Cell phone taken from Best Buy display

A cell phone was stolen Monday afternoon from a Best Buy display, according to police.

Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said employees at the electronics store, 2301 W. Howard St., apparently turned off the display’s theft alarm so a potential buyer could look at a Samsung phone. After the potential buyer returned the phone to the display, the employees may have forgotten to turn the alarm back on.

The phone went missing between 1 and 3:45 p.m., according to police.

Evanston resident notices attempted break-in

An Evanston resident spotted an unknown man trying to break into his home Monday, according to police.

Officers responded to a call of attempted burglary at about noon in the 800 block of Dobson Street, Parrott said. The resident, a 35-year-old man, told police he noticed the man lifting the exterior screen of his window about an hour earlier.

The man fled after the resident possibly startled him, Parrott said.

Police described the man as 20 to 29 years old, having a mustache and wearing a light green army jacket.

— Patrick Svitek