Chicago Crash-and-grab thieves target currency exchanges to steal ATMs
Because thieves keep breaking into businesses and taking the machines, owners are advised to remove all the cash before close each night.
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Because thieves keep breaking into businesses and taking the machines, owners are advised to remove all the cash before close each night.
Because thieves keep breaking into businesses and taking the machines, owners are advised to remove all the cash before close each night. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Chicago Police are warning business owners on the city's South Side of a string of burglaries in the city's Bronzeville neighborhood.
Police say thieves targeted plumbing and electrical businesses between January and March, with the latest happening Friday morning.
Someone from the restaurant said two unknown offenders took a safe containing money and fled in an unknown direction.
Chicago police officers responded to the burglary just after 3:30 a.m. in the 1200 block of West 18th Street.
According to Chicago police, officers responded to a burglary and found broken glass from the front door of the business.
This is a double whammy for the business, which also has a location in the Beverly neighborhood. That location was targeted earlier this month when a very similar situation unfolded.
The suspects were inside the store for about 40 seconds and ran from the scene when officers arrived, according to police.
The brazen thieves were even caught on surveillance video, smashing a car into one business to break in.
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They broke the front window, reached inside, and opened the business door in the 1600 block of West Cermak.
The owners of Pilsen Cellular wanted to get this surveillance video out to help track them down. They tell CBS 2 that around $1,000 in cash and numerous cell phones were stolen.
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The burglars broke the front glass door of the business before entering and taking the machine containing an unknown amount of money.
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Police say thieves targeted plumbing and electrical businesses during January and February with the latest happening on Wednesday.
Chicago police said the burglary happened around 2:14 a.m. at the Taqueria Del Taco in the 1600 block of Wes Ogden Avenue.
They said an unknown man used a crowbar to shatter the glass door of the restaurant before entering and took money from the register before leaving the scene.
In each burglary, thieves would enter through windows or doors and take property from within, according to police.
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