Burglars use rocks, vehicles to smash into auto body shops on West, Northwest sides
One of the burglaries was caught on camera during a string of auto shop break-ins this week.
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One of the burglaries was caught on camera during a string of auto shop break-ins this week.
All of the burglaries happened overnight Thursday between midnight at 4:30 a.m. in the Belmont Cragin, Humboldt Park, and Logan Square neighborhoods.
Police say they got a call just after midnight about a burglary, in the 7200 block of North Western Avenue in West Ridge.
Police say it happened Sunday night between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m. There were 15 incidents reported.
They've struck five times in the last week, in Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Old Town, and Lincoln Square.
Thieves smashed the door to get inside a gas station convenience store on the city's North Side Thursday morning.
The burglaries happened between Jan. 17 and 31 during the afternoon hours.
In each incident, the burglars broke into the business through a rear door or by smashing glass doors. The burglars then took property and off.
Two Chicago men are charged with robbing residents of the very building that caught fire this week.
Two Chicago men are charged with robbing residents of the very building that caught fire this week.
Chicago police are warning residents to be on the lookout for two burglars posing as repair workers on the South and Southwest Sides.
Police say in each incident, the suspect entered a garage by forcing open a side door and took property from within.
Each of the related incidents happened during the month of January in the Garfield Ridge, Clearing, and West Lawn neighborhoods.
The burglaries happened during the spring and summer last year.
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.
If someone comes to your door wanting to check your water, check their ID before letting them inside.
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.
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A woman was ordered detained Thursday on charges that she shot and wounded three men on busy Irving Park Road in the Chicago neighborhood of the same name earlier this month.
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