Multiple vehicle burglaries in Lincoln Park prompt alert from Chicago police
A total of eight cars were broken into, with most happening between 7 and 10 p.m. on Monday near the zoo parking lot and surrounding streets, according to Chicago police.
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A total of eight cars were broken into, with most happening between 7 and 10 p.m. on Monday near the zoo parking lot and surrounding streets, according to Chicago police.
The group got into a silver SUV and left the scene in an unknown direction after the burglary, police said.
Chicago police believe two burglaries at a shopping center in the Heart of Chicago community were part of a citywide crime spree.
The break-in happened early Thursday morning at Shawn Michelle’s Ice Cream at 47th Street and Wabash Avenue.
The masked and hooded suspects broke into the business and stole the cash box from an ATM on Wednesday morning.
Chicago police are investigating a string of five burglaries just hours apart at businesses in the East Hyde Park neighborhood, four of them on the same block.
Chicago police on Wednesday asked for help from the public in finding a team of smash-and-grab burglars who struck four different times within an hour early Tuesday in the Irving Park and Logan Square neighborhoods.
Chicago police said the burglaries happened between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. in the 1600 block of East 55th Street on Tuesday.
Chicago police on Tuesday were investigating a burglary on Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood.
Chicago police on Tuesday were investigating a burglary on Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood.
Chicago police on Sunday issued an alert about a recent rash of business burglaries in various neighborhoods around the city over the past couple of weeks.
In each incident, two to four burglars have forced their way into a business by breaching the glass door with an expandable pry tool or crowbar, police said.
The pair was arrested as officers were conducting a targeted special operation in response to recent overnight burglaries at local businesses.
Police said a 68-year-old man walked in through the back and was met by the suspects, who were taking property from inside.
Police said the group stole merchandise, including clothes and shoes, from inside.
Chicago police are investigating a burglary at a food and liquor store in the city's Humboldt Park neighborhood overnight.
Surveillance video at one business captured the crew wearing headlamps and using sledgehammers to break through the glass at the business before stealing an ATM from inside.
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A witness related that two white cars were seen fleeing the scene.
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An ATM was taken from a business on Chicago's West Side early Wednesday morning.
Burglars stole an ATM from a liquor store in Chicago's Clearing neighborhood early Tuesday morn
Burglars stole an ATM from a liquor store in Chicago's Clearing neighborhood early Tuesday morning.
Burglars made off with ATMs after breaking into businesses in Chicago's Logan Square and Rogers Park neighborhoods early Monday morning.
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