Machine deploys fog in retail stores to deter burglars
DensityUSA's non-toxic, no-grime fog tech is being used across the world - successfully, according to Egel. But the tech just started rolling out in the U.S.
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DensityUSA's non-toxic, no-grime fog tech is being used across the world - successfully, according to Egel. But the tech just started rolling out in the U.S.
A burglar who can’t see something can’t steal it either – that is the idea behind a new method of deterring crime by using fog. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
There were up to 10 cars vandalized – all on different levels of the parking garage.
The burglaries had taken place between 10 p.m. and midnight on Monday.
They said one or two men used a pry tool to break into apartments in the middle of the day.
Police say in each incident, three suspects would throw an object through the glass door of the business and take property from inside.
Someone got inside the apartments through open windows and doors.
This is at least the fourth time the church has been targeted since mid-March.
An Englewood church was targeted by burglars and it wasn't the first time. Chicago police said Antioch Baptist Church was hit again late last month. Burglars busted out windows to get inside and steal items.
It happened in the North Center, Ravenswood, and Lakeview neighborhoods during the early morning in less than an hour.
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The suspects are described as men dressed in all black, with black ski masks and gloves.
A police source said the burglars got away with a couple hundred dollars' worth of equipment.
"I'm really happy that I spent last night at my home, in bed, and everybody was safe. The bad guy got arrested."
The owner thinks the thieves had some high tech to help get away with their loot.
It appears a wi-fi jamming device helped the thieves in their effort as they busted into the Prosper Skate Shop in West Lawn. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
The owner tells us the burglars made off with around $10,000 in goods and it all happened really fast.
The break-ins happened in the Irving Park and Albany Park neighborhoods with the latest happening on Wednesday.
The burglaries happened between the months of March and May during the afternoon and overnight hours.
This involves a type of shield over glass windows and doors that one can't even tell is there.
There have been six burglaries in the month of April with one business being hit four times.
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They say someone is throwing a cinder block through the window before taking cash, registers, and food.
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