Tabby Needs a Home, Nice Furnishings Preferred

Luxurious Spot for Cat Hair

LA GRANGE, Aug. 24—A gray-and-white tabby cat with black stripes wandered into Luxe Home Interiors, 22 W. Burlington Ave., police learned at about 1:18 p.m. The cat had no collar. Police brought the cat to the Hinsdale Humane Society. 

Mystery Meat on Wheels

LA GRANGE, Aug. 23—Police were unable to locate a man reported selling meat out of a gray or blue sport-utility vehicle at about 12:22 p.m. on the 800 block of Seventh Avenue. The man was blond, in his 20s and wearing a white shirt and blue jeans. He may have been selling from the Bridgeview area, police said.

Doesn't Want to Eat on the Run

LA GRANGE, Aug. 21—A man told police he was jogging on the 300 block of South Waiola Avenue when some teens in a dark sport-utility vehicle threw a Slurpee at him. The previous night, at a different location, some teens in an SUV threw a hamburger bun at him. He added that he was also hit in the chest with eggs.

Probably Ate All the Shrimp, Too

ELMHURST, Aug. 20—A party was held at a house in the 800 block of South Euclid between 8 and 11:50 p.m. After the party, a woman reported that someone stole between $280 and $300 in cash and a credit card from her purse, which had been left on the dining room table. Two fraudulent charges had been made on the credit card at Citgo on Butterfield Road in Elmhurst. Surveillance video showed a person who had been at the party using the card. Complaints will be signed, police said.

All that Glitters Isn't Gold but They'll Still Take It, New or Old

LA GRANGE, Aug. 22—La Grange police said someone may have mistaken an older red Toro lawn mower as trash when it was taken at about 11:45 a.m. from between two trash containers on the 1300 block of west Cossitt Avenue after it was left there for a few minutes  by the building custodian.

ELMHURST, Aug. 18—A man backed a black Dodge pickup truck to a dumpster in a lot at Early Time Home Solutions, 960 Industrial Drive at 6 p.m. and began to load the truck with recyclable aluminum. Employees told the man the aluminum belonged to the company and to put it back. The man reportedly didn't understand and drove away with the aluminum. The employees didn't report the incident until 7:57 a.m. Aug. 19 because they said they wanted to talk to their boss first. A license plate was obtained. Police contacted residents at the address to which the vehicle was registered, but there was no one there by that name. Police will examine surveillance video. The metal thief was described as 35, about 5-foot-9-inches, 160 pounds, wearing a blue soccer jersey and tan shorts.

WHEATON, Aug. 9—A resident of the 1100 block of Bunker Hill Court told police he recently installed a new dryer. He left the old one, worth $100, on the driveway while he went to buy parts to repair it for a friend. But sometime between 3 and 5 p.m., somebody took it.

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