NEW TRIER TOWNSHIP, IL — The following information comes from the Glencoe, Kenilworth, Northfield, Wilmette and Winnetka police departments and court records as a record of police activity and incidents reported to the police. Criminal charges merely represent accusations by the state, and county prosecutors often choose to drop or reduce them. Updated information may be available from the Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court. Anyone arrested is innocent unless later proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

STOLEN STREET SIGN An officer noticed on April 23 that someone had removed the Mohawk Road street sign from the intersection of Mohawk and Iroquois roads.

SHOPLIFTING A woman in her 40s with a blue jacket and black backpack stole unspecified items from the Walgreens at 3232 Lake Ave. at some point on April 29.

COUNTERFEIT CASH A man with face tattoos was given $89 change after used a counterfeit $100 bill to pay for pizza at an unspecified restaurant in the 3200 block of Lake Avenue between 7 and 7:30 p.m. on May 1. He left the scene in a red car before restaurant staff discovered that the bill he paid with was actually a washed and reprinted $10 bill.

CAR BURGLARY Someone rummaged through an unlocked GMC SUV in the 3400 block of Wilmette AVenue at some point on or before May 2. Nothing was missing from inside.

CONTRACTOR FRAUD A resident in the 800 block of Hibbard Road reported on May 5 that they requested an estimated cost for the replacement of a fence from what they believed to be a legitimate fencing contractor, proving a credit card number over the phone, allowing the contractor to charge $99 for the estimated on March 30. But since then, the resident has been unable to contact the company, Maverick Fence and Deck, which provided the non-existent address of 926 Ridge Road as its headquarters. Police described the suspected fraudster as a white man with dark hair who appeared to be in his late 20s and between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 8 inches tall.

Charles D. Ryan, 50, of the 11400 block of South Oakley Avenue, Chicago, was arrested shortly after 4:30 p.m. in the 800 block of Skokie Boulevard and charged with misdemeanor retail theft of an unspecified amount of items from the Walgreens, 3232 Lake Ave.

Thomas W. McNichols, 31, of the 500 block of South 2nd Street, Springfield, was arrested around 3 a.m. on April 30 and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after officers reported they found him passed out behind the wheel of a Lexus station wagon in a parking lot of a strip mall in the 3500 block of Lake Avenue. Officers also issued him a citation for illegal transportation of an open container of alcohol by a driver.

IDENTITY THEFT An Orchard Lane resident reported on April 28 that someone used their identity to apply for an unauthorized credit card account.

FORGERY A Sheridan Road resident reported on May 5 that someone had used their bank account information to forge a check worth nearly $8,500.

Kristen Klein, 46, of the 900 block of Bluff Road, Glencoe, was arrested around 9:15 p.m. on May 7 and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and driving without a valid driver's license following an investigation into a traffic crash in the 700 block of Vernon Avenue. Officers also issued her citations for improper lane usage and failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash.

UNEXPECTED VISITOR A resident in the 2200 block of Martin Lane reported on the evening of May 2 that a former colleague had recently been engaging in suspicious behavior, including unexpected visitations. The resident sought only to document the incidents, which police determined did not include any crime.

CAR BURGLARY Around 10:15 a.m. on May 6, officers were dispatched to the 300 block of Central Avenue fore a report of a suspected car burglary in progress. The caller, a Glenview resident, told police that he noticed an unidentified man inside his car. He confronted the suspected burglar, who apologized and fled in a nearby waiting vehicle, police were told.

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CHECK FRAUD A Hill Road resident reported on May 6 that someone altered a check that they had sent in the mail and cashed it at some point between April 21 and April 25 for a loss of more than $5,000.

Jonathan C. Tito, 26, of the first block of North Long Avenue, Chicago, was arrested around 11 p.m. on April 27 and charged with driving under the influence following a traffic stop in the 1700 block of Willow Road in Northfield. He was also issued citations for speeding and disobeying a stop sign.

Earlier: Fleeing Teens Crash Stolen Car, Sending Woman To Hospital; Neighbor Accuses Neighbor Of Battering Her: New Trier Township Police Blotters, April 13 to April 26

Note: Speeding tickets, driving license-related offenses and some non-criminal incidents have not been included.

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