CPD find teddy bear stolen during downtown teen takeover
Truffles, the teddy bear, was stolen during the downtown Chicago teen takeover on Friday. The bear was found thanks to some help from the Chicago police.
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Truffles, the teddy bear, was stolen during the downtown Chicago teen takeover on Friday. The bear was found thanks to some help from the Chicago police.
A spokesperson from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory said around 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Loop, a group of teenagers went into the company's new store at 3. N. State Street in Chicago, and grabbed Truffles the Teddy Bear from the front window.
Chicago police are warning about a spike in car thefts across the Loop, and the manager of some of the lots dealing with the thefts said the problem is worse than police have said.
Large crowds and lots of flashing police lights filled the Loop Wednesday night.
Seven people were arrested in the Loop and one more near the Wrigley Building, and 24 teens were cited for curfew violations when curfew went into effect at 10 p.m. Lauren Victory reports.
Police have released little information about what happened, but video shows a heavy law enforcement presence, and at least a few people being put in handcuffs. Lauren Victory reports.
Large crowds and lots of flashing police lights filled the Loop Wednesday night. Lauren Victory reports.
Chicago police have issued an alert about more than a dozen car thefts in the Loop in the last month.
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Truffles, the teddy bear, was stolen during the downtown Chicago teen takeover on Friday. The bear was found thanks to some help from the Chicago police.
A shootout with Turkish police outside the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul left one gunman dead and two others wounded, the local governor says.
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