Crime & Safety
August 2011 Crime Report: Drug Busts and Solicitation of Sex
The New Lenox Police Department released its monthly crime statistics for August, including seven felony arrests, and we break down some cases of interest.
New Lenox police made seven felony arrests in August, according to monthly statistics released last week by the department, including two drug busts and an arrest of a man accused of trying to set up a meeting with teenage girls.
The monthly crime report, released by the , details types of crime, how they compare to the previous year and months, and other notable information. To see the full report for August, click on the PDF to the right of this article. See below for cases of interest, a breakdown of all August arrests and links to previous monthly reports.
Cases of Interest
On the last day of August, police arrested an Orland Park man who they say . A parent of one of the teens said the Orland man had inappropriate conversations with the girls on Skype.
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On Aug. 12, a police officer searched a suspicious vehicle in the Kmart parking lot at 1:35 a.m. and . Both men were taken to Will County Jail.
New Lenox police from a Joliet man's home Aug. 15 after executing a search warrant.
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By the Numbers
Crime/Incident
August 2011August 2010
2011 YTD 2010 YTD Homicide 0 0 0 0 Criminal sexual assault 0 0 0 1
Robbery
8 Burglary 1
2 19
11
Theft 32
20 162
166 Motor vehicle theft 1 0 2 2 Arson 0 0 1 1 Simple assault/battery 6 4 53 39 Deception/forgery 9 12 72 86 Criminal damage or trespass 13 13 86 134 Deadly weapons 0 0 2 2 Other sex offenses 1 0 4 3 Offenses w/ juveniles 2 2 13 12 Drug offenses 10 17 46 69 Liquor violations 3 3 18 22 DUI 8 8 41 53 Traffic citations 375 364 3,111 2,963 Parking citations 171 207 1,056 1,400 Ordinance citations 13 20 91 164 Traffic crashes 53 55 398 423
Previous Crime Reports:
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