Arlington Heights police received a report about 6:01 AM Monday of criminal damage to vehicle in the block of 1500 North Douglas Avenue Arlington Heights, IL. Police received a report that an unknown offender or offenders criminally damaged damaged the victim’s 2015 white Acura TLX with BB pellets.
The cost to repair the damage was unknown at the time of the police report.
The crime is reported to have occurred between Sunday, November 13, 2016 at 06:00 PM and Monday, November 14, 2016 at 06:00 AM. The elapsed time range including the time the crime could have occurred is 12:0 (hours: minutes).
Seven other vehicles were also reported damaged in approximately the same time frame. The cost to repair the damage was unknown in all cases at the time of the police report. All crimes were reported early Monday morning.
Unknown offender(s) damaged the victim’s 2000 white Ford Econoline E250 van with BB pellets in the 1600 block of North Douglas
between 11/13 at 9:00pm and 11/14 at 6:30 am.
Unknown offender(s) damaged the victim’s 2015 black Audi Q5 with BB pellets in the 1600 block of North Douglas Avenue between 11/13 at 10:00pm and 11/14 at 5:30am.
Unknown offender(s) damaged the victim’s 2015 black Kia Forte with BB pellets in the 500 block East Lynnwood Avenue between 11/13 at 6:00pm and 11/14 at 6:00 am.
Unknown offender(s) damaged the victim’s 2011 white VW CC with BB pellets in the block of 300 North Gibbons on 11/14 between 1:00 am and 7:00 am.
Unknown offender(s) damaged the victim’s 2015 black BMW 320I with BB pellets in the block of 2200 North Kennicott between 11/13 at 7:00 pm and 11/14 at 9:20 am.
Unknown offender(s) damaged the victim’s 2011 white Honda CR-V with BB pellets in the 2000 block of North Elizabeth between 11/13 at 9:30 pm and 11/14 at 6:00 am.
Unknown offender(s) damaged the victim’s 2001 blue Honda Odyssey with BB pellets in the 2000 block of North Elizabeth between 11/13 at 8:00 pm and 11/14 at 6:00 am.
Anyone having information about this or any other serious crime in Arlington Heights can submit an anonymous tip via text or by telephone: Text keyword 847AHPD and your message to 847411; 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.
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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