Spare Laptops Stolen From Good Sam Hospital: Police Blotter

TUESDAY, AUG. 19

Mailbox Busted

A $100 metal mailbox for a business was damaged on the 400 block of 75th Street. The incident occurred sometime between 10:30 p.m. Aug. 18 and 3 p.m. Aug. 19, according to a police report. The mailbox was recently installed on the exterior of the building because the business does not have a mail slot in the front door.

FRIDAY, AUG. 16

Two Tires Slashed

Two driver's side tires on a man's car were slashed in a train commuter parking lot on the 1000 block of Burlington Avenue. The incident occurred sometime between 7:30 a.m. Aug. 15 and 6:15 p.m. Aug. 16. The man said he hasn't had any problems with anyone recently who might have done the damage, which was estimated at $500 total. The officer noticed that the man had a permit for another lot besides the one where the incident took place, according to a police report.

THURSDAY, AUG. 15

Light Cover Damaged

Someone put a hole in a $40 plexiglass light cover on the 5000 block of Belmont Road. The incident occurred sometime between 7:53 a.m. and 4 p.m., according to a police report. The person reporting the incident said damage to those particular light covers is an ongoing problem.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 14

Stolen Laptops

Two Lenovo laptops were reported stolen from Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital on the 3800 block of Highland Avenue. During a recent computer inventory, a hospital employee noticed the laptops had not been logged onto since July 31. The computers were entered into the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System as stolen. They are worth $1,000 each, according to a police report.

The laptops were described as spare laptops that have no patient or critical information, police said. At this time, there is no direct connection between the missing Good Samaritan laptops and the four computers that were stolen July 15 from an Advocate Medical Group administration building in Park Ridge. The computers included the personal information of some four million patients, according to media reports.

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