Crime & Safety

DUIs, Garage Graffiti, Shoplifting: Highland Park Blotter

The latest reports from the Highland Park Police Department.

The following information is from the Highland Park Police Department. An arrest is not an indication of guilt.

DRIVING WITH A REVOKED LICENSE

Starla Hayes, 33, Waukegan was arrested and charged with driving while license revoked, speeding and operating an uninsured motor vehicle after being stopped by police near the 2000 block of Skokie Valley Rd. at 12:41 a.m. on Dec. 8.

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RETAIL THEFT

Nancy Gabriella Gomez-Almanza, 29, of the 1700 block of McGovern Street was arrested and charged with retail theft after shoplifting at a business in the 2000 block of Skokie Valley Road at 2:45 p.m. on Dec. 9.

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DRIVING WITH A SUSPENDED LICENSE

Mariaistela Maciel, 36, Beach Park was arrested and charged with driving while license suspended and failure to reduce speed after police responded to a traffic accident near the intersection of Skokie Valley Road and Deerfield Road at 1:41 p.m. on Dec. 11.

DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED

David J. Bilodeau, 47, of the 1600 block of Second Street was arrested and charged with driving while license suspended after police responded to a traffic accident near the 2500 block of Green Bay Road on Dec. 12 at 11:33 p.m.

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE

Joseph Yehudah, 25, Gurnee was arrested and charged with driving under the influence, driving while license suspended, improper lane usage and possession of cannabis after being stopped by police near the intersection of Skokie Valley Road and Applewood Court at 4:02 a.m. on Dec. 13.

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE

Gabriel Infante-Garcia, 21, of the 1100 block of Central Avenue was arrested and charged with driving under the influence, illegal transportation of alcohol, operating an uninsured vehicle, no valid driver’s license and failure to signal after being stopped by police near the 300 block of Bloom Street at 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 13.

BURGLARY

Sometime between 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m. on Dec. 7, unknown person(s) stole a nail gun and table saw from a garage located in the 700 block of Detamble Avenue.

CRIMINAL DAMAGE

Sometime between December 8 and 9 unknown person(s) spray painted a residential garage in the 200 block of Red Oak Lane.

THEFT

On December 13, an unknown subject stole cash from a purse placed under a seat during a program at a business located in the 1800 block of Second Street. The report was made at 6:46 p.m.

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