In a report released this week, the department said in the period from Oct. 1, 2017, to Sept. 30, 2018, the number of residential burglaries was cut by 48 percent and the number of vehicle burglaires went down 35 percent compared with the 12 months before. CHAMPAIGN — When Champaign police detectives Robb DeLong and Jody Cherry walked into the Urbana home of a man suspected of fencing stolen goods this April, they wanted to cry — both tears of joy for the mother lode of goods they had found after months of investigation and tears of self-pity for the work ahead cataloging and trying to get the items back to rightful owners. read more