Police report a white male wearing a grey shirt and riding a bicycle walked into the 24-hour doughnut shop at 2:57 a.m. and tried to hold up the place with a pipe wrench. Upon his entry, all of the employees ran out a rear door. Shortly thereafter, the suspect also took off but without any money or food and is still at large.
A La Grange police officer received a hot tip from two subjects who wished to remain anonymous at about 6:30 p.m. Sept. 15 that a possible shooting was to have occurred that night in the village. After verifying area residents were warned to stay off the streets, the officer learned a 36-year-old man from the 200 block of Sawyer Avenue was robbed and beaten by known offenders from La Grange that morning the incident could result in retaliation.
Almost a week earlier, on the evening of Sept. 9, the beating victim reported a burglary to his home. Stolen, he told police, were an assault rifle and various prescription medications.
Break-ins, thefts
No arrests were made when a break-in occurred at a home in the 700 block of South Waiola Avenue at 1:35 a.m. Sept. 11. An ADT residential alarm alerted police to the burglary, in which the offenders ran away out the rear door. Investigators and the Countryside canine unit were called out to assist in the search.
A 5-foot-3 white balding man named Chris came into the Pier One imports store, 15 N. La Grange Road, early in the business day Sept. 15 and unsuccessfully tried to return some merchandise with fake receipts. The matter was not turned over to police and, in fact, was not reported until hours, later but will be handled internally by the store's loss prevention staff, police said.
A video gaming system and other items were reported missing from an apartment unit in the first block of West Burlington Avenue that police learned is often unlocked. The report was filed shortly before 9 p.m. Sept. 10.
Someone entered a home in the 200 block of South Stone Avenue on Sept. 6 and took some items. The break-in was reported to police four days later.
A fence on the ComEd property in the 900 block of Hillgrove Avenue was cut and some cable was stolen, it was reported to police at 11:44 a.m. Sept. 15.
An unlocked boys royal blue 24-inch Magna bicycle was stolen from the 100 block of North Spring Avenue on Sept. 11. The theft was reported four days later.
An LCD projector was stolen in the overnight hours of Sept. 11 and 12 from the front yard of a home in the 400 block of East Maple Avenue, police said.
Vandalism
A decorative Chicago White Sox home plate sign was smashed to pieces and left out in the street in front of the same house in the 800 block of South 7th Avenue sometime between 5 p.m. Sept. 12 and noon Sept. 13. The sign was valued at $30.
A 50-year-old resident in the 100 block of Sawyer Avenue found paint balls on the inside of her back yard fence. There was no permanent damage.
A window was broken in a van parked in the first block of South Ashland Avenue, it was reported at 2:26 a.m. Sept. 11.
People stories
A special watch was requested about 8:30 p.m., also on Sept 15, based on a report that various subjects are rolling marijuana joints and smoking them in Sawyer Park at Lincoln and Washington avenues.
A resident of the first block of South Waiola Avenue called police shortly before 8:30 a.m. Sept.15 and reported a raccoon was stuck inside a garbage Dumpster behind her apartment building and could not get out because there was no waste inside for him to climb on and exit.
The animal was provided an escape route and was freed a few minutes later, police said.
Police are investigating a possible case of child neglect involving an infant in the first block of North Peck Avenue who suffered a broken femur shortly before 10 a.m. Sept. 11.
A 73-year-old resident of the 100 block of Hayes Avenue told police she was disrespected and harassed by a 14-year-old boy. When police came to look for him, he was gone.
A 70-year-old La Grange man also reported being harassed by a homeless man on a bicycle shortly before 11 a.m. Sept. 12 at Hillgrove and Madison avenues. When police arrived to investigate, the offender could not be found.
And on Sept. 9, a resident in the 700 block of South 6th Avenue told police a 50- to 60-year-old brunette homeless woman tried to get into her vehicle at about 4:30 p.m. that day. The offender, with missing teeth and wearing a red and white striped shirt and white Capri pants, was first seen in front of the victim's house when she asked for a ride. When she was refused, the transient woman then tried to get into the passenger seat as the victim left the area to call police. The victim was told to call police again if the woman returns.
A boy was allegedly bit by a dog at around 7 p.m. Sept. 8 in the 100 block of South 6th Avenue. The injury was reported two days later.
A 19-year-old La Grange woman reported Sept. 9 her identity was stolen when her Kohl's department store credit card went missing from her car back in April 2009. In later months, the card was illegally used in several unknown communities.
Fire call
A resident cleaning a kitchen oven inside a house in the 800 block of South 7th Avenue alerted the La Grange Fire Department the room filled up with smoke. There was no fire and a fan was provided to air out the home.
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