Country Club Burglary Caught On Camera Leads To Criminal Charges: Cops

SKOKIE, IL — Authorities said a Wilmette man broke into a golf club and attempted to steal thousands of dollars worth of items from inside.

Ethan M. Salazar-Sorbin, 19, of Wilmette, was arrested Sunday at the Westmoreland Country Club, 2601 Old Glenview Road, and charged with felony burglary, according to police and prosecutors.

Around 4:45 a.m., officers dispatched to the club by an activated burglar alarm found Salazar-Sobin and two "juvenile co-offenders" inside the clubhouse, according Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Jenna Reinhardt.

Wilmette police found Salazar-Sobin was carrying a variety of items that had been offered for sale in the pro shop, Reinhardt said at an initial court appearance Monday in Skokie.

Golf club staff later found a cooler with about $4,500 worth of alcohol inside it and a flat screen television that had been taken from inside the clubhouse, according to the prosecutor.

"These items had been left near a gate by the 8th hole," Reinhardt said.

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The burglary was captured on video by security cameras inside and outside the clubhouse, according to the prosecutor.

Salazar-Sobin graduated New Trier High School in 2021 and was a football player and competitive chess player, according to defense attorney Debbie Cohen, who represented him at his bond hearing.

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With no previous arrests, Salazar-Sobin was released on his own recognizance and ordered to have no contact with the country club ahead of his next court appearance Aug. 22.