Car Stolen During Lotto Purchase, Disorderly Conduct at Trader Joe's: Police Blotter

SATURDAY, DEC. 22

Car Stolen from Ogden Avenue Gas Station

A 2002 Ford Explorer was stolen from a gas station in the 2200 block of Ogden Avenue around 9:35 p.m., police said. 

The car owner told police he left his keys in the vehicle with the engine running while he went inside the gas station to purchase a lottery ticket, according to reports. 

The man said he was inside for approximately five minutes when he saw someone driving away with his vehicle, police said.

Car Stolen from Butterfield Road Parking Lot

A 2003 Chevrolet vehicle was stolen from a parking lot in the 1500 block of Butterfield Road around 1:30 p.m., police said.

The car owner told police she went into a store shortly after 1 p.m., and was unable to find her car when she returned to the parking lot, according to reports. The vehicle is presumed stolen.

FRIDAY, DEC. 21

Stolen Santa Claus 

A Santa Claus figure was stolen from the front yard of a home in the 5200 block of Blodgett Avenue around 9:30 p.m., police said.

The homeowner told police he heard car doors slamming and speeding from the area before noticing the Santa figure was missing from the front yard. A teeter-totter was also broken in the theft, as the Santa was tied to it, police said.

Disorderly Conduct at Trader Joe’s

Rohan N. Dobson, 29, of the 600 block of Ogden Avenue in Downers Grove, was arrested around 8:34 p.m. at Trader Joe’s, 122 Ogden Ave., police said.

An employee at Trader Joe’s told police Dobson entered the store Dec. 19 to return high potency vitamins for women, police said. Dobson told the employee there was cyanide inside the pills and to “enjoy her death,” then left the store without a refund, according to reports.

Dobson returned Dec. 21, demanding a refund, police said. After observing him sticking his middle finger in the air and staring blatantly in the aisles, the employee called police, according to reports. 

When officers questioned Dobson, they found two warrants under his name—one from DuPage County for failure to appear on a retail theft charge, and the other from Chicago for failure to appear on a criminal trespass charge, police said.

Dobson was arrested on the two warrants, and for obstructing identification, police said. 

The Trader Joe’s employee did not wish to sign complaints, but asked the Dobson be trespassed from the store, according to reports.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 19

Car Burglary on Bolson Drive 

A car was burglarized in the 1400 block of Bolson Drive sometime between 5 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., police said. 

The car owner told police her purse was stolen from the passenger seat of the car, which was unlocked. Among the stolen items were credit cards, a driver’s license and cash, according to reports.

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