More than $4K in bikes stolen from secured storage unit

Someone stole more than $4,000 in bicycles from inside a storage unit in northwest Evanston.

The incident was reported Tuesday by a 50-year-old man who had not checked the storage unit, located in the basement of a building in the 2600 block of Bennett Avenue, since Jan. 7, Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said.

The padlock originally securing the storage unit seemed to be pried open. The basement itself was secured.

Police said a men’s blue Schwinn bike, a women’s silver Giant road bike and a black Giant mountain-road hybrid bike were taken. 

Gang graffiti continues in south Evanston

Another incident of gang related graffiti appeared Wednesday in south Evanston.

A week after five related instances of gang graffiti were found in that same block, a 73-year-old Evanston resident reported another occurrence in the 1000 block of Darrow Avenue. 

The symbol is a six-pointed star in black and was marked over existing graffiti. Parrott said this star represents a group of which the Spanish Gangster Disciples is a part. Additionally, police said the letters “KK” were drawn, which stand for “King Killer,” referring to the SGD’s rival gang, the Latin Kings.

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