Public Safety for Nov. 16:

Fire, police, rescue

Objects thrown from garage damage car

NORMAL - Three male suspects threw objects from an upper deck of a parking garage and damaged a car's windshield in the 700 block of Kingsley Street on Wednesday, a Normal police report said. Damage is estimated at $500.

Vehicle burglary - A car was burglarized in the 1700 block of Towanda Avenue sometime between 5:15 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, a Bloomington police report said. A laptop computer, computer mouse, gym bag, women's workout clothes and tennis shoes were taken.

Vehicle burglary - Someone took a GPS system from a car in the 200 block of Suelynn Drive between 9 a.m. Nov. 9 and 7:03 p.m. Monday, a Normal police report said.

Criminal damage - A windshield of a truck owned by Modahl & Scott at 917 E. Grove St. was smashed between between 6 a.m. Thursday and 6:45 a.m. Friday, a Bloomington police report said. The windshield was smashed in three places, the report said. The report did not give an estimated value of the damage.

Theft - A Bloomington police report on file Saturday said an iPod was stolen from a cafe in the 2100 block of Veterans Parkway Nov. 5. The iPod is estimated at over $300.

In Court

Two charged in case of retail theft

NORMAL - A Springfield woman and a St. Louis man are charged with two counts each of retail theft. Tony Ashford and Frieda Williams, both 49, remained in custody in lieu of posting $3,000.

Court documents said store employees at the Von Maur department store at 301 S. Veterans Parkway in Normal told police Williams put dresses into her purse while Ashford blocked others' view of her. They then passed all points of sale and exited the store without paying for the dresses. Williams was then observed returning to the store and placing the stolen items under a clothing rack, the document said. The dresses are estimated at $809. Officers who arrived on the scene stopped the vehicle in which the suspects were leaving. They found items in the car that court documents said were taken in a separate incident that occurred earlier in the day at a J.C. Penny store.

Cocaine - A 22-year-old Bloomington man is charged with possession of cocaine. Darnell Baker of Moonstone Court remained in custody in lieu of posting $2,000.

Court documents said Bloomington police found cocaine in Baker's car and coat during a traffic stop.