Crime & Safety
Police: Teen Takes Wine, Leaves Cash Outside O’Fallon Restaurant
The burglary at the Rendezvous Cafe and Wine Bar occurred early last Saturday morning.
said a burglar stole two bottles of wine, but left cash sitting outside a restaurant early last Saturday morning.
Robert Bertram, 19, of the 100 block of Civic Drive in O’Fallon, was charged Saturday with second-degree burglary.
Police said Bertram used a landscaping brick to smash a window at the 217 Main St. in O’Fallon at about 3:46 a.m. Saturday. He took a cash drawer and exited through the window, then re-entered the restaurant and took two bottles of wine, according to the police report. He left through a side door.
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Bertram was arrested at his residence within walking distance of the Rendezvous Cafe. The money was recovered in the cash drawer outside the restaurant. Both wine bottles were located; one was broken and the other was recovered intact.
Bond for Bertram was set at $15,000.
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