Arlington Heights police received a report about 10:45 a.m. Wednesday of a burglary to a vehicle in the 400 block of East Haven Arlington Heights overnight. A village worker found a purse which was returned to the owner. Items were missing from the purse, which was burglarized from a car parked outside overnight.
Last night about 9:05 p.m. Tuesday and a few blocks away, Mount Prospect police responded to a report of a burglary in progress that was broken up by a citizen in the 2100 block of West Haven Street in Mount Prospect. A citizen yelled after he saw two subjects inside a car with one offender having a bike. When the citizen yelled, the offenders ran away from the car.
One offender was wearing a bright orange hooded sweatshirt. Arlington Heights police were alerted to be on the lookout in the neighborhood.
A bike was also reported stolen in the 1200 block of South Pine Avenue sometime last night — noting that one of the offenders in the 400 block of East Haven Mount Prospect case was reported to have a bike last night at about 9:00 p.m.