Young Evanston Residents Burglarized 3 Stores Overnight: Police

The summer of juvenile burglaries continued in Evanston early Sunday, when three 12- and 13-year-olds were arrested in connection with alleged overnight burglaries at three stores.

The three juveniles - one 12 year-old boy and two girls, ages 12 and 13 (all of Evanston) - were all charged with three counts of burglary and petitioned to juvenile court, according to Evanston police.

The alleged offenders were found in an alley of the 2300 block of Harrison Street shortly after 1:45 a.m. on Sunday, less than two hours after the first alleged burglary.

Police found the three attempting to break open a black cash register box that may have been stolen from Great Harvest Bread Company in the 211 block of Central, the third store the young trio are accused of targeting.

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Police also found several packs of cigarettes and a computer tablet on their possession, with the cigarettes having been reported stolen from the Walgreen’s store in the 2100 block of Greenbay Road around midnight and the tablet being stolen from a Verizon wireless store in the 2500 block of Greenbay Road, the first reported burglary at 1:10 a.m. when cops were dispatched to an activated alarm.

A brick was thrown to the front entrance of Walgreen’s in order to gain entry.

A number of reports have come from the Evanston police this summer in connection to reported burglaries that involved the arrests of Evanston residents under 18 years of age. In the most recent incident, two boys (one from Evanston and the other, Chicago) were found to have been riding stolen bikes on Dodge Avenue.