Crime & Safety

June Crime Report: Investigations Lead to Drug Bust, Stolen Jewelry

The New Lenox Police Department released its monthly crime statistics for June, including 13 felony arrests, and we break down some cases of interest.

New Lenox police made 13 felony arrests in June, according to monthly statistics released last week by the department, including investigations that led them to a drug bust and stolen jewelry.

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 June, click on the PDF to the right of this article. See below for cases of interest, a breakdown of all June arrests and links to previous monthly reports.

Cases of Interest

  • Police made an arrest in connection with an April report that someone had stolen $3,000 worth of jewelry from his home on the 200 block of East Woodlawn in New Lenox. After an investigation, Carol D. Conte, 31, of the 200 block of East Woodlawn, was charged with theft.
  • Christopher Rayson, 27, of the 300 block of Sunset Trail in New Lenox, was . Police executed a search warrant at Rayson's home and uncovered 70 grams of marijuana and items associated with drug dealing. 
  • On June 23, police found a man who "appeared to be intoxicated" sleeping in another person's car at about 4:30 a.m. Robert Curylo, 24, of the 900 block of South Cooper Road in New Lenox, was issued a bond and charged with trespass to vehicle. The owner of the car called police after seeing the man in it while parked on the 200 block of Central Road.
  • On June 4, Matthew Murphy, 36, of 800 block of Meadowridge in New Lenox, was charged with aggravated battery after officers reportedly saw him lying in the roadway outside of Station House on East Route 30. The officer also located a victim behind the House of Hughes who identified Murphy as the offender, according to the report.

By the Numbers

Crime/Incident

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June 2011
June 2010
2011 YTD 2010 YTD Homicide 0 0 0 0 Criminal sexual assault 0 0 0 1

Robbery

0 0 0 1 Aggravated assault/battery 1 0 6
5 Burglary 6
2 15
6
Theft 25
15 100
128 Motor vehicle theft 0 0 1 2 Arson 1 0 1 1 Simple assault/battery 8 5 34 31 Deception/forgery 8 11 56 59 Criminal damage or trespass 19 20 53 107 Deadly weapons 0 0 2 1 Other sex offenses 0 0 2 3 Offenses w/ juveniles 0 3 9 4 Drug offenses 7 4 34 38 Liquor violations 2 1 15 15 DUI 3 2 32 38 Traffic citations 357 349 2,424 2,223 Parking citations 144 237 779 958 Ordinance citations 20 17 66 127 Traffic crashes 45 38 280 318

Previous Crime Reports:

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