Crash-and-grab burglars steal ATM from gyro shop in Bronzeville
Two burglars used a Jeep Cherokee to break into Gyros 47 near 47th and Calumet.
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Two burglars used a Jeep Cherokee to break into Gyros 47 near 47th and Calumet.
We have been tracking an increase in brazen crash-and-grab burglaries for months. So with some turning violent, what can we expect to change?
The River North building had major damage in yet another crash and grab burglary in Chicago.
Starting from scratch, Flee Club owners Darrius Kelly and Sabrian Sledge have had a rough month.
Thieves used a white Jeep to plow through the front of the Urban Jungle clothing store near Paulina and Milwaukee.
"This pretty much happens every season around this time. They go around to all of the sneaker resale stores and they try and get what they can."
The alarming trend has made its way to West Town as part of the latest in a string of smash-and-grab burglaries involving cars across the city. CBS 2's Shardaa Gray reports from West Town.
Police said five to six people crashed a pickup truck and a Dodge Charger into a building in the 700 block of North Franklin Street.
Police say in each incident, three suspects would throw an object through the glass door of the business and take property from inside.
Police say in each incident, three suspects would throw an object through the glass door of the business and take property from inside.
This involves a type of shield over glass windows and doors that one can't even tell is there.
The burglaries happened during the months of March and April in the Bridgeport and McKinley neighborhoods.
The burglaries started on Jan. 21 with the latest happening just Friday morning.
They've struck five times in the last week, in Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Old Town, and Lincoln Square.
Three people ran inside and grabbed cigarettes but ran out quickly because an alarm went off.
The robberies took place through the month of October.
Munster police are searching for the suspect who burglarized a salon Wednesday morning.
Twelve Binny's stores have been hit in the last nine months.
