Crime & Safety
Oct. 2011 Crime Report: 2 Tell Police Pills Stolen After Botched Drug Deal
The New Lenox Police Department released its monthly crime statistics for October, including seven felony arrests, and we break down some cases of interest.
New Lenox police made seven felony arrests in October, according to monthly statistics released last week by the department, including an arrest of a mother and son who reported a theft ... of the illicit drugs they were trying to sell.
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 October, view the PDF attached to this article. See below for cases of interest, a breakdown of all October arrests and links to previous monthly reports.
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Cases of Interest
Two Manhattan residents claimed a New Lenox man stole their prescription pills, but . Police say the thief threatened the others with an airsoft gun, took the meds and ran.
Readers said they thought to the village after a teen tried stealing cough medicine and was found in possession of drug equipment and from the store.
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Patch introduced a new monthly feature that maps burglaries and property damage incidents as well: Crime Map: See Where October Burglaries Occurred
By the Numbers
Crime/Incident
Oct. 2010
2011 YTD 2010 YTD Homicide 0 0 0 0 Criminal sexual assault 0 0 0 1
Robbery
0 0 1 2 Aggravated assault/battery 1 0 108 Burglary 4
2 26
13
Theft 29
31 214
218 Motor vehicle theft 0 0 3 3 Arson 0 1 1 2 Simple assault/battery 8 9 66 54 Deception/forgery 9 6 87 99 Criminal damage or trespass 20 10 134 152 Deadly weapons 0 0 2 3 Other sex offenses 0 0 4 3 Offenses w/ juveniles 1 1 17 14 Drug offenses 7 14 56 99 Liquor violations 2 4 22 28 DUI 3 11 46 74 Traffic citations 361 385 6,132 6,022 Parking citations 127 167 1,310 1,736 Ordinance citations 8 10 114 185 Traffic crashes 71 56 531 548
Previous Crime Reports
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