Chicago woman arrested in connection with credit card theft

Police arrested a Chicago woman Monday morning in connection with forgery and unlawful use of a credit card.

The credit cards in question were stolen in October during a football practice at Foster Field in west Evanston near the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center, Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. A 9-year-old boy took a wallet from a purse during the practice and gave the wallet to his mother, the Chicago woman arrested by police, Parrott said. The wallet contained two credit cards, Parrott said.

She is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday.

Nothing taken in Evanston burglary

Police responded to a burglary in progress Wednesday morning in central Evanston.

A resident in the 1100 block of Asbury Avenue called police just before 4 a.m. Wednesday to report a burglary in progress after she heard noises coming from the back of her residence. Officers responded to the scene and observed the burglar entered the residence through an unlocked outer door and opened several cabinets in an antechamber to the home, Parrott said.

Nothing was stolen.

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