Another Attempted Residential Burglary Reported in Oak Lawn

Surveillance images of suspicious car spotted in area of residential break-in on the 10800 block of Lorel Avenue, Dec. 4. | Oak Lawn Police Department

OAK LAWN, IL -- Another attempted residential burglary has been reported in Oak Lawn, bringing December’s total to four.

Police were called to a home in the 9600 block of South Marion Avenue after the homeowner reported that three windows on his house had been tampered with sometime before 9:30 a.m. Dec. 17.

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According to the report, someone removed a screen from the first window and discarded it on the ground. The glass storm window was pushed up and the interior glass pane was then lifted or pried open, splitting the sash. The prowler was unable to get the window open past six inches due to security screws.

The homeowner told police the second and third windows also had their screens removed and were opened.

By the time police arrived, the homeowner had already closed the windows and caulked over damage in one of the windows. The homeowner said he wasn’t going to file areport until friends recommended that he contact police.

Police said a table inside the home beneath one of the windows did not appear to be disturbed. The homeowner thinks the burglar or burglars tried to enter his home in the early morning hours. Both he and his dog slept through it.

Oak Lawn police are investigating two attempted residential burglaries in the 10800 block of Lorel and Lacrosse Avenues, and one residential burglary in 10800 block of Kolmar. The incidents all happened this month between 8 a.m. and 10:30 p.m.

Police are also circulating surveillance photos of a suspicious older white model car, possibly a Chevy, with tinted windows. The car was spotted circling the area several times within the timeframe of the Lorel burglary attempt around 9 p.m. on Dec. 4. The burglar may have been waiting for the homeowner to leave the house.

Anyone with information about the burglaries is asked to call the Oak Lawn police at 708-422-8292. If you observe suspicious activity or suspicious persons that appear out of place in your neighborhood CALL 911. You will NOT be bothering police.