July 9, 2009 Press Release: Door-to-Door Sales Scam Alert Oswego Police are warning residents of a scam involving young men and woman, between 18-25 years old, going door-to-door either trying to sell magazine subscriptions or other services, such as cleaning windows or doing landscaping.  Their ultimate goal is to get victims to write a check to a company called Quality Subscriptions Inc (QSI) with the expectation...

Jennifer R. Lauretta, 31, of the 1100 block of Briarbrook Drive, Wheaton, was charged with felony theft and disorderly conduct at 4 p.m. on Wednesday at a business on the 1600 block of Douglas Road, Oswego police said. Police were dispatched to the business in reference to a robbery that had just occurred. Lauretta told officers she was robbed while in the office of the business, but conflicting information between her...

Anthony H. Harris, 22, of the 1300 block of Monomoy Street, Aurora, was charged with three felony counts of unlawful use of a debit card Thursday by Oswego police. Police said they conducted an investigation regarding the unlawful use of the card at various Oswego businesses. The investigation began in November 2008 after a woman accidentally left her card at a business in the 2300 block of Route 34, Oswego. Police determined...

The Oswego Police are asking for assistance in identifying a subject responsible for numerous car burglaries and theft from the Brookside and Downtown areas of Oswego, and subdivisions off of Grove Road in the early morning hours of February 9, 2009. Anyone with information is asked to call investigations and may be eligible for a cash reward. Suspect is a white male, 6’ 1”, 180lbs.  Red hair, blue eyes,unshaven...

December 16, 2008 For Immediate Release The Oswego Police Department has learned that a fundraising organization based in Elmhurst Illinois is currently misrepresenting to area businesses that they are raising funds on behalf of Police in Kendall County.  This organization, Illinois Council of Police (ICOPS), has been contacting area businesses by phone soliciting money for its advertising campaign.  There...

Detective Rob Sherwood Media Relations Officer Oswego Police Department 630-551-7320 Oswego Police have been notified of a phone scam that has resurfaced since first being identified in the area in January of this year that involves customers of several local banks.  Information was obtained from customers indicating they are receiving automated phone calls from Bank Security Departments asking them to call...

OSWEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT Press Release Prevent Identify Theft Free Paper Shredding How Identity Theft Occurs: • Your personal information is stolen from businesses or other institutions. • Your personal information is taken from your mailbox or your trash. • Personal information is captured using “skimming” devices. • On-line “phishing” scams. While you can not fully prevent identity...

Rolls of toilet paper were set afire inside a downstairs bathroom at Plank Junior High School in Oswego, around 12:05 p.m. Friday.   Oswego firefighters extinguished the fire in 12 minutes, and classes resumed after a half-hour evacuation. Village Police are investigating.

Oswego Police are working residences in the Churchill Club, Farmington Lakes, Heritage, Mill Race Creek and Victoria Meadows subdivisions of a rash of car burglaries that have taken place recently. For the past three months, these incidents, which have been occurring during late evening or early morning hours, have significantly increased the Village crime rate. Oswego police are asking resident to report all suspicious...

A sign was found damaged at Fox Chase Elementary School on August 13th.  Police said the damage was estimated at $100.