Burglars take safe containing money from S.K.Y. restaurant in Pilsen
Chicago police officers responded to the burglary just after 3:30 a.m. in the 1200 block of West 18th Street.
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Chicago police officers responded to the burglary just after 3:30 a.m. in the 1200 block of West 18th Street.
This is a double whammy for the business, which also has a location in the Beverly neighborhood. That location was targeted earlier this month when a very similar situation unfolded.
The suspects were inside the store for about 40 seconds and ran from the scene when officers arrived, according to police.
The brazen thieves were even caught on surveillance video, smashing a car into one business to break in.
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They broke the front window, reached inside, and opened the business door in the 1600 block of West Cermak.
The owners of Pilsen Cellular wanted to get this surveillance video out to help track them down. They tell CBS 2 that around $1,000 in cash and numerous cell phones were stolen.
The store's security guard said a Jeep SUV crashed through "Shop 147" on the corner of 95th and Claremont around 4 a.m.
The owner of the business said the lone burglar gained entry into the business by breaking the glass on the rear door on the 83rd Street side of the building.
The burglars broke the front glass door of the business before entering and taking the machine containing an unknown amount of money.
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Police say thieves targeted plumbing and electrical businesses during January and February with the latest happening on Wednesday.
Chicago police said the burglary happened around 2:14 a.m. at the Taqueria Del Taco in the 1600 block of Wes Ogden Avenue.
They said an unknown man used a crowbar to shatter the glass door of the restaurant before entering and took money from the register before leaving the scene.
In each burglary, thieves would enter through windows or doors and take property from within, according to police.
Two Chicago Police officers are recovering after they were injured when a burglary suspect ran into them with a getaway car Saturday morning in Streeterville on Chicago's Near North Side.
Police are still looking for the driver.
The burglars are using a Toyota Tundra – possibly silver in color – as their getaway vehicle, police said.
The most recent two incidents at Galleria Liqueurs happened overnight Wednesday into Thursday.
Scott A. Weissert, 61, of Lakemoor, Illinois, was sentenced on Tuesday to 12 years in the Illinois Department of Correction on three separate charges of residential burglary and resisting an officer causing injury.
The burglaries happened on the North, Northwest, and Near South Sides between 1:30 and 5 a.m.
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