Thieves attempt to burglarize pharmacy while driving stolen car in Chicago suburb
GLENCOE, Ill. (CBS) -- Two people driving in a stolen car broke into a pharmacy Wednesday morning in Glencoe.
Police say the suspects smashed the front window of the Walgreens located at 353 Park Ave.
Around 5:21 a.m., officers were alerted to a license plate reader hit for a stolen blue Dodge Durango entering the area. While patrolling, officers located two males committing the burglary.
The suspects were inside the store for about 40 seconds and ran from the scene when officers arrived, according to police.
The suspects entered the stolen Durango and fled at a high rate of speed from officers last seen heading southbound on the Edens Expressway.
No items were reported stolen, and police say there is no threat to the public.
About a half hour later, officers in nearby Highland Park responded to a pharmacy burglary alarm. Two men had broken in through the front door at a Walgreens location on Roger Williams Avenue.
They got away before police arrived.
It was not immediately learned whether the incidents in Glencoe and Highland Park are connected.