Knife-Point Break-In Police Blotter

A local landlord reportedly told a former tenant forced his way into his building and held him at knife-point until he got his stuff back.

The man told police he was in the living room of his Jackson Street apartment with his wife and two children when he heard a crash about noon Saturday.

He looked up and saw a former tenant advancing from the kitchen to the living room, police said. The tennant—22-year-old Leslie Bridges—was brandishing a small pocket knife with a black handle.

Bridges demanded to know where his stuff was, police said, and the landlord told him it was outside. Bridges then took the landlord out with him, collected his possessions and took off.

The landlord spotted Bridges four days later at the corner of Cass and Collins streets. He called the police and they showed up to take Bridges into custody.

Bridges was booked into the on charges of home invasion, criminal damage to property and aggravated assault.

Gunman menaces woman

A woman told police a man menaced her with a handgun Tuesday night.

The woman was driving near the intersection of Sterling Avenue and Walnut Street about 10 p.m. when a man in a four-door sedan pointed a black handgun at her.

The man then followed her to her home on Ridgewood Avenue before driving off.

The woman told police the incident may be related to someone her ex-husband is now seeing.

Cops: Brilliant plot foiled

Two men were arrested at a Joliet scrapyard as they tried to sell a $5,000 truck part they stole the night before, police said.

David Pulley, 63, of 1010 Lois Place and Wachtel Barnes, 48, of 822 Second Ave. were both taken into custody in connection with the alleged theft from Joliet Auto Parts.

Workers at the East Washington Street auto parts place discovered that a $5,000 aluminum trailer bulkhead was missing Wednesday morning.

The owner of Joliet Auto Parts contacted the police and told officers he had called around to see if anyone happened to be trying to sell a $5,000 aluminum trailer bulkhead at the local scrapyards. And it turned out that two men were trying to do just that at Berlinsky Scrap on Page Avenue, police said.

The police hurried over to Berlinsky's and reportedly found Pulley and Barnes trying to sell an aluminum trailer bulkhead.

The two men denied stealing the $5,000 aluminum trailer bulkhead, police said. What really happened, according to Pulley and Barnes, is that they bought it from someone else for $25.