Crime & Safety
Police Report Burglary of Prescription Drugs; Car Burglars Spotted Around Manchester Course
Car-burglary roundup: Prescription drugs are taken in one incident. In the other, a witness sees people in dark, hooded sweatshirts trying door handles in the Manchester Course area.
Two February reports of car buglaries in Geneva resulted in prescription drugs and a Garmin global positioning unit taken. In the latter report, a witness saw people in dark, hooded sweatshirts trying to get into cars on Manchester Course.
It's always a good idea to lock your vehicle and take any items of value out of the car, police advise.
Burglary, Prescription Drugs—Someone took a bottle of Xanax and a bottle of Adderall from a Buick Century sometime between 1 a.m. and 1 p.m. Feb. 19, Geneva police reports said. The car was parked unattended in the driveway of a residence in the 100 block of Syril Drive, and the medication was in the glove compartment. The cost to replace the medication was estimated at $62. The bottles contained 30 pills of Xanax and 24 pills of Adderall.
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Burglary—Someone took a Garmin Nuvi global positioning unit from a Ford Freestyle parked in 1000 block of Manchester Course around 10 p.m. Feb. 23, reports said. While Geneva police officers were en route, Tri-Com Dispatch advised that a witness had seen five people in dark, hooded sweat shirts walking east on the 1000 block of Manchester Course pulling on vehicle door handles. The witness saw one person exiting a pickup truck or sports utility vehicle holding a flashlight. The estimated value of the GPS was $195.
- If you have information about this or any other crime in Geneva, please contact the Geneva Police Department at 630-232-4736.
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