Illinois legislation would crack down on retail theft, sale of stolen goods
We've been tracking the growing trend of smash-and-grab retail thefts in Chicago and their impact on how people shop.
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We've been tracking the growing trend of smash-and-grab retail thefts in Chicago and their impact on how people shop.
Police have been targeting the prolific smash-and-grab crew in their work with the Organized Retail Theft Task Force.
Two men have now been arrested in connection with the crimes, which include two strikes on the Burberry store on Michigan Avenue. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Dion Butts, 24, of Hillside, has been charged with 10 felony counts of burglary in a string of heists along Michigan Avenue and other parts of the city
A group of thieves walked into the Canada Goose store on the Magnificent Mile and made off with a haul of jackets Thursday afternoon.
A Chicago man pleaded guilty Tuesday to inciting a riot, after he posted multiple messages and videos on Facebook urging people to come downtown and loot back in August 2020.
In what appears to be a crime prevention tactic, a picture shows two vehicles parked on Burberry's Michigan Avenue sidewalk, blocking the entrance during off hours.
Police on Friday warned of three retail thefts at high-end stores on or near the Magnificent Mile this week.
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Of 10 recent thefts - some of them violent - that we've tracked in the city's prime shopping districts, there have only been two people arrested. Both of them were minors.
Two women stole items from two different stores on the Magnificent Mile Wednesday evening, and one of them used a stun gun on a security guard, police said.
Thieves went into a store at reportedly the former John Hancock Center and stole items Thursday afternoon.
Customers were pushed and shoved this week as a group of thieves ransacked the Burberry store on the Magnificent Mile – in the latest hit in a number of similar mass-thefts at high-end Chicago stores. CBS 2's Tara Molina asked Tuesday how the crime is affecting the holiday shopping season.
Thieves hit the Neiman Marcus store on the Magnificent Mile in a grab-and-run incident Thursday night, taking an unknown amount of merchandise.
Parts of Chicago's Magnificent Mile on North Michigan Avenue were closed to traffic on Sunday.
Chicago Police have issued a formal warning after continued robberies on and around the city's Magnificent Mile, at a time when stores continue to leave while others fight to stay in business after big pandemic hits.
A string of robberies has prompted a warning for businesses around the Magnificent Mile.
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A string of robberies hit stores around the Magnificent Mile, all in broad daylight, has prompted a community alert.
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A string of robberies at stores along the north end of the Magnificent Mile has prompted a warning from Chicago police.
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Disturbingly high vacancy rates – that is the state of Chicago's Magnificent Mile today - with stores still closing up and moving out a year after the mile was hit by looters and crushed by the pandemic.
Burglars targeted the Nordstom on the Magnificent Mile overnight.
The district said the victims were attempting to go ice fishing, and both were struggling to keep their heads above water.
The incident happened shortly before 4:30 p.m. in the vicinity of the 1400 block of North Lawndale Avenue, according to police.
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Police said 39-year-old Shanika Smith and a 47-year-old man were killed in the wreck. Her daughter says her mind can relax now that the person responsible is behind bars.
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The district said the victims were attempting to go ice fishing, and both were struggling to keep their heads above water.
The incident happened shortly before 4:30 p.m. in the vicinity of the 1400 block of North Lawndale Avenue, according to police.
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