Someone displayed a knife at a convenience store in the 800 block of Dodge Avenue at 1:35 a.m. Monday. Suspect is a 5-foot-9-inch-tall black male weighing 140 pounds.
Crime: Bike stolen in northwest Evanston
Submitted by Charles Bartling on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, at 1:54 pm
A bright blue Schwinn bicycle was stolen in the 2500 block of Grant Street in northwest Evanston. This and other stories in today's daily crime bulletin from Evanston police.
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Assault
800 Dodge
Battery
1004 Greenwood
Leroy Grant, Jr., 51, of 1458 Chicago Ave., was arrested at 1004 Greenwood at 3 p.m. Sunday and charged with battery on a claim that he struck his victim on the head in a public building on Greenwood Street. He is due in court on July 19 at 9 a.m.
Burglary
2000 Dewey
A cell phone was stolen from a 2005 Honda that was parked unlocked on the street in the 2000 block of Dewey Avenue between 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Monday.
Drugs
807 Greenwood
Edilberto Garcia, 20, of 7449 N. Seeley, Chicago, was arrested at 807 Greenwood St. at 3:15 a.m. Sunday and charged with possessing a controlled substance. He is due in court on July 9 at 9 a.m.
Other
1823 Lyons
Rachael Nicole Channey, 24, of 2042 Darrow Ave., and Billy Gale Burks, 22, of 1733 Farwell, Chicago, were arrested in the 1800 block of Lyons Street shortly before midnight Sunday. Channey was charged with disturbing the peace, while Burks was charged with disobedience to a police officer. They are due in court on July 9 at 9 a.m.
Shots heard
1100 Mulford
Gunshots were reported in the 1100 block of Mulford Street at 7:10 a.m. Monday. Police checked the area but found nothing amiss.
Theft
2400 Main
Someone stole bottles of liquor from a commercial establishment in the 2400 block of Main Street shortly after 2:15 p.m. Monday. Suspect is a 5-foot-8-inch-tall black male weighing 260 pounds and driving a 2001 Jeep.
2500 Grant
Someone stole an unlocked bright blue Schwinn bicycle from the yard of a home in the 2500 block of Grant Street between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. Monday.
1900 Jackson
A bicycle was stolen from the yard of a home in the 1900 block of Jackson Avenue between 11 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. Monday.
100 Asbury
A bottle of water and a bottle of generic aspirin were stolen from a commercial establishment in the 100 block of Asbury Avenue around 11 p.m. Saturday. Suspect is a 5-foot-4-inch-tall white female weighing 120 pounds.
Traffic
800 Dodge
Jose Luis Zarate, 23, of 1705 Dempster St., was arrested at 800 Dodge Ave. at 11:35 a.m. Saturday and charged with a traffic violation. He is due in court on Aug. 2 at 10:30 a.m.
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Stolen Bikes
Evanston is a center for bicycling, but it's also a hotbed of bicycle thievery. Another two bikes were stolen in today's crime report, above. Both were in yards, and at least one was reported to be completely unlocked.
If it's in your yard, don't assume someone can't just walk in and take it. Ditto with a garage, basement or apartment building bike room: lock your bike at all times if it's unattended, even for five minutes.
Cable locks are basically useless. They can be cut in a moment with a simple bolt cutter or electrician's wire snips. Only use cables for secondary locking of bike accessories, not as a primary lock. Use a sturdy U-lock to lock the rear wheel and frame to a sturdy metal post; don't lock to a wooden fence, chainlink fence, small tree, bolted-down street sign ("sucker pole" in cyclist parlance) or anything else that can be easily cut or broken or removed. The rear wheel with your hub or gears is worth more than a front wheel, so use your best lock for that. Use a second U-lock or stout chain to lock the front wheel and frame to a sturdy object as well--using two locks is called "cross locking" and is always more secure than using just one lock. A third lock (perhaps a cable) can hold down your seat, rear rack, helmet, etc. Always remove quick release lights and panniers when leaving your bike somewhere. Your goal is to make your bike so difficult and unattractive to a thief that they'll move on to an easier target.
Right now, if you don't know the serial number of your bike, go look and write it down somewhere--putting it on your cellphone is handy. Snap a few pictures of your bike, particulary unique scratches, stickers, dents--anything that can help prove your bike belongs to you in the event of a theft. Register it with the Evanston Police--it costs only fifty cents, a bargain. Roll up a business card or two and tuck them inside tires, seatposts, handlebars--if your bike is stolen, and recovered, the thief probably won't discover your hidden id's and you can easily show the police that the bike really is yours when you pull the cards out in front of them.
If you should have your bike stolen, file a police report, then put a report on stolenbikes.org. That way, bike shop employees and other area cyclists can keep an eye out for your bike and possibly get it back to you. Also check stolenbikes.org for specific bikes and stolen serial numbers, if you're buying a bike from an area flea market or online seller, so that you don't enable more thieves by buying their thefts.
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