Crime & Safety
Car Burglary In La Grange Neighborhood: Cops
The car was unlocked, with a box of equipment stolen, police said.

LA GRANGE, IL – La Grange police released their latest blotter Friday. Here is information from the reports:
Car burglary
- A box of equipment was reported stolen from the passenger seat of a woman's car April 7 in the 600 block of Madison. The car was unlocked.
Vandalism
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- Graffiti was painted on the sidewalk outside a business in the 10 block of La Grange Road. The vandalism was reported April 7. The village's public works department was contacted to remove it.
Theft
- Three flower pots valued at $100 were reported stolen April 10 in a yard in the 10 block of Ashland.
- A bicycle was reported stolen Thursday from a yard in the 10 block of Sixth. It was valued at $60.
License issues
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- Mario Lara, 21, of Chicago, was cited about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday on Ogden Avenue on charges of driving with a suspended driver's license and having expired license plates.
- Zachariah Barto, 22, of Bradley, was cited about 6 p.m. Wednesday at La Grange Road and Burlington Avenue on charges of having no valid driver's license and having expired license plates.
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 people charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
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