iPad Stolen Off Treadmill At Fitness Center: Northbrook Police Blotter

NORTHBROOK, IL — The following information comes from the Northbrook Police Department and court records as a record of incidents reported to police and those arrested on criminal charges, which represent accusations by the state that are often dropped or reduced. Updated information may be available from the Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court. Everyone arrested is presumed to be innocent unless found guilty in court beyond a reasonable doubt.

ARRESTS

UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF HANDGUN

Police saw a 2001 black GMC at 9:20 p.m. April 18, with a defective taillight and suspended license plates at Dundee and Pfingsten roads. Police stopped the car and spoke to the driver, Blake Peterson, of Chicago, and the passenger, Shawndee M. Hearts, of Chicago. While speaking to them, the officer said he smelled unburnt cannabis from inside the vehicle. They consented to a search of the vehicle. The officer found a duffel bag with cannabis inside and a loaded 9mm Glock pistol. After running the serial number of the firearm, it came back stolen out of Chicago from 2022. Hearts admitted the duffel bag was his. Peterson was charged with having a defective taillight, suspended registration, no insurance; Hearts was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm. A court date of April 21 was assigned.

SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE

• Carlos N. Sauceda Rodriguez, of Northbrook, is accused of having a suspended registration, driving while license suspended, operation of an uninsured motor vehicle, and was arrested at 12:54 p.m. April 21, in the 700 block of Skokie Boulevard. A court date of June 6 was assigned.
• Marcus D. Williams, of Chicago, had an active warrant out of Cook County for contempt of court, and was arrested at 10:32 a.m. April 23, at Dundee Road and Torrey Pines Parkway. A court date of May 19 was assigned.

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INCIDENTS

VIOLATION OF ORDER OF PROTECTION

Kerry A. Soudan, of Round Lake, is accused of violating an order of protection, and was arrested at 5:53 p.m. April 18, in the 3000 block of Manor Drive. Police said the court order had been served to him in February, and he violated it when he became intoxicated at a family residence in Northbrook that was protected by the court order. The court date is set for April 19.

MEDICARE SCAM

A Rutgers Lane resident reported at 1:41 p.m. April 21, he had received a phone call from someone claiming to be with Medicare. The caller advised him that he needed to confirm his personal information and participate with a swab test, otherwise Medicare was going to drop him from the program. The complainant tried calling his doctor to confirm the information, but his doctor was not available. The complainant complied and supplied all his personal information with the caller on the phone. His real doctor called him later and advised him to make the complaint that it was a scam. The complainant is working with Medicare to change his account information in case of fraud.

ATTEMPTED CHECK FRAUD

The staff at a banking institution in the 2300 block of Waukegan Road called police at 2:40 p.m. April 21, to report someone had walked into their lobby and attempted to deposit a check issued in the amount of $41,257.32. A second person utilized the drive-thru to deposit a check in the amount of $571,120.42. The bank staff contacted the account holders who issued the checks and confirmed the checks were fraudulent. The person in the lobby walked out and got into the vehicle of the other person before fleeing the area.

STOLEN AUTO

• A resident in the 3100 block of Plum Island Drive called police at 7:01 a.m. April 21, to report she had accidentally left her key in her unlocked 2023 silver Mazda when she parked it in her driveway. When she woke up the next day, the vehicle was stolen.
• The staff at an auto dealership in the 1200 block of Skokie Boulevard reported at 6:05 p.m. April 22, said someone had stolen a 2022 white Tesla Model Y. It appeared the person might have had the key fob prior to stealing the auto.

BURGLARY TO VEHICLE

A resident in the 600 block of Marshall Road called police at 4 p.m. April 22, to report someone had entered her parked 2021 gray Hyundai and stole her Tumi backpack and Google Chrome laptop. The vehicle had been parked in her driveway overnight. Since there wasn’t any forced entry, it appeared the vehicle was left unlocked.

STOLEN CHECK AND FORGERY

A resident in the 1400 block of Techny Road called police at 2:16 p.m. April 23, to report he had mailed a business check to an insurance company in March. It appeared the check was intercepted prior to getting to the payee. A subject altered the check payee and made it payable in the amount of $41,882.73. In April, someone tried changing the altered check’s number with different information and cashing it again in the amount of $41,882.73. The business has contacted the banking institutions to inform them of the check’s theft and forgery.

THEFT

A complainant called police at 8:22 p.m. April 23, to report he had left his iPad on a treadmill at his fitness facility in the 1100 block of Skokie Boulevard. He walked away to get some water and when he returned, he noticed someone had stolen his iPad. The iPad was worth $500.