Arlington Heights police received a report about 6:31 AM Thursday of criminal damage to vehicle in the block of 700 East Charles Street Arlington Heights, IL. Police received a report that an unknown offender or offenders criminally damaged the right rear tire of the victim’s 2016 gray Mazda 3.
The tire was punctured by an unknown object.
The cost to repair the damage was unknown at the time of the police report.
The crime is reported to have occurred between Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 10:00 PM and Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 06:30 AM. The elapsed time range including the time the crime could have occurred is 8:30 (hours: minutes).
Similar crimes were reported involving 14 other vehicles in eight other locations in northeast neighborhoods in Arlington Heights. In all cases, tires were punctured by an unknown object. In all cases, the cost of repair was unknown at the time of the police report. The total cost of the crime is estimated to be over
The earliest discovered occurrence was 12:30 a.m. although it is unknown when the first report was called in to the Arlington Heights Police Department.
ADDITIONAL REPORTS …
1600 block North Douglas Avenue (2 vehicles)
Unknown offender(s) damaged the tires on two of the victim’s vehicles. A tire was damaged on a 2005 black Nissan Altima and a tire was damaged on another unspecified vehicle.
The crime is reported to have occurred between Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 10:00 PM and Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 07:00 AM. The elapsed time range including the time the crime could have occurred is 9:00 (hours: minutes).
1400 block E Lillian (1 vehicle)
Unknown offender(s) damaged the passenger’s side rear tire of the victim’s 2015 black Jeep Grand Cherokee.
The crime is reported to have occurred between Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 07:00 PM and Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 07:00 AM. The elapsed time range including the time the crime could have occurred is 12:00 (hours: minutes).
1400 block E Lillian (2 vehicles)
Unknown offender(s) damaged the right rear tires on two of the victim’s vehicles – a 2012 black Honda Accord and a tire on another vehicle.
The crime is reported to have occurred between Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 06:30 PM and Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 07:00 AM. The elapsed time range including the time the crime could have occurred is 12:30 (hours: minutes).
1500 block E Lillian (1 vehicle)
Unknown offender(s) damaged the passenger’s side rear tire of the victim’s 2006 gold Honda Cr-V.
The crime is reported to have occurred between Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 07:00 PM and Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 07:00 AM. The elapsed time range including the time the crime could have occurred is 12:00 (hours: minutes).
1900 block E Lillian (2 vehicles)
Unknown offender(s) damaged the right rear tire on two of the victim’s vehicles — a 02015 black Ford F-150 and a tire on another vehicle.
The crime is reported to have occurred between Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 5:30 PM and Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 6:00 AM. The elapsed time range including the time the crime could have occurred is 12:30 (hours: minutes).
1900 block E Lillian (3 vehicles)
Unknown offender(s) damaged the right rear tire of the victim’s 2014 black Honda Accord and tires on two other vehicles in the driveway.
The crime is reported to have occurred between Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 8:00 PM and Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 6:30 AM. The elapsed time range including the time the crime could have occurred is 10:30 (hours: minutes).
2100 block E Lillian (2 vehicles)
Unknown offender(s) damaged the right rear tire of the victim’s 2015 brown Chevy Silverado and a tire on another vehicle in the driveway.
The crime is reported to have occurred on Thursday, February 9, 2017 between 12:01 AM and 12:30 AM. The elapsed time range including the time the crime could have occurred is 0:29 (hours: minutes).
2100 block E Lillian (1 Vehicle)
Unknown offender(s) damaged the right rear tire of the victim’s 2008 black Lexus ES350.
The crime is reported to have occurred between Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 10:30 PM and Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 06:00 AM. The elapsed time range including the time the crime could have occurred is 7:30 (hours: minutes).
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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