on $150,000 bail. His next court appearance is scheduled for July 5 in Skokie, according to records from the office of the Cook County Sheriff.

Top photo: Dwayne Hayden booking photograph | Cook County Sheriff's Office