Schaumburg police responded to assist Hoffman Estates police searching for two burglary suspects fleeing a residential burglary in the 400 block of Bluebonnet Lane in Hoffman Estates. Two male suspects were last seen near Dighton Lane and Newbury Lane, just northeast of the intersection of Higgins Road and Plum Grove Road.

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VIDEO: A drone spotted in the Elgin area on Saturday, May 12, 2012.

A man with a video camera at a soccer field in Elgin, Illinois has claimed to have captured on May 12, 2012 what appears to be a drone Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that he says was flying toward Chicago the weekend before the NATO Summit. The aircraft appears to be an MQ-1 Predator. The reported appearance of the aircraft has many people speculating that the aircraft is working in the area for the upcoming NATO Summit.

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A jury on Wednesday convicted Steve Powell on all 14 charges in a voyeurism case that stemmed from an investigation into the 2009 disappearance of his daughter-in-law Susan Powell, a Utah mother of two who has never been found.

Steve Powell has been found guilty on all 14 charges. Steve Powell will be sentenced next month. His son, Josh Powell, killed himself and his two sons in February 2012. Their mother, Susan Powell is still missing.

Family and friends of Susan Powell suspect that Steve Powell might know more about the Susan Powell case, including her whereabouts.

See also The Cardinal Gas Explosion at Home Kills Josh Powell and Two Sons in Graham, Washington

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Arlington Heights police responded about 6:11 p.m. to Target, 1700 East Rand Road to a report of a purse theft. Police received a report that a purse was stolen from the lower theft of a shopping cart. The crime is reported to have occurred between 5:00 pm. and 6:10 p.m. Wednesday.

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Arlington Heights police received a report about 4:59 p.m. Wednesday of a vehicle burglary in the parking lot of the Academy of Dog Grooming in the 1700 block of West Algonquin Road. Police received a report that the driver was sleeping in a green Chevy Trailblazer with the window open. When he woke up he realized his cell phone had been stolen.

Wouldn’t that be a vehicle invasion?

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VIDEO: A drone UAV spotted in the Elgin area on Saturday, May 12, 2012.

A man with a video camera at a soccer field in Elgin, Illinois has captured on May 12, 2012 what appears to be a drone unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that he reports was flying toward Chicago the weekend before the NATO Summit.

See also … The Cardinal NATO Drone Chicago: MQ-1 Predator or MQ-9 Reaper Over Elgin?

Critics have claimed that the video is fake because the aircraft is banking left, but traveling straight. However, the flight behavior might be what you would see in a flight that was experiencing steady winds from the northeast. The weather station at O’Hare International Airport reported steady winds in the 12.7 mph to 18.4 mph range and gusts in the 19.6 mph to 25.3 mph range on Sunday May 12, 2012. Also, steady winds in the 8.1 to 12.7 mph range and gusts in the 19.6 to 20.7 mph range were reported on May 12, 2012 — a little closer to Elgin at DuPage Airport.

There is also some skepticism because the video camera was not panned to the right to follow the aircraft — something critics say fakers would do if they did not have a posterior-oblique image of the aircraft to superimpose. However, the camera man might have lost sight of it in the camera’s viewfinder or LCD display, decided he had a good enough shot already, and then enjoyed watching the rest of the flight with his own eyes. It is not easy to catch small objects in the viewfinder of a camera, and a videographer doesn’t have much time to capture the moving image — especially if it wasn’t expected or if the camera operator isn’t used to tracking aircraft with a camera. It is common to zoom in and out to find the aircraft in the field of vision, or to try to get it in focus when autofocus is on. It is hard enough to capture some aircraft — even when they are expected.

The sound of the UAV has also been questioned. Up close, UAV aircraft have a distinct propeller engine sound — especially from behind. The sound of the aircraft over Elgin does not have a distinct propeller engine sound, but it is at a considerable distance at constant speed with the associated aerodynamic noise of air flow around the blades louder than the propeller engine noise.

Up close video of MQ-1 Predator MQ-9 Reaper UAV Operations in 2011 with distinct prop sound. However, sound at 0:53 is air rushing aerodynamic noise without propeller engine noise.

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