Information in Police Blotter is obtained from the Niles, Morton Grove and Park Ridge police departments. Individuals listed in Police Blotter charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
FEBRUARY 12
An employee of a restaurant in the 9100 block of Golf Road told police that a man left the establishment without paying his bill. The man reportedly fled after he was told the credit card he had attempted to use for the purchase was declined.
FEBRUARY 16
An Elmwood Park woman told police she found a sewing needle inside a pear she purchased from store on Golf Road Jan. 26. Police said the woman on showed officers a pear with a sewing needle “wedged in its middle.” The village’s public health division was notified, police said.
A coin dispenser containing approximately $60 worth of coins was reported stolen from the laundry room of an apartment building in the 8800 block of Root Street.
FEBRUARY 18
Two men allegedly purchased nearly $550 worth of merchandise from a retailer in the 200 block of Golf Mill Center using counterfeit $100 bills. Later that day, police said the same men were seen at the store’s Schaumburg location returning the merchandise they bought and receiving cash refunds. According to police, a man also used a counterfeit $100 bill to buy groceries from a store in the 5700 block of Touhy Avenue on the same day after his cousin found the bill on the ground outside.
FEBRUARY 20
A 50-year-old Niles man was ticketed for public intoxication after he was reportedly found on the front steps of a building in the 7100 block of Lee Street. He was taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, police said.
A dashboard radio and keys were reportedly stolen between February 17 and February 20 from a pickup truck parked in the 200 block of Golf Mill Center, police said. The rear window was reportedly broken to gain entry.
FEBRUARY 23
Ksenia Kopylova, 23, and Natalya Lezhneva, 43, both of Skokie, were each charged with retail theft. They were accused of stealing jewelry, clothing and other items from a retailer in the 200 block of Golf Mill Center and then leaving the area in a car, which was stopped by Morton Grove police.
Christopher Clifton, 28, of Evanston, was charged with driving under the influence following a traffic stop in the 7200 block of Dempster Street.
An attempt was made to burglarize a business in the 8700 block of Dempster Street between February 21 and February 23, police said. According to police, the rear door had several scratches on it and an anti-burglary plate was bent backward.