La Grange Police Apprehend 3 Following Interrupted Burglary

A resident who returned to her home on the 300 block of South Catherine Avenue on April 6 around 10 a.m. interrupted a burglary in progress, according to La Grange police. The resident came home to find a door open, a window broken and two individuals upstairs.

Upon the resident's return, one suspect fled out the back door of the home and the other broke through a window on the home's second floor and jumped to the ground.

La Grange police, with assistance from officers in Countryside and Brookfield set up a perimeter and subsequently arrested two individuals. Charged with residential burglary were Joshua Velez, 21, of 5017 Cermak Road in Cicero; Frank Ortiz, 18, of 5123 Cermak Road in Cicero; and Samantha Salinas, 21, of 6016 S. Kostner Ave., in Chicago.

Police said items stolen in the burglary were recovered and a third accomplice was identified in the early stages of the investigation. Police later arrested Salinas, but did not indicate where in their reports. Police said she served to transport the two suspects and to be a look-out.

All three were transported to the courthouse at 26th and California in Chicago on April 7 for their initial bond hearing. The case will be heard in the 5th District Courthouse in Bridgeview.