On Friday, December 9th, Galesburg Police responded to the 700 block of East Brooks Street for burglary to a motor vehicle. Police met with a 22-year-old man who said someone smashed through the passenger window of his vehicle with a brick and stole a backpack. The backpack contained a couple of pairs of shoes, some Apple Airpods, and a laptop. Police viewed security video of the incident provided by a neighbor that showed two individuals on bicycles approaching the vehicle, breaking the window, and stealing the backpack. The victim was able to track his Airpods to an apartment in the 600 block of South Academy Street. Later that afternoon, officers met again with the victim who had tracked his Airpods to Arby’s on North Henderson Street. A female subject was in possession of the Airpods and said her husband purchased them from a 25-year-old man who lives in a trailer behind a property on South Seminary Street. Police then made contact with that male subject who was not in possession of any of the stolen items and denied any involvement. Officers noted that two bicycles that matched the ones in the video were also on the property. The investigation is ongoing.
Galesburg Police on Sunday afternoon, December 11th, responded to the 400 block of Peck Street for a report of a burglary to a motor vehicle. Officers met with the 70-year-old female victim who said two unknown people broke into her vehicle around 4:00 that morning. The woman admitted that she forgot to lock her car the night before and then received an early-morning notification from her Ring doorbell after it detected motion. In the video, two subjects walk up to the woman’s car and open the door. They rummage through the car for a few minutes and then depart. The woman said the only thing the thieves took was a cellphone holder and her garage door remote. Officers advised the woman to unplug the garage door motor so no one could get into the garage. The incident remains under investigation.
