Buffalo Grove alerted area police officers to be on the lookout for the driver of a green 1-ton pickup truck with “Landscaping” written in yellow on the sides of the truck. There was also a large water tank located in the back of the pickup truck. The alert was broadcast just before 1:30 p.m. Tuesday for a need to question an individual regarding a report from a female and another witness that reported the female was inappropriately touched by the male in the pickup truck near Buffalo Grove Road and Golfview.

Allegedly, the female was filling her car with gas as it was out of the gas on the side of the road when a male/Hispanic approached her vehicle near Golfview Terrace and touched her inappropriately.

Police had a suspect from a landscaping company located in Wheeling. Buffalo Grove police are investigating. Buffalo Grove police had one suspect in custody just before 2:10 pm. Tuesday. The suspect was transported in custody to Buffalo Grove Police Department Headquarters.

Buffalo Grove police arrested a DUI driver about 1:25 a.m. Tuesday at Dundee Road and Golfview. Police transported the driver in custody to Buffalo Grove police headquarters. The driver’s vehicle was towed to a police holding area.

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Wheeling police alerted area police departments about 6:45 p.m. Friday to be on the lookout for retail theft suspects that stole items from Walmart, 155 Lake Cook Road in Wheeling. A retail theft was reported to have occurred about 6:20 p.m. Friday. Suspects were described as one male/white, 25 years-old, 5′ 9″ 180 pounds; and one female/white. Both suspects fled in a 1995 green Toyota 4-door possibly Corolla or Camry.

The two suspects were reported to have stolen multiple clothing and household items — filling up two black backpacks with the items and then leaving the store without paying.

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Mount Prospect police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 7:25 p.m. Thursday to Menard’s in the 400 block of East Rand Road, Mount Prospect to a report of a male shoplifter who cut his hand on a drill bit while attempting to steal the drill bit. Paramedics did not transport. Presumably there was an arrest on this call.

Ryan Jenkins (left) and Courtney Tucker.

Wheeling police alerted area police departments about 11:45 a.m. Thursday of an armed robbery of a food truck vendor that occurred about 11:35 a.m. Thursday in the area of Lake Cook Road and Northgate Parkway. Offenders were described as two male/blacks. The first offender described as a male/black in his 30′s, about 5’5″ with a medium build, wearing a black baseball cap, a black/yellow/ green sweater and displaying a handgun. The second offender was described as a male/black in his 30′s, about 6’0″ with a thin build, wearing a black hat, and a white T-shirt. Both offenders fled with cash proceeds from the robbery in a brown Chevrolet Astovan.

A Northbrook police officer spotted the brown Astrovan a short time later on Waukegan Road near Glenview and committed to a traffic stop.

Police brought the victim to the traffic stop, where he identified both suspects as the robbers. Police then arrested Ruan Jenkins, 26, of Skokie and Courtney Tucker, 24, of Evanston. Both suspects were charged with aggravated battery.

Buffalo Grove police responded about 2:30 a.m. Friday to a burglar alarm at Winberie’s Restaurant and Bar, 800 West Lake Cook Road. Police found a broken window on the east side of the building. No word on whether items were stolen. A K-9 unit from Cook County Sheriffs Police Department responded to search the building while police held the perimeter in case an offender or offenders were still located inside.

Buffalo Grove police are investigating.