Shortly before 5:00pm on Monday, Galesburg Police observed a male subject in the 100 block of North Cedar Street dragging behind him a large tan blanket. A vehicle pulled up next to the man and he loaded up the blanket in the back of the truck. Police stopped the 35-year-old man, whom they are familiar with, and he told police it was copper piping inside the blanket. Police asked the man a series of questions that he wasn't able to answer. The man told police he got the copper from a guy he works for that his uncle set up for him. After questioning the man's relatives, GPD determined the man was not being truthful and he was detained. The man was also in possession of a check totaling nearly $640 from the Broadview Restaurant dated August 17th, 2015. The man was placed under arrest and he refused to speak with police. Officers then responded back to the former Broadview Hotel and discovered an unsecured door on the north side of the building. Police located areas inside where
Galesburg Police responded to seven more calls of burglaries to motor vehicles over the weekend, where again, all the victims had one thing in common: they left their car doors unlocked overnight. On Friday, GPD met with a 28-year-old woman who said someone stole her wallet from her Buick SUV in the 1200 block of Harrison Street. Sunday afternoon, in the 200 block of Highland Avenue a 44-year-old man noticed someone rummaged through his unlocked Jeep SUV and stole his wallet and bank cards. In the 300 block of East Grove Street a 21-year-old man said someone stole $800 in jewelry and a Sony Playstation 5 from his unlocked trunk. In the 300 block of North Cedar Street, a 56-year-old woman reported someone rummaged through her unlocked Nissan sedan overnight but nothing was taken. On Columbus Avenue, a 32-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman reported someone rummaged through both of their unlocked Ford Escapes but nothing was taken. Also on Columbus Avenue, a 50-year-old man reported som