Crime & Safety

Police Blotter: Intoxicated Visitor Harasses Customers

The following information was supplied by the Buffalo Grove Police Department. Arrests do not indicate a conviction. Email cristel@patch.com with questions about this blotter.

ALCOHOL

Officers were dispatched to a business on the 1100 block of West Lake-Cook Road for a report of an intoxicated person harassing customers at 7:30 p.m. Jan 15. The person left before officers arrived. The complainant was advised to call the police if the person returns and bothers customers again. 

COMPLAINT

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A resident reported at 5:31 p.m. Jan. 15 that a neighbor was driving too fast on the 600 block of Shady Grove Lane. Officers spoke to everyone involved and explained the importance of safe driving. 

FOUND PROPERTY

Officers found a red hand truck in the roadway at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 15 near Buffalo Grove Road and Fox Hill Drive. The item was brought into the police station where it was placed into safekeeping. 

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A citizen reported finding a wallet on the ground at 9:28 a.m. Jan. 16 on the 100 block of Buffalo Grove Road. The wallet was checked and a driver’s license was located. The owner was contacted and will pick it up from the police department

SUSPICIOUS INCIDENT

A resident of the 600 block of Le Parc Circle reported that a white man came to her residence at 9:25 a.m. Jan. 16 and said he was contracted by her association to check the dryer vent and make any necessary repairs. The resident advised him she was not having any issues with the vent. The man then left the area in a van. The resident contacted the association and was told the vents are the homeowner’s responsibility and they did not contact anyone for the vents. 

OTHER INCIDENTS

A complainant reported Jan. 16 that he sent a customer an email providing instructions on how to send their payment but learned that the email had been changed to include a different account number and name. The receiving customer identified the email appeared to be suspicious and did not send the payment. The complainant was advised to change his password.


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