MAN HELD IN CRASH AND THEFT

A Lombard man was arrested over the weekend after he is alleged to have driven his car into a local hardware store and been discovered by police carrying out power tools.

Police said Kenneth Hemm, 47, of the 500 block of South Fairfield Avenue was discovered going out the shattered front door of Davis Ace Hardware, 46 S. Villa Ave., Villa Park, late Saturday night, carrying various power tools.

Hemm was in DuPage County Jail Monday, charged with burglary, theft and criminal damage to property.