POLICE BLOTTER: Teens Swipe Vodka, Crimes of Opportunity

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26

Mobile Home Burglary

Someone swiped a laptop computer from a mobile home on the 9000 block of South Cicero Avenue sometime before 4:08 p.m. The owner told police he walked to the store and when returned, a neighbor told someone had tried to get into his trailer. When he went inside, he noticed that his computer was gone. Police said nothing else was missing.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24

Skol!

A store manager chased two teens through the Jewel parking lot at 4650 W. 103rd St. around 4:26 p.m. The teens were spotted taking two bottles of vodka and running out of the store. Police said the teens were described as male, black and under the age of 20. The two entered a car and were last seen heading westbound on 103rd Street. The vodka was valued at $120.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21

Garage Burglary

An intruder walked into an unlocked garage on the 9600 block of South Nashville sometime before 7 p.m. Nov. 21 and stole 11 Craftsman tools lying on a work bench. The tools were valued at $1,000.

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