Did a Prowler Steal Your Pocket Watch? Then Give the Cops a Call

Did you lose a pocket watch in a burglary? It might be at the Joliet Police Department and the cops want to get it back to you.

The police recovered a number of stolen pocket watches after searching the garage and room of an alleged burglar arrested last month.
In addition to pocket watches, police said they found a treasure trove of miscellaneous hot property, including jewelry, power tools, bicycles and laptop computers.

Much of the haul has been returned to its owners, police said, but the pocket watches remain unclaimed. Anyone missing such a timepiece is urged to call the Joliet Police Department’s Burglary Unit at 815-724-3166.

The stolen property was found in the room of 41-year-old Jaime Velez-Peak, police said. The cops reportedly caught Velez-Peak in the middle of burgling a house on Mayfield Avenue last month. Days later, officers obtained a search warrant for his residence.

Velez-Peak was then linked to additional break-ins around Joliet and Crest Hill, police said.