Man Enters Northbrook Home Under Guise of Fixing Water Problems

The following information is from the Northbrook Police Department. An arrest is not an indication of guilt.

Gym clothes stolen

Someone stole a lock and gym clothes from a gym locker in the P.E. locker room at Glenbrook North Oct. 2. The victim related he was in a hurry that morning and does not believe he locked the locker. There is no estimate of loss at the time of the report.

Residential burglary

A resident in the 1600 block of Walters Ave. reported that a man knocked on his door at noon Oct. 7 and advised him that there was “something wrong with the water” in the neighborhood and that there had been a number of water leaks in the area.

As the homeowner was talking to the man in his doorway, he walked past the resident and into the kitchen. He stayed by the kitchen faucet for five to 10 minutes. The homeowner didn’t think the man was a public works employee and the homeowner said he was going to call police. When the man heard this he left.

The homeowner saw him leaving in a tan minivan. A mailman informed police that he had observed a similar vehicle on a nearby street. Officers responded to the street and located the vehicle parked in a driveway in the 1700 block of Oak St. and identified the man as Nicholas Miller, 23, of the 3600 block of Long Dr. in St. Louis. Miller told officers that he was going door to door looking for repair work in the neighborhood.

Officers placed him into custody along with a passenger in the vehicle. Miller was charged with residential burglary, driving with a suspended license, no insurance and a cracked front windshield. The passenger was released without charges. Miller was held awaiting transportation to Skokie Bond Court.

License taken

Someone removed a driver’s license from a victim’s purse Oct. 8 in the 900 block of Skokie Highway.

Attempted burlgary

A homeowner in the 2500 block of Illinois Road reported that her alarm activated while she was home at 1 a.m. Oct. 9. She she checked her home and looked out of her windows but did not see anything. In the morning the woman discovered an exterior rear door handle pulled out nearly an inch but the door remained locked.