OMG PD: I Walk the Leash, Playtime Tension

BURR RIDGE

That’s Just Crazy

Someone at 9:50 p.m. March 29 reported a suspicious person walking a leash without a dog on the 100 block of Tower Drive. Upon arrival, police saw a male place a dog into his vehicle. There was no criminal activity, police said.

CLARENDON HILLS

Harry Potter Playtime Divides Neighbors 

A woman at 3:48 p.m. April 24 found two kids' target arrows in her back yard on the 300 block of Ridge Avenue. Police found that some children next door play "Harry Potter with bows/arrows," according to a police report. An officer spoke with parents at the children's address and advised them of the proper ordinances and supervising their children's safety. This is an ongoing issue between neighbors, the report said.

ST. CHARLES

A St. Charles man awakened by an early morning explosion looked outside his window to see a group of laughing young men, two of whom were approaching his mailbox. When he ran outside to investigate, he heard two back-to-back blasts inside his mailbox. The incident occurred at 2:57 a.m. April 20 and caused about $50 damage to the mailbox, according to police. The officer investigating the blast found evidence that led him to suspect a mortar used to launch fireworks had been detonated inside the mailbox.

The incident comes nearly a week after a resident of Crabapple Lane reported that someone had damaged a mailbox there. Police determined that a plastic bottle containing an undetermined liquid had burst inside the mailbox.

DOWNERS GROVE

Someone used an unknown object to smash a $150 decorative wood mailbox on the 5400 block of Bending Oaks Pl. The incident occurred between 9 p.m. April 13 and 7 a.m. April 14. "The mailbox was completely destroyed from the post at the street," said the police report for this incident. There were no suspects.

NAPERVILLE

Soggy Car

A green 1995 Toyota Camry was found April 21 abandoned in the middle of the road after flood waters had subsided. The vehicle was heavily damaged by water and was towed near Redfield and McDowell roads, police said.

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