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CPD nabs suspects in botched robbery of TVs from freight car

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A pair of thieves were arrested Tuesday morning after they tried stealing a bunch of TVs from a freight car.

It happened near Maplewood and Congress.

Chicago police said they caught the thieves trying to steal from a train stopped at the tracks.

One person was arrested. The other suspect tried to drive away but crashed into a fence a couple of blocks away near Monroe and Campbell.

That driver was also arrested. 

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