UPDATED: Sheriff's Blotter: Money-Filled Envelopes Stolen in Alleged Ruse Burglary

• UPDATED (1:44 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22): Information from the Will County Sheriff's Office.

MONDAY, SEPT. 19

Money-stuffed Envelopes Disappear After Visit From Suspicious Man   

A 73-year-old man in the 23000 block of South Dutch Drive reported a home robbery to the sheriff's office. At about 3 p.m., a man knocked on his front door and said a nearby neighbor had hired the visitor's company to trim trees on the back of his property, according to the report. The man asked the victim to show him where the property lines met in the back yard, and the victim let the man in his house and went to the back yard with him. According to the report, the man became nervous when the victim asked for a business card, and he picked up his cell phone and began speaking Spanish while walking quickly to the front of the house. The man then got in to a newer gray SUV-type vehicle with a possible Illinois temporary tag and drove off. Later, the victim told police envelopes with an unspecified amount of money were missing from his bedroom. The victim described the man as about 40 to 50 years old, round-faced, between 5-feet, 7-inches and 5-feet, 10 inches tall, between 250 and 270 pounds, the report said. The man also was wearing a brown baseball cap, a medium-brown Carhartt-type jacket and medium-brown pants, according to the sheriff's report.

The Sheriff's Investigations Division is seeking the public's help in this ruse burglary case. Anyone with information should call Det. Wayne Ratajack at 815-727-8574, ext. 4925. 

In a press release, Will County Sheriff Paul J. Kaupas said elderly residents shouldn't open the door to anyone they don't personnally know and not allow anyone they don't know inside their home for any reason. Residents should be encouraged to call law enforcement if they see anything suspicious.   

GPS, iPod and More Stolen From Vehicle

A GPS unit, an iPod, 500 CDs and $175 were stolen from a vehicle in the 20000 block of South Graceland Lane. On Saturday, Sept. 17, a landscape brick was thrown through the window of another vehicle in the same block.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 17

Shorewood Woman Faces Driving Charges

Ghassan Hanna, 40, of the 25300 block of West Glen Oaks Lane in Shorewood, was charged with speeding, improper lane usage, driving without insurance and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident after an incident in the 23000 block of South Dutch Drive.

MONDAY, SEPT. 12

Frankfort Man Charged With DUI

A Frankfort man who told Chicago Heights police a steel plate in his left leg would not complicate his sobriety testing nevertheless nearly fell two times while trying to lift the limb, police said. Dale E. Engelson, 70, of the 8200 block of Brickstone Drive, was pulled over after an officer spotted him drive through a stop sign at the intersection of 16th Street and Center Avenue, police said. Engelson admitted he had four beers earlier, and his eyes appeared watery and bloodshot, according to the report. 

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