North Riverside police reported on Dec. 5 that someone had withdrawn $5,000 from the bank account of a Glenview woman whose identity was stolen a month ago.

The victim, 46, noticed the money missing from her Chase account and contacted the bank’s Northfield office to report it. She was told that on Dec. 1 someone made the withdrawal at the North Riverside bank branch, 1730 Harlem Ave.

The victim told North Riverside police that there also had been multiple withdrawals from the account at various Chase branches in Chicago.

Burglary from motor vehicle

North Riverside continues to experience a number of burglaries from vehicles parked in shopping center parking lots.

Last week, two more such incidents were reported to police, both in the parking lot near Kohl’s, 2200 Harlem Ave.

Both incidents were reported on Dec. 6, one between 11 and 11:45 a.m., the other between 5:45 and 6:15 p.m.

In the earlier of the two incidents, a 52-year-old man from New Buffalo, Mich., reported that someone broke out the driver’s side window of his Buick and stole a Garmin global positioning system unit valued at $450.

In the second incident, someone broke out the passenger side window of a 2008 Nissan Rogue owned by a 39-year-old Chicago man and stole a GPS power cord from the vehicle.

A resident of the 9500 block of Congress Park Ave., Brookfield, had a GPS system valued at $250 stolen from a reportedly unlocked 2002 Buick Aztec parked on the street on Nov. 29.

Someone walking a dog just before 11:30 p.m. called police to report someone sitting in the passenger seat of the vehicle while a second person stood in the middle of the street. Three other people were standing in the darkness across from the vehicle. All of the subjects fled when they saw the witness, police said.

Battery, resisting

Chicago resident Devon Perry, 21, was charged with aggravated battery, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct after reportedly kicking a Brookfield Zoo police officer during an incident Dec. 7.

Brookfield Zoo police were called to intervene in an argument between Perry, who is an employee of the zoo, and his manager around 4:30 p.m. According to the police report, the argument was over Perry’s job performance. When two zoo officers arrived, Perry was reportedly shouting at his female boss.

While the officers attempted to arrest Perry, he allegedly kicked one of them and resisted. Riverside police were called to the scene and made the formal complaints against Perry.

Drug possession

Riverside police charged Berwyn resident Rodrigo Cabrera, 24, with illegal possession of a controlled substance after an officer reportedly discovered a small amount of cocaine in a cigarette package during a traffic stop on Dec. 3.

An officer pulled Cabrera over after observing that the registration of the license plates on Cabrera’s car was expired. A computer check reportedly showed that Cabrera’s driver’s license was suspended.

While searching the vehicle after arresting Cabrera, the officer found the cigarette pack, alleging that it contained about one-third of a gram of cocaine in a plastic baggy.

Disorderly conduct

Brookfield police charged Belvidere resident Michael Smith, 40, with disorderly conduct after he reportedly frightened a woman by apparently brandishing a handgun while he walked along the 4200 block of Prairie Avenue on the afternoon of Nov. 28.

The woman told police she was pushing her 9-month-old son in a stroller when she noticed Smith walking on the other side of the street and carrying a cardboard box.

At one point Smith allegedly reached into the box and pulled out what looked like a handgun and waved it over his head.

Police located Smith, who allegedly appeared intoxicated, sitting near a mailbox at Prairie and Shields holding a cardboard box that contained four plastic toy guns, which Smith said he found in the garbage.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments from Nov. 28 through Dec. 8 and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime. The cases have not been adjudicated.

-compiled by Bob Uphues