'Felony Lane Gang' Targeting Suburbs

NAPERVILLE, IL — The Naperville Police Department is warning residents about a criminal organization of motor vehicle burglars called “The Felony Lane Gang” that has been targeting suburbs in the past few weeks.

In a post on the department’s Facebook page, police said these offenders often target women’s purses in locked or unlocked vehicles at daycare centers, school drop-offs, gyms, dog parks, sports facilities, and any other recreational area where purses are routinely locked in cars, placed under a seat, hidden beneath a blanket or secured in a trunk.

Police said the suspects use stolen checks to commit multiple forgeries against victim accounts, always in bank drive-through lanes (and how the group was named).

Although several of these offenders have been identified, investigations are ongoing, and residents are warned not to leave purses with checkbooks and credit cards in unattended vehicles.