Open Investigations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 4, 2007 

AGENCY:                     Elkhorn Police Department
CHIEF OF POLICE:   Joel Christensen
TELEPHONE:             (262) 723-2210
CONTACT:                  Chief Joel Christensen

      Since August 27^th, the Elkhorn Police Department has responded to a rash of burglaries to local businesses. Through September 3^rd, the police department has received a total of eight burglary complaints, with all but one occurring during this past Labor Day weekend.

      The first reported burglary occurred at Zandi’s Restaurant, located in the Elkhorn Business Centre, at 781 East Geneva Street. The burglary took place sometime during the evening hours of Sunday, August 26^th and the morning of Monday, August 27^th. The suspect(s) entered the building and stole an undisclosed amount of cash.

    

The next series of reports were received on Saturday, September 1^st.
Upon arriving to open for business, an employee of the Elk Restaurant,
located downtown at 13West Walworth Street, discovered someone had burglarized the business. Sometime during the late evening hours on Friday, August 31^st and approximately 3:20 AM on Saturday, September 1^st, an unknown suspect(s) forced entry into the building and removed an undisclosed amount of cash.

Also, on Saturday the department received reports of burglaries to the
Arrhythmia Center for Southern Wisconsin/Elkhorn Family Clinic building, located at 100 South Washington Street, and the Elkhorn Income Tax
 Service/Dr. Thomas Dental Office building, located at 300 South Lincoln Street. Those burglaries were also believed to have taken place during the evening hours of Friday, August 31^st and the morning of Saturday, September 1^st. The only thing that appeared to have been taken during the burglaries was cash.

 

On Sunday, September 2^nd, the department received the second series of burglary reports. The owner
of Fiddlesticks Cafe, which is located in “The Elk Center,”
at 101 Evergreen Parkway, #7, arrived to work and also discovered that his business had been burglarized. While checking other businesses located in the strip mall, officers discovered two additional businesses were also burglarized, Pure Hair & Body and Budget Blinds. The burglaries occurred sometime after 11 PM on Saturday, September 1^st and 5:45 AM on Sunday, September 2^nd and taken was an undisclosed amount of cash.

      On Monday, September 3^rd, the department received a report of another burglary, this occurring to Lyle’s TV & Appliance, located at 17 South Washington Street. Sometime during the evening of Saturday, September 1^st and the early morning hours of Monday, September 3^rd, an unknown suspect(s) forced
entry into Lyle’s TV & Appliance, disabled the alarm system and removed a substantial amount of home electronic items; including a number of “LG” brand televisions. The suspect(s) are believed to have utilized Lyle’s TV & Appliance trucks to remove the stolen items and then returned the trucks during the early morning hours of either Sunday or Monday.

      Anyone who may have seen the trucks operating during that time period, or have information about any of the burglaries is asked to call Detectives at the Elkhorn Police Department at (262) 723-2210 or Walworth County Crime Stoppers at (262) 723-2677 (COPS); you may remain anonymous and may be eligible for a reward.

        Businesses are asked to take extra precautions and people are asked to contact the Elkhorn Police Department to report any suspicious activity. Businesses are also reminded that the Elkhorn Police Department offers a free service to local businesses, where a specially trained officer will evaluate the security of your business and provide recommendations on what may be done to increase your security
and reduce the risk of becoming the victim of a crime. Anyone interested in utilizing the free service may contact Lieutenant Jon Anzalone at (262) 723-2210 to schedule an appointment.