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Village of Mount Prospect Illinois - Police Department Charges Person with Attempted Possession of a Vehicle 04 March 2024 ( news )
Village of Mount Prospect , state Illinois ( By Press Release office)
Mar 04,2024
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Marco C . Smith
On Friday , February 23 , 2024 , Mount Prospect Police Detectives charged Marco C . Smith , 23 years old , of 4219 W . Adams , Chicago , Illinois , with one felony count of Attempted Possession of a Motor Vehicle , one felony count of Burglary , and one misdemeanor count of Criminal Trespass to Vehicle . All these charges stemmed from an incident that occurred on November 6 , 2023 , at the gas station at 1201 E . Central Road .
On November 6 , 2023 , at approximately 12:08pm , Mount Prospect Police Officers responded to the 7 - 11 gas station , located at 1201 E . Central Road , for a report of a disturbance . As officers were enroute to the location , 911 dispatchers related that a masked offender had entered and then exited the victim’s Mercedes - Benz SUV while she was pumping gas . Upon arrival to the business , officers learned that the victim was on the passenger side pumping gas into her vehicle , when an unknown person entered the unlocked driver’s door of the Mercedes - Benz without the victim knowing . After the victim finished pumping gas , she walked back around the rear of her vehicle towards the driver’s door when she observed an unknown black male wearing a mask exit her driver’s seat of the car stating , “you can have it . ” . The offender ran to a waiting blue Audi SUV , which proceeded to flee the area prior to police arrival . Mount Prospect Police Crime Scene Technicians collected fingerprint evidence from the Mercedes - Benz and submitted it to the crime lab . The crime lab provided detectives with a report that identified the fingerprint located in the Mercedes - Benz belonged to Marco C . Smith .
Mount Prospect Police Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Smith . On February 20 , 2024 , the Mount Prospect Police Department was contacted by the Chicago Police Department to share that they had Marco Smith in custody .
On February 23 , 2024 , Marco C . Smith was charged with one felony count of Attempted Possession of a Motor Vehicle , one felony count of Burglary , along with one misdemeanor count of Criminal Trespass to Vehicle .
Marco C . Smith’s next court appearance is set for March 21 , 2024 , at 9:00 AM in room 108 of the 3rd District Courthouse in Rolling Meadows .
The public is reminded that criminal charges are not evidence of guilt and that all defendants in a criminal case are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law .
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