Multiple Cars Burglarized In Glen Ellyn, Police Say

GLEN ELLYN, IL --- Police in Glen Ellyn are investigating multiple car burglaries that took place within just days of each other. A total of five cars were burglarized between the evening of Jan. 1 and the afternoon of Jan. 3, according to a police summary.

In each incident, the cars had been left unlocked.

800 block of Smith

Police say an unlocked car was burglarized sometime between 8 p.m. on Jan. 1 and 8:50 a.m. on Jan. 2. The victim told police that the suspect or suspect stole roughly $5 in coins.

300 block of Brandon

Someone entered an unlocked car sometime between 8 p.m. on Jan. 1 and 8 a.m. on Jan. 2 and stole a blanket, a box containing an umbrella, a red change purse, a handheld duster, and CDs.

400 block of Hill

Two unlocked cars were opened and rifled through sometime between 9 p.m. on Jan. 1 and 6:30 a.m. on Jan. 2. Police say nothing was reported stolen from the vehicles.

200 block of Traver

Sometime between Jan. 2 at 10 p.m. and Jan. 3 at 3 p.m., a suspect or suspects stole $70 in cash from a car that had been left unlocked.

Anyone with information on any of these car burglaries is encouraged to call the Glen Ellyn Police Department at 630-469-1187.

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