Arlington Heights police received a report about 9:16 PM Monday of a vehicle burglary at Jameson’s Charhouse, 1331 West Dundee Road Arlington Heights, IL. Police received a report that an unknown offender or offenders shattered the rear hatch window of a vehicle with an unknown object and then removed a Tumi nylon wheeled suitcase valued at $150, a black TravelPro backpack/briefcase valued at $200, black Edelblute wheeled suitcase valued at $150, Lenovo T420 laptop computer valued at $800, black Beats headphones valued at $200, black Apple iPod valued at $300, black TomTom GPS valued at $150, Garmin GPS valued at $150, black Apple iPad mini valued at $350, black Apple iPod valued at $150, clothing valued at over $500, an Illinois driver’s license, and several credit/debit cards.
The crime is reported to have occurred on August 5, 2013 between 7:00 p.m. and 9:15 p.m.
The make and model of the vehicle was not specified.
Information about this crime was released by the Arlington Heights Police Department on Tuesday August 6, 2013 at 8:58 a.m.
Anyone having information about this or any other serious crime in Arlington Heights should submit an anonymous text tip by texting the keyword 847AHPD and your message to 847411(tip411) or call Arlington Heights Crime Stoppers at (847) 590-STOP. Callers are guaranteed anonymity and may qualify for a cash reward of up to $1,000.
Map of area of vehicle burglary on West Dundee Road at a restaurant parking lot …
Cardinal Note: As of June 5, 2013 — up to and including the date of this article — police incidents related to the above police agency are not reported in real time or within a prompt time period. Police protecting their realm of investigation and police activity, have chosen to use encrypted radios to withhold their police communications, which were previously open to the public and news media via monitoring of public safety scanning radios — with no known negative results locally.
The delayed knowledge or entirely blacked out knowledge resulting from encrypted police communications may protect certain police operations and investigations, but it also puts the public at risk in situations such as when armed and dangerous offenders are at large and when other similar situations occur. In other cases, the delayed or blacked out information inhibits or prohibits the possibility of the public providing early witness accounts before a criminal trail goes cold. Citizens are much more likely to recognize or recall suspicious or criminal activity if they are aware of the criminal incident within minutes or hours of its occurrence. The most serious incident involving dire results would be a trail that is allowed to go cold in the case of child abduction.
The lack of real time information from public police dispatch also weakens an effective neighborhood watch program mostly working to prevent property loss, but also working to prevent possible violent crimes.
Police have alternate ways to transmit tactical, operational or investigative information, while still keeping their main public dispatch channels open for the best balance of public safety and police safety.
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