Police Blotter: More Bank Account Thefts And A Suspicious Money Order

THEFT

A taxi driver reported that a customer failed to pay for a $20 ride to an address in Buffalo Grove on Sept. 15.

Other theft reports

The latest reports regarding unauthorized withdrawals from residents' bank accounts include:

Sept. 10-12 — $503 withdrawal and three unsuccessful attempts, in California

Sept. 11 — Two withdrawals of $503 at an unknown location

Sept. 12 — $503 withdrawal in California

Sept. 12 — $403 withdrawal in California

Sept. 12 — $503 withdrawal in California

Sept. 12 — $503 withdrawal in Illinois

Sept. 12 — Two $503 withdrawals at an unknown location

Sept. 12 — Two withdrawals, $500 and $300, in California

Sept. 12 — $503 withdrawal, and two more unsuccessful attempts, in Illinois

Sept. 12 — Two $503 withdrawals, in Connecticut and Ohio

Sept. 12 — Two withdrawals, $500 and $3, in California

Sept. 12 — Two withdrawals, $503 and $502, in Illinois

Sept. 12 — Three withdrawals, one $503 and two $502.50, in California

Sept. 13 — Two $500 withdrawals at an unknown location

Sept. 13 — $483 withdrawal in California

Sept. 13 — $283 withdrawal in California

Sept. 13 — Two withdrawals, $123 and $21.99, in California

Sept. 13 — $503 withdrawal in California

Sept. 13 — $2,000 withdrawal in Illinois

Sept. 13 — Another $2,000 withdrawal in Illinois

Sept. 13 — Two withdrawals, $503 and $63, in California

Sept. 13 — Two $503 withdrawals in Illinois

Sept. 13 — Two $500 withdrawals, and an unsuccessful attempt to withdraw $800, in California

Sept. 13 — $503 withdrawal in California

Sept. 15 — Three withdrawals, $103.50, $120.89 and $7.86

Sept. 16 — Three withdrawals, $102.75, $402.75 and $503, in California

OTHER INCIDENTS

A resident reported that he believes his caregiver has been using his debit card to purchase gasoline. The resident's efforts to contact the caregiver have been unsuccessful. Two of the transactions took place in Florida the last in Washington.

Buffalo Grove's postmaster reported Sept. 16 that a subject was at the facility attempting to cash a fraudulent USPS money order. An officer spoke with the subject who stated that she was mailed the money order as payment for her services as a secret shopper. The subject had several other money orders in her possession. The USPS Postal Inspector will follow up.

A resident reported that her two children were battered by an older juvenile while they were at Emmerich Park on Sept. 16. The resident went to the juvenile's house to speak with his parents but no one was at home. A juvenile officer will follow up.

A woman reported Sept. 16 that she had been at a bar earlier in the evening where a subject attempted to engage her in conversation. She told the subject she was not interested. The subject then followed her and her friends to another bar and started talking about guns. Officers located the subject who stated that he did not have a gun and he agreed to leave.