Crime & Safety
Can You Help Police Return These Items to Rightful Owners?
The following information was supplied by the North Aurora Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
North Aurora police are asking for the public’s help to identify items and return them to their rightful owners after arresting two men on burglary charges.
At around 3 a.m. Aug. 12, officers of the North Aurora Police Department noticed a suspicious blue Chevrolet Malibu that was stopped on Sycamore, just north of Oak Street, according to a North Aurora Police Department release issued Monday, Aug. 26.
The Malibu was stopped with the dome light on occupied by two men in front of Highland Park, which was closed. During a subsequent traffic stop of the Malibu, the officer noticed a tire iron in the front seat and a gas chainsaw, and electric chainsaw, a leaf blower, a miter saw, a skateboard, and a bow and arrow set.
Officers later arrested each of the two men on charges of burglary, a Class 2 felony, in connection with a burglary in the 100 block of North Sycamore Lane. The two men are:
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