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    C-U crime report, June 15-30, 2024

    By SAMUEL LISEC slisec@news-gazette.com,

    8 hours ago

    Each week, courts-beat reporter Samuel Lisec will assemble a bulletin of local criminal activity reported by C-U police.

    CHAMPAIGN

    • 800 block of North Randolph: A man reported he was robbed around 5:50 p.m. Sunday.
    • 500 block of North Neil Street: Officers arrested a man for breaking a window to a local vape shop and stealing multiple items inside around 5:26 a.m. June 28.
    • 700 block of South Mattis Avenue: Officers responded to a subject who was shot around midnight June 27.
    • 400 block of Hilltop Road: Two juveniles reportedly battered a dog around 8:51 p.m. June 26.
    • 2600 block of West Springfield: A woman reported she was sexually assaulted around 4:10 a.m. June 25.

    2500 block of West Springfield: A woman reported to police that she was battered by a man who pointed a gun at her and stole her phone around 5:38 p.m. June 25.

    • 900 block of South Mattis Street: A man working for Uber was driving to pick up a passenger when his vehicle was struck by gunfire by an unknown person around 4:07 a.m. June 25.
    • 1200 block of Northwood Street: Police took a report of shots fired around 4:54 p.m. June 23.
    • 2100 block of Tamarack Drive: A man reported his car was stolen, and a juvenile suspect was later located driving it around 9:30 p.m. June 23.
    • 1700 block of Valley Road: A suspect reportedly burglarized a woman’s residence around 5 p.m. June 23.
    • 2000 block of North Neil Street: Officers arrested a woman around 1:08 p.m. June 23 after she reportedly battered a security guard.
    • 2200 block of West John Street: A man enroute to Carle Foundation Hospital in an Arrow Ambulance battered multiple staff members around 1:21 a.m. June 22.
    • 2700 block of Wellington Drive: A man’s vehicle was reportedly stolen overnight and then involved in a car crash around 11 p.m. June 22.

    URBANA

    • 1000 block of Cottage Grove Avenue: A woman reported to police around 7:15 a.m. Sunday that an unknown person shattered the windows to her vehicle, as well as the back door and window to her apartment.
    • 400 block of South Poplar Street: Officers arrested a man around 11:34 p.m. Saturday after he spit in a person’s face and was found to have cut off his ankle monitor.
    • 600 block of West Park Street: A man reported he felt unsafe around 10 a.m. June 28 after another person made threats and displayed fireworks inside a hospital emergency room.
    • 1400 block of East Washington Street: Officers gave notices to appear in court to two people around 12:45 a.m. June 28 after they refused to dispose of their open alcohol while leaving a local nightclub.
    • 1600 block of Ivanhoe Way: A woman reported around 1:30 a.m. June 28 that an unknown person entered her residence by force and remained there for an unknown amount of time.
    • Crystal Lake Drive and Cunningham Avenue: Officers arrested a man around 3 a.m. June 27 after he was driving with one headlight and was found to be under the influence of alcohol.
    • 900 block of North Broadway Avenue: An unknown person stole a woman’s vehicle, and it was later found wrecked around 6:30 p.m. June 26.
    • 1300 block of Ivanhoe Way: Officers created a missing persons report around 1 p.m. June 25 after the mother of a man with mental-health issues reported that her son traveled from Chicago to Urbana for court but did not return to Chicago.
    • 1000 block of Silver Street: A woman reported she came home around 11:30 a.m. June 25 to find an unknown person had damaged her front door with blunt force.
    • 1800 block of Silver Street: A man reported around 6 p.m. June 25 that an unknown man had stolen his recycling bin.
    • 1000 block of Silver Street: A man reported he was approached by an unknown woman after he arrived home in his vehicle around midnight June 25. The woman pulled out a knife and stole food from him.
    • 1300 block of Silver Street: A woman reported that another person damaged her property and stole one of her pets around 12:01 a.m. June 25.
    • 100 block of West Park Street: An unknown person reportedly displayed a firearm while at a local park around 11:04 p.m. June 22.
    • 800 block of East University Avenue: An unknown person stole a man’s property around 3:39 p.m. June 21 along a local bus route.

    University of Illinois

    • 1100 block of Euclid Street: Officers issued a notice to appear in court around 11:40 p.m. Sunday to a repeat offender of noise-ordinance violations.
    • 500 block of South Chestnut Street: Officer arrested a man around 1 a.m. Saturday for driving under the influence.
    • 600 block of South Fifth Street: A burglary reportedly occurred at a residence around 9:45 p.m. June 28.
    • 100 block of East John Street: An unknown offender reportedly broke the window to a person’s vehicle around 11 p.m. June 27.
    • 1300 block of Springfield Avenue: A person reported around 3:23 p.m. June 26 that their bike was stolen from outside a campus building.
    • 1400 block of Springfield Avenue: Officers responded to a burglary to a motor vehicle around 1:30 a.m. June 24, but the suspect left the scene prior to their arrival.
    • 600 block of East Armory Avenue: Officers arrested a man around 1:47 p.m. June 23 for disorderly conduct after he reportedly followed two women.
    • 300 block of East Green Street: Officers arrested a man after he solicited sexual acts from people and battered one person around 11:29 p.m. on June 23.
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