Checks Stolen From La Grange Mailboxes: Cops

LA GRANGE, IL – La Grange police released their latest blotter Friday. No one was arrested in the last week. Here is information from the reports:

• Three checks were reported stolen from mailboxes in La Grange this week. They were altered for cash withdrawals in the amounts of $8,500, $9,800 and $2.500.
• Graffiti was reported scrawled on planters Monday in the 10 block of South La Grange Road. The public works department removed it.
• A resident in the 200 block of Hayes Avenue told police Tuesday that the resident discovered someone else fraudulently applied for unemployment in the resident's name. This discovery occurred when the resident was applying for unemployment.