Crime & Safety

Peeping Tom Peers Into Own House, Gnome Goes Missing

A look at weird crimes in the Chicago area.

By Emily Stone and David MacLean

Gnome wishes expression was 'stealing everything but the garden gnome’

A Glenview resident told police that a marble sink countertop stored in her yard had been damaged, and that several gnome figures went missing from her garden. The estimated loss is $600.

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Self-Peeping Tom

Officers responded to a Lake Bluff residence for a report of a suspicious person peering into the windows. The man told police he was the homeowner and that he had looked into the house to see if his wife was awake before entering the home and startling her by setting off the alarm.

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She also accidentally typed in 'bomb making supplies' into Google instead of 'gorgeous sunrise'

A Lake Bluff police officer responded to a 911. The resident said she meant to dial 411 but accidentally dialed 911.

Billy Corgan sought for questioning

Someone stole the pumpkin off a Glenview porch and smashed it on the driveway. The estimated loss is $70.

That's a serious food coma

Police found a woman sleeping in her car in Lake Bluff. She told the officer that she hadn’t slept for two days and when she stopped to eat she fell asleep in her car.


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