Pair Charged With Stealing Jewelry During Party In Elgin
CHICAGO (STMW) -- Two Dekalb County residents were charged with stealing jewelry from a home while a party was going on over the weekend in northwest suburban Elgin.
Officers were called to a reported burglary in the 1200 block of Blackhawk Drive, according to police.
The victim said that when they returned home, they found that a party had been held at the residence, and several pieces of jewelry had been stolen.
The suspects were identified as Corina Mendenhall, 39; and Juan Juarez, 27, both of the 1000 block of Locust Street in DeKalb. They were taken into custody and the stolen jewelry was found during a search of Juarez, according to police.
Each was charged with one count of burglary, police said. Court information was not immediately available.
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