Police report
By Stephanie Gomes
Posted: 5/2/08 Section: News
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- A 31-year-old woman reported residential burglary at the 400 block of Briar Drive on Tuesday afternoon.
According to a police report, an unknown offender stole cash from the victim's bedroom.
No arrests had been made at the time of the report. - Roland Realty reported criminal damage to property at the 800 block of South First Street early Wednesday morning.
According to a police report, three unknown offenders threw a brick through the front window of an apartment.
No arrests had been made at the time of the report. - A 21-year-old man was arrested at the zero block of East University Avenue on Wednesday morning.
According to a police report, the offender was a sex offender and was arrested for failing to register within five days of moving to Champaign. - A 69-year-old man reported theft at the 500 block of North Neil Street on Wednesday afternoon.
According to a police report, an unknown offender stole his unsecured bike.
No arrests had been made at the time of the report. - A 61-year-old man reported residential burglary and criminal damage to property at the 800 block of West Harvard Street on Wednesday morning.
According to a police report, an unknown offender forced open the victim's chain-link gate causing damage.
The victim's shed door was also open, but no items were missing.
No arrests had been made at the time of the report. - A 19-year-old Rantoul, Ill., man reported identity theft at the 1500 block of Kiler Drive on Tuesday afternoon.
According to a police report, a 25-year-old male suspect used the victim's identification to rent an apartment and obtain utilities.
No arrests had been made at the time of the report. - A 24-year-old woman reported burglary for a motor vehicle at the 2500 block of West Springfield Avenue early Wednesday morning.
According to a police report, an unknown offender used a brick to break the driver's side window of the victim's vehicle. Electronics and pharmaceutical samples were taken from the vehicle.
No arrests had been made at the time of the report.
Urbana
- Yankee Ridge Elementary School, 2102 S. Anderson St., reported theft Wednesday morning.
According to a police report, an unknown offender stole a digital video camera from a school classroom.
No arrests had been made at the time of the report. - A 19-year-old woman was arrested for theft at Schnucks, 200 N. Vine St., on Wednesday afternoon.
According to a police report, the offender concealed merchandise in her purse and left the business without paying. - A 24-year-old Orland Park, Ill., woman was arrested for drug equipment possession at Canopy Club, 708 S. Goodwin Ave., late Wednesday night.
According to a police report, the offender was observed being in possession of drug equipment inside the bar. The offender packed the drug equipment with an illegal substance and then put the equipment back into her bag. The drug equipment was recovered from the offender outside the bar. - A 21-year-old Coldwater, Mich., man and two 29-year-old Matoon, Ill., men were arrested for possession of drug equipment at Canopy Club, 708 S. Goodwin Ave., late Wednesday night.
According to a police report, the offenders were observed passing a metal pipe to each other inside the bar, packing it full of marijuana and smoking it.
University
- A 21-year-old man was arrested for possession of a controlled substance at the intersection of Green and White streets early Thursday morning.
According to a police report, the offender was stopped for an illegal right turn and was found to be in possession of cannabis and drug equipment. - A 19-year-old Skokie, Ill., man and a 17-year-old Skokie, Ill., man were arrested for theft at the 600 block of Lincoln Avenue on Wednesday night.
According to a police report, the offenders stole a camera and a microphone belonging to WCIA Channel 3, valued at $20,000.
A cameraman for the station told police he was setting up for a live shot near the Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana, at 9:40 p.m. Wednesday. The cameraman put the equipment down on the ledge of the fountain on the northwest side of the center and when he returned the equipment was gone.
The equipment has been returned to the station.
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