Cops believe teens connected to multiple car burglaries

Aurora police have charged two teenagers with breaking into two unlocked vehicles in late October. Elwin Delacruz, 18, of the 2200 block of Exeter Court; and Jeremy Vermilyer, 17, of the 2300 block of Twilight Drive, Aurora, were charged Wednesday with two felony counts of burglary to a motor vehicle and illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor, Aurora police said.

Delacruz and Vermilyer were arrested at 2:15 a.m. on Halloween when an Aurora police officer spotted the two inside a pickup truck near Spinnaker Drive and Rosehall Lane, police said. The officer smelled liquor and marijuana on the men, police said.

After investigating, Aurora police also connected the men to two burglaries from unlocked cars -- an Oct. 24 burglary in the 1900 block of Indian Hill Lane where a $200 GPS was taken and an Oct. 30 burglary in the 2400 block of Holland Court, where an iPod and knife, worth $350, were taken.

Police said they believe Delacruz and Vermilyer may be linked to numerous other car burglaries in the Aurora area.

Police remind residents to lock their cars and remove valuables. They say thieves will generally not break into a vehicle unless they see something worth stealing.

Aurora

A snowblower and gas, worth $1,430, were stolen when someone cut open the padlock of a school in the 400 block of West Indian Trail Court in Aurora between 1 p.m. Tuesday and 8:45 a.m. Wednesday.

• Tracy Orr, 32, of the 900 block Second Avenue, Aurora, was charged with felony obstructing justice and concealing a fugitive as well as misdemeanor criminal trespass to land after she hid a man wanted by police and lied about his location Wednesday in Aurora, the Kane County state's attorney's office said.

• An East Aurora 2007 class ring, video equipment and computer equipment, all worth $2,499, were stolen when someone forced open a door to a home in the 1000 block of Talma Street between 7:30 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, Aurora police said.

Campton Hills

Campton Hills police will conduct their first traffic safety detail around Thanksgiving. The enforcement campaign will focus on seat belt and speeding violations, according to a press release.

The detail will begin Nov. 14 and run through Dec. 5 and is paid for by a $17,444 grant from the Department of Transportation.

Illinois law requires all children to be in a child safety seat or booster seat until age 8. After that age, Illinois law requires everyone under the age of 19 to be properly restrained anywhere in the vehicle.

Kendall county

Michael Isabell, 31, of the 200 block of North Main Street, Montgomery, was charged with drunken driving, speeding and failure to signal at 2:02 a.m. Wednesday near Orchard Road and Caterpillar Drive, Kendall County sheriff's deputies said.