Arlington Heights police recently received reports of multiple residential burglaries in the area 4100 North Bloomington Avenue Arlington Heights, IL. Police received reports of six burglaries and one attempted burglary in two adjacent neighborhoods on the far northwest side of the Village of Arlington Heights. In all of the burglaries, an unknown offender or offenders entered through unlocked sliding glass patio doors.
BURGLARY #1 …
In the block of 4200 North Bloomington Avenue, unknown offender(s) entered the victim’s unlocked sliding glass patio door and removed cash, a Sony PlayStation 4 valued at $400, several PlayStation games valued at$250, a Sony PlayStation 3 and two controllers valued at $500, a black go-bag with toiletries valued at $100.
Two offenders are believed to have been involved in the crime. A subject only described as a male was wearing a black hoodie covering his head and face, with an outer black cargo jacket. A second offender was heard, but not seen.
The crime is reported to have occurred on Thursday, November 27, 2014 between 03:00 PM and 09:37 PM. The elapsed time range including the time the crime could have occurred is 6:37 (hours: minutes).
Arlington Heights Police released information about this crime on Tuesday December 2, 2014 at 08:03 AM — about 106:26 (hours: minutes) after the crime was reported.
BURGLARY #2 …
In the block of 4100 North Bloomington Avenue, unknown offender(s) entered the victim’s unlocked sliding glass patio door and removed a Samsung Galaxy Avant cellphone, valued at $736.
The crime is reported to have occurred between Thursday, November 27, 2014 at 11:00 PM and Friday, November 28, 2014 at 09:30 AM. The elapsed time range including the time the crime could have occurred is 10:30 (hours: minutes).
Arlington Heights Police released information about this crime on Tuesday December 2, 2014 at 08:03 AM — about 118:33 (hours: minutes) after the crime was reported.
BURGLARY #3 …
In the block of 4100 North Bloomington Avenue, unknown offender(s) entered the victim’s unlocked sliding glass patio door, but apparently nothing was taken.
The crime is reported to have occurred on Friday, November 28, 2014 at 1:00 a.m.
Arlington Heights Police released information about this crime on Tuesday December 2, 2014 at 08:03 AM — about 103:03 (hours: minutes) after the crime was reported.
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY (#4) …
In the block of 4200 North Bloomington Avenue, an unknown offender or offenders were heard checking the front door channel.
The incident was reported to have occurred on Saturday November 29, 2014 about 2:29 a.m. to 2:30 a.m.
Arlington Heights Police released information about this crime on Tuesday December 2, 2014 at 08:03 AM — about 77:33 (hours: minutes) after the crime was reported.
BURGLARY #5 …
In the block of 4200 North Bloomington Avenue, unknown offender(s) entered the victim’s unlocked sliding glass patio door and removed an HP laptop valued at $700 and a Dynex flat screen TV valued at $500.
The crime is reported to have occurred on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 between 01:30 PM and 06:00 PM. The elapsed time range including the time the crime could have occurred is 4:30 (hours: minutes).
Arlington Heights Police released information about this crime on Tuesday December 2, 2014 at 08:03 AM — about 134:03 (hours: minutes) after the crime was reported.
BURGLARY #6 …
In the block of 4200 Mallard Drive, an unknown offender or offenders entered the victim’s unlocked sliding glass patio door and removed a Canon S5 camera valued at $500, Canon A220 camera valued at $150, and a Canon camcorder valued at $700.
The crime is reported to have occurred on Saturday, November 29, 2014 between 10:00 AM and 07:50 PM. The elapsed time range including the time the crime could have occurred is 9:50 (hours: minutes).
Arlington Heights Police released information about this crime on Tuesday December 2, 2014 at 08:03 AM — about 60:13 (hours: minutes) after the crime was reported.
BURGLARY #7 …
In the block of 4000 Newport Lane, an unknown offender or offenders entered the victim’s unlocked sliding glass patio door and removed a camera valued at $100, a gray Apple iPad valued at $400, an Apple iPhone valued at $200, a Dell laptop computer valued at $1000, and an Apple iPod touch valued at $300.
The crime is reported to have occurred on Sunday, November 30, 2014 between 03:00 PM and 11:00 PM. The elapsed time range including the time the crime could have occurred is 8:00 (hours: minutes).
Arlington Heights Police released information about this crime on Tuesday December 2, 2014 at 08:03 AM — about 33:03 (hours: minutes) after the crime was reported.
Please note: The elapsed time of police notification to the public on these crimes is based on an estimated crime report time.
All of the burglaries occurred at apartments or townhouses.
IMPORTANT ALERT …
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 secret military-grade 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, such as when desperate offenders of property crimes are eluding police. 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.
Lack of real time information from police dispatch also delays public awareness or eliminates public awareness of general hazards and traffic or other situations in every day living in an otherwise economically thriving community.
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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