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Police alert Northwest Side businesses after series of late-night burglaries

By FOX 32 Digital Staff
Published  November 8, 2024 6:58am CST
Belmont Heights
FOX 32 Chicago
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The Brief

    • Chicago police have alerted Northwest Side business owners to a series of burglaries where suspects have broken into stores to steal cash from registers and cash boxes. 
    • The burglaries, involving four to five masked suspects fleeing in a black Nissan Altima, occurred late at night in various locations.

CHICAGO - Chicago police issued an alert to business owners after a series of break-ins and burglaries last month on the Northwest Side.

In each burglary, four-to-five suspects wearing dark clothes, face masks and gloves broke the front glass door or side window of the business, according to a CPD community alert. Once inside, the suspects target cash boxes and registers. They then flee the scene in a black Nissan Altima.

The burglaries happened at the following times and locations.

  • Between 11 p.m. Oct. 26 and 8 a.m. Oct. 27 in the 5300 block of West Belmont Avenue. 
  • Between 11 p.m. Oct. 26 and 8 a.m. Oct. 27 in the 5300 block of West Belmont Avenue
  • At 2:55 a.m. on Oct. 27 in the 3100 block of West Montrose Avenue
  • Between 11 p.m. Oct. 26 and 3 a.m. Oct. 27 in the 3700 block of North Harlem Avenue
  • At 5:51 a.m. in the 5100 block of West Diversey Avenue

Anyone with information is asked to contact Area Five detectives at (312) 746-7394.