Laptop, camera and Bluetooth stolen from Forest storage unit

A laptop, a camera and a Bluetooth apparatus were stolen from a storage unit on the 900 block of Forest Avenue Thursday, police said.

The owner of the electronics said he had moved them to the storage unit because of flooding, Evanston Police Cmdr. Tom Guenther said. The owner came home and found the items missing.

Three textbooks stolen from Sargent Hall over Winter Break

Someone stole three textbooks from a Northwestern student’s room over Winter Break, University Police said.

The student said he locked the door of his Sargent Hall dorm room, 2245 Sheridan Road, before leaving for break but returned Jan. 3 to find it unlocked, Deputy Chief Dan McAleer said. “Introduction to Macroeconomics,” “Cosmos” and a calculus book were missing from the room, but other textbooks were still there. Police have no suspects.

Evanston man caught driving with no license, open alcohol

Police charged a man with illegal transportation of alcohol Wednesday, police said.

The Evanston resident had no driver’s license, no insurance and several beer containers open on the passenger seat when an officer pulled him over at Sheridan Road and Library Place, McAleer said.

The driver was given a traffic violation and released on bond, McAleer said.

Three days earlier, an officer had stopped the suspect for taking scrap metal from NU dumpsters, McAleer said.

– REBECCA COHEN