Police Blotter

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Posted: September 5, 2007 - 12:00 AM
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Champaign

    A 40-year-old man stole several DVDs from the Mobil Super Pantry, 59 E. Green St., Thursday evening.

    According to a police report, the offender stole the DVDs and fled on a bicycle.

    No arrests had been made at the time of the report. A 38-year-old man was arrested at the 300 block of Third Street early Sunday morning for disorderly conduct.

    According to a police report, a 14-year-old boy observed the offender standing outside a kitchen window staring into his house. A 30-year-old woman was issued a notice to appear for possession of drug paraphernalia Sunday afternoon at the 2400 block of Neil Street.

    According to a police report, the officers had responded to a domestic problem and saw the drug equipment in plain view. Six people were found trespassing at a pool early Sunday morning on the 900 block of First Street.

    According to a police report, the officers responded to an alarm for the pool area. The six offenders were found swimming in a closed pool and issued city notices to appear. A 26-year-old woman was arrested on the 1400 block of Sunset Drive early Monday morning for possession of drug equipment.

    According to a police report, the officers responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle. Contact was made with the offender, who lied about her identity. She was found to have a valid warrant and in possession of crack cocaine.

University
    Around 12:30 a.m. on Monday an unknown person shot several windows at Scott Hall, 202 E. Peabody Drive, with a BB gun.

    According to a police report, the exact damage is not known due to darkness at the time of the estimate. However, the damage is projected at $200.

    No arrests had been made at the time of the report. Between 3:30 a.m. Saturday and noon Sunday an unknown person or persons wrote graffiti on three floors at Hopkins Hall, 103 E. Gregory Drive.

    According to a police report, the graffiti was done with dry erase markers and cleanup costs will likely be minimal.

    No arrests had been made at the time of the report. University and Urbana police seized more than 173 grams of suspected crack cocaine, with a street value of $4,600, while executing a search warrant on Friday at an apartment at 2413 Prairie Green Drive.

    According to a police report, the search came after a University police officer stopped a vehicle driven by a 30-year-old male apartment resident around 11 p.m. the night before for crossing the center line while traveling on University Avenue near Orchard Street. The officer reported that after he signaled for the driver to pull over, the driver threw a bag containing crack cocaine out the window. While officers were searching the driver and the passenger, a 31-year-old man, the police seized three cell phones, $1,638 between the two men and a bag filled with 10 suspected Ecstasy pills.

    The officers later obtained a search warrant from a Champaign County judge and entered the 30-year-old offender's apartment around 12:40 a.m. They found two bags containing roughly 90 grams of suspected crack cocaine on the kitchen counter in addition to a scale. Officers found a third bag of suspected crack cocaine in a bedroom, $6,130 from a safe and $53 from a laundry hamper. At the jail, officers confiscated a bag containing 1.7 grams of suspected cannabis from the 30-year-old offender.

    Both offenders had outstanding in-state warrants at the time of the traffic stop. The 30-year-old offender was charged with obstructing justice and bringing contraband into a penal institution. The 31-year-old passenger faces charges of manufacture with intent to deliver a controlled substance. A 20-year-old Potomac, Ill., man was arrested for driving under the influence Saturday morning at the intersection of Second and Healey streets.According to a police report, the offender was stopped at the intersection for driving the wrong way on a one-way street. His blood alcohol content exceeded .08.

Urbana
  • A 72-year-old woman had a plant stand stolen from her front porch Monday evening on the 300 block of Griggs Street.

    According to a police report, the victim did not know who the offender was.

    No arrests had been made at the time of the report.

  • A 35-year-old man broke into a 32-year-old Stapleton, Ga., man's motel room at the 2400 block of Cunningham Avenue, Monday evening.

    According to a police report, the highly intoxicated victim stated that an unknown subject entered his unlocked motel room looking for a prostitute. When the offender learned that the prostitute was not inside the room, he fled the area.

    No arrests had been made at the time of the report.

Compiled by Angelina Cole

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