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Updated: February 27, 2012 9:49AM

PORTAGE

Real, fake guns taken in burglary

Two real guns and a fake but realistic one were stolen in a residential burglary between 3:15 and 7 p.m. Tuesday.

According to the police report, the bedrooms of the home in the 5500 block of Batson Avenue were ransacked.

A black 9mm Taurus semi-automatic handgun, a silver Smith & Wesson .44 magnum revolver with a wooden handle and a silver faux western revolver were taken from a bedroom closet, and two flashlights were missing from the kitchen.

The loss is approximately $870. Police said the home’s back door was damaged from someone kicking it.

The victim received a suspicious phone call the evening before the burglary, from someone who supposedly needed to get a signature for his life insurance policy and wanted to know what time he got home from work. The victim believes the caller was involved in the burglary.

VALPARAISO

Café damaged
during burglary

Nothing was stolen during a burglary at Phil-B’s Café and Coffee House, at 908 N. Roosevelt Road, but damages were estimated at $600.

A brick was thrown through the glass front door late Tuesday night or early Wednesday, a phone cord was ripped from the wall near the cash register and a credit card reader was broken, according to the police report.