Fraudulent Charges, No License: Hinsdale Police

HINSDALE, IL — The Hinsdale Police Department released information from its latest police blotter Wednesday:

• A planter was stolen from Classic Kids, 28 E. Hinsdale Ave., between noon April 30 and 6:30 a.m. May 1. The planter, valued at $30, was in front of the business.
• A victim in the 10 block of South Madison Street reported May 1 that someone opened a credit card account using the victim's identity and made about $2,200 in fraudulent charges.
• Thomas B. Laquise, 23, of Evergreen Park, was arrested about 11:30 p.m. May 1 in the 10 block of East 55th Street on charges of no valid driver's license and speeding. He was released to appear in court.
• A suspect attempted to make a fraudulent wire transaction from a victim's bank account in the amount of $1,200 on April 29. The victim in the 500 block of Phillippa Street was able to stop the transaction before the money was transferred.
• A resident in the 400 block of North Monroe Street reported April 29 than an unknown person made phone calls and sent texts of a threatening and alarming nature.

Police report information is provided by local police departments. Charges are not evidence of guilt. They are a record of police actions on a given day, and persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.