An unexpected finding led police to identify and later apprehend the person who allegedly burglarized a home in suburban Cook County, authorities said.
Jeremiah Phillips, 35, was charged with burglary, residential burglary and criminal damage to property in connection with a September 2023 burglary at a Rich Township home, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Department.
On Sept. 6, 2023, deputies were called to a home in the 4000 block of Blackstone Avenue regarding a residential burglary. Detectives responded to the scene and reviewed security footage, which showed the man go inside the home’s detached garage and open the fridge.
The individual then took a drink from a bottle of 19 Crimes Cali Red before…
