The Brief
- Three suburban Chicago men are charged with stealing and vandalizing five automated license plate reader cameras in Lisle over the weekend.
- Police said officers caught two suspects in the act and later recovered five cameras, a ladder and tools from a nearby vehicle.
- Prosecutors said the men were released pending trial because the charges are not detainable under Illinois’ SAFE-T Act.
DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. – Three Chicago-area men are facing felony charges after authorities say they stole and vandalized five automated license plate reader cameras in Lisle early Sunday morning.
Three charged in Flock camera thefts
Anthony Pareigis, 34, of Downers Grove, Jacob Steichmann, 32, of Downers Grove, and Thomas Yano, 31, of Indian Head Park, are each charged with two counts of theft of government property valued between $500 and $10,000, a Class 2 felony, and two counts of criminal damage to government-supported property, a Class 3 felony.
According to prosecutors, the charges are not detainable under Illinois’ SAFE-T Act, and all three men were released from custody pending trial.
The backstory:
Authorities said officers discovered around 1 a.m. that two Flock automated license plate reader, or ALPR, cameras inside the Village of Lisle had been vandalized and stolen and that three more cameras in unincorporated Lisle had also been taken.…