Aurora Police Investigating 14 Reports of Vandalism

Aurora Police are investigating 14 reports of vandalism that occurred between Dec. 27 and Jan. 10 on the Far East and Far Southeast sides of the City, according to a post on the department's Facebook page.

Damage includes vehicle windows shot out with a BB or pellet gun. Three residences and a business have received similar damage, and three mailboxes have been smashed. Most of the crimes occurred late at night or before dawn.

According to police, "the only suspect description we have at this time is that a small, black vehicle, similar to a Honda Civic or CRX."

Police said the following: "Always be on the lookout for any suspicious vehicles or people in your neighborhood and if you see anything, please call 911 immediately. Please don’t adopt the attitude of “it’s probably nothing” or “the police have better things to do”. Believe us. We would rather catch a crook on the front end of a crime than take more paperwork on the back!

If you are victimized, please report the damage right away and don’t touch your property until we give you the go-ahead. Reporting incidents immediately gives us a better chance of narrowing down when the crimes are occurring which helps us with resource deployment. Not going near the damage preserves evidence that may be helpful in learning who the offenders are."

This is a general list of the reports and their locations and dates:

• 1200 block of Terrace View-Car window damaged between 9 p.m., 12/27 and 8:50 a.m., 12/28.
• 1100 block of Symphony-Car window damaged between 1 p.m., 12/29 and 7 a.m., 12/30.
• 2500 block of Congress-Car window and townhome siding damaged between 6 p.m., 12/29 and 11 a.m., 12/30. At the same location, vandals returned and shot out a car window between 9 p.m., 1/9 and 4 a.m., 1/10.
• 3000 and 3100 blocks of Coastal-Total of three mailboxes damaged with a blunt instrument between 8 a.m., 12/30 and 8 a.m., 12/31.
• 1300 block of Normantown-Townhome window damaged between 1 a.m. and 9 a.m., 1/1.
• 3400 block of Liberty-Commercial vehicle damaged by pellets as it was pulling into a parking lot around 5:50 p.m., 1/6.
• 2500 block of Dickens and 2400 block of Frost- Three car windows damaged between 8 p.m., 1/7 and 8 a.m., 1/8
• 1200 block of Waterford-Two windows damaged in an office building between 12 p.m., 1/ 2 and 12 p.m., 1/9.
• 2400 block of Sagamore- Window of a home damaged around 8:50 p.m., 1/9.

Police are asking anyone with information on these incidents to call Aurora Police Investigations at 630-256-5500, Aurora Area Crime Stoppers at 630-892-1000, or submit tips through the 'My PD' app. Information called into Crime Stoppers that leads to an arrest(s) qualify for a cash reward and all calls remain anonymous.

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