Crime & Safety
Geneva Theft Reports: Victims Range From Retail Stores to Church Choirs
The following information was supplied by the Geneva Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Geneva police made one arrest and logged several reports of theft between Jan. 11 and Jan. 16.
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Retail Theft Arrest—Geneva police arrested Eriberto Vega, 44, of Aurora on charges of retail theft following an incident at around 2:20 p.m. Jan. 12 at the Dominick’s grocery store chain, 2000 South Randall Road, reports said. The complaint in the 16th Circuit Court says Vega took a glass 750 ml bottle of St. Germain liqueur valued at $68.79. Vega has a court date of Feb. 19 at the Kane County Branch Court, 530 S. Randall Road, St. Charles.
Theft Under $500—Someone took an antique steel orange milk can from the front porch of a residence in the 0-100 block of Crissey Avenue sometime between 10:10 p.m. Jan. 14 and 10 a.m. Jan. 15, reports said. The resident estimated the value of the milk can at about $30.
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Thefts From Church Choir Under $500—Someone took $50 in cash from the purse of a First Baptist Church choir singer sometime between 10:40 a.m. and 11:05 a.m. Jan. 13 at the church at 2300 South Street, reports said. A second member of the choir also was a theft victim, reports said. The second person told police that someone took an Apple iPhone 4S from a jacket pocket between 10:40 a.m. and 11 a.m. Jan. 13. The iPhone was valued at $300.
Theft Under $500—Someone took an iPod Touch from belongings left by a seventh-grader at Geneva Middle School North during the Geneva Jive school function, sometime between 3:15 p.m. and 4:45 p.m. Jan. 11, reports said. The iPod Touch was valued at $230.
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