April Crime Reports: Magic Mushrooms, Caretaker Steals Jewelry

Editor's note: Every day this week, we're running a breakdown of crime statistics for each month of 2011, January to April, because the New Lenox Police Department recently released its monthly reports.

New Lenox Police made five felony arrests in April, according to monthly statistics released last week by the department.

The monthly crime reports detail types of crime, how they compare to the previous year and months and other notable information. To see the full report for April, click on the PDF to the right of this article. A couple cases of interest included:

A partially disabled subject told police that a part-time caretaker stole valuable jewelry from him while in his home. The jewelry was located at a pawn shop in Harvey, along with pawned tems from other potential victims. Police tracked down the caretaker, to support her drug habit. She was charged with two counts of felony theft.

During a routine traffic stop, police discovered that the driver was in possession of 130 grams of hallucinogenic mushrooms. Eric Albarron, 23, of Lockport, was taken to Will County Jail and charges were preferred to the State Attorney's Office.

Finally, a resident told police that from his New Lenox home April 20 after one person distracted him and led him away from the front door. Police are still investigating the incident.

Here's full breakdown of crime in New Lenox for April:

Crime

Robbery