Des Plaines Police Blotter: Firework Tossed in Car and More

By Pam DeFiglio

Firework Tossed Inside Car, Causes Fire

On July 1 just after 11 p.m., police responded to a report of a Molotov cocktail which caused a car fire in the 800 block of Alfini Drive.

The car owner reported the driver’s side window was stuck and would not rise, and she had taped plastic over it so a friend could fix it the next day. Unknown offenders cut a slit in the plastic and threw the firework inside the car, according to the police report. It ignited an umbrella laying on the front passenger seat.

Someone heard a screeching sound, ran outside and saw a small fire on the front passenger seat and extinguished the fire with a garden hose before the Des Plaines Fire Department arrived.

The fire damaged the front passenger seat, front passenger door and dashboard.  A police evidence technician processed the car and police retrieved a piece of the firework.

$800 in Gold, Diamonds and Jewelry Taken

A woman who lives in the 900 block of West Villa Drive reported July 1 that when she returned home after being out, she found a window near her driveway ajar and several pieces of jewelry, including a 1.5 carat diamond ring, a pair of earrings with sapphires and rubies and a gold chain missing.

The total value of the missing jewelry is $800.

$2,000 Laptop Taken 

The manager of a chain restaurant in the 1500 block of South Lee Street reported someone removed a $2,000 black Dell laptop from the manager’s office.