Northwestern students’ apartment burglarized

An unknown person stole about $2,500 worth of belongings on Wednesday from the apartment of two Northwestern students, police said.

The students, ages 20 and 27, reported that the burglary occurred sometime between 12 and 2 p.m. on Wednesday at their residence in the 1100 block of Garnett Place, Evanston police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said.

One of the students returned to the apartment after classes to find a variety of electronics gone, including a 27-inch television, a MacBook Pro laptop, an iPod touch, some Chinese currency and many video games and gaming systems, police said.

The other student said he thought he had heard someone in the apartment when he was sleeping in his room, but he did not investigate any further, Parrott said.

There is no description of the burglar and no signs of forced entry, but the person may have entered through an unlocked window, police said.

Evanston man charged with unlawful use of weapon

Police arrested an Evanston man on Wednesday in connection with the unlawful use of a weapon.

Officers responded around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday to calls in the 1900 block of Jackson Avenue saying that a man was causing a disturbance in the street, Parrott said.

When police approached the man, he made comments to the officers about being armed with a knife that he would use against someone, Parrott said. Officers searched him and found a 9-inch blade in his pocket, Parrott said.

Police arrested the 34-year-old man a little before 1 a.m. The man appeared to be intoxicated and had slurred speech, police said.

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