HIGHLAND PARK – Two residential burglaries and one attempted residential burglary occurred in Highland Park between October 17 and October 23, according to the Highland Park Police Department.
Both of the reported burglaries involved stealing jewelry, but the police haven’t determined a correlation to the incidents.
“We do not have any indication that the burglaries are connected, but they’re both under investigation and if we determine that they’re related we would certainly be interested in that,” said Highland Park Deputy Chief Timothy Wilinski. “We haven’t had anything to indicate that they are related at this time.”
Do the police have any leads on these burglaries? “There’s nothing that we have that would capture anything to identify a suspect,” said Wilinski.
Another police report involved an attempted burglary: On October 23rd an unknown individual(s) attempted to enter a residence located in the 1900 block of Green Bay Road between October 21 and October 23.
Wilinski explained that the attempted burglary happened over a few days, because the home owners weren’t home. Everything was fine when they went out of town, but when they returned they “discovered that their door was damaged.”
Wilinski said the burglar wasn’t able to gain access to the house. “For that instance there were signs (damage incurred to the door) of someone attempting to break into a home, but they weren’t successful.”
DailyNorthShore.com has covered stories about recent thefts, robberies and burglaries in Highland Park and along the North Shore. What are the differences between a residential burglary, a theft and a robbery?
“There’s a very distinct difference between a residential burglary and a theft,” said Wilinski. “A burglary would be when somebody enters the home, or property of a building of another with the intent to commit a theft. It’s normally when somebody breaks in or a door’s unlocked and they go in without the authority of the owner to commit a felony, which would be the thefts. That’s what a burglary would be.”
During a robbery, a victim would have to be present at the scene. “Robbery would be by force or threat of force,” Wilinski added.
