Police issue alert after thieves burglarize 6 businesses within hours in Chicago
The burglaries happened in the O'Hare, Edison Park, and Norwood Park neighborhoods.
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The burglaries happened in the O'Hare, Edison Park, and Norwood Park neighborhoods.
The burglars used a cinder block to smash the glass on the front door and get inside the Dunkin shop at Devon and Northwest Highway.
Burglars smashed up a strip mall on the city's Northwest Side overnight.
The crimes happened Tuesday during the morning hours between 2 a.m. and 10 a.m.
Police say four males would break the front glass windows of a business using a sledgehammer.
Police said four men broke into Mr. P Beverage Depot at 2006 W. Division St., and stole liquor and tobacco products.
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George's Deep Dish makes it clear there is no cash on site, but they still got hit, and it cost the small business in Edgewater a pretty penny in damages.
George's Deep Dish makes it clear there is no cash on site, but they still got hit, and it cost the small business in Edgewater a pretty penny in damages. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Police say in each incident, the suspect(s) would enter the garage by forcing open a side door and taking property from inside.
The owner of the small business says she doesn't feel safe after her store was cleared out again.
This comes after an alert about other burglaries on the Near North Side, and just after new teeth went to an Illinois law cracking down on retail theft. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
The burglars were caught on video ransacking the store, and the owner says she does not feel safe. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Chicago police say a man broke into the businesses either by forcing his way through the back door or by breaking glass doors.
The suspects took a cash register and an unknown amount of merchandise.
These burglars came prepared, bringing big blue garbage cans to haul their loot out of a high-end shop on Michigan Avenue.
These burglars came prepared, bringing big blue garbage cans to haul their loot out of a high-end shop on Michigan Avenue. Police released surveillance video from early Christmas morning hoping someone will recognize the three men.
The front doors had been shattered at several businesses, and surveillance video showed three men breaking in, before running off with the merchandise they'd stolen.
The man is currently in custody. Both teens are being referred to the Lake County Juvenile Court for their involvement in the crimes.
Ronald Browning, 74, is facing multiple felony charges of theft and burglary.
Police were notified of an alarm at the Kohl's Department store, located at 5420 Northwest Highway.
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