Police: Habitat for Humanity home broken into, tools stolen Published: Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014 By EMILY K. COLEMAN - ecoleman@shawmedia McHENRY – The garage of a nearly completed Habitat for Humanity house was broken into sometime this past week and about $3,500 worth of power tools and compressors were stolen, police said. A family was set to move in at the end of August but that date will likely have to be pushed back a week or so, Habitat for Humanity of McHenry County Executive Director Jerry Monica said. Purchasing new tools and waiting for the insurance to go through will cause a more significant delay of at least a few weeks at the next house the nonprofit has lined up, he said. Volunteers have finished removing everything they plan on replacing and were set to start construction once this house was done. The break-in at 1912 Lakewood Ave. occurred sometime between about 3:30 p.m. Saturday when volunteers wrapped up work and Wednesday morning when they showed up to continue work, McHenry Deputy Chief John Birk said. Construction thefts at unoccupied houses are fairly common, he said. A variety of power tools and compressors, many of industrial quality, were taken from the garage, Monica said. Other less expensive tools werent taken. The house itself sustained little damage, he said. Only the back door to the garage had its latch pried off. Its a big disappointment, Monica said. We keep a bunch in the signs [identifying the house as being affliated with Habitat for Humanity]. We have a big Habitat flag flying in the front yard. Whoever did it knew it was us. The case has been assigned to an investigator and is being looked into, Birk said. nwherald/2014/08/13/police-habitat-for-humanity-home-broken-into-tools-stolen/a7nkzqe/
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 03:34:26 +0000
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