Video captures one of many Chicago businesses being burglarized overnight

CHICAGO - Thieves vandalized and burglarized at least a dozen businesses across a three-hour period overnight in Chicago.

In most incidents, thieves shattered the front glass door or window of a business and stole money from cash registers or the cash registers themselves. Half of the businesses that were broken into were restaurants.

The first attempted burglary took place around 11:40 p.m. at a commercial retail business in the 4500 block of North Lincoln Avenue, police said. No entry was made into the business.

The other burglaries took place at the following times and locations:

• The front glass door of a restaurant was damaged around 12:10 a.m. in the 3000 block of North Ashland Avenue in Lake View
• The glass window of a coffee shop was shattered and the cash register was found open around 1 a.m. in the 2200 block of West Wilson Avenue in Ravenswood
• The front glass door of a business had been shattered around 1:10 a.m. in the 4300 block of North Lincoln Avenue
• The front glass door of a business had been shattered around 1:13 a.m. in the 4200 block of North Lincoln Avenue
• The front glass door of a business had been shattered around 1:40 a.m. in the 4200 block of North Lincoln Avenue
• The front glass door of a business had been shattered around 1:40 a.m. in the 4300 block of North Lincoln Avenue
• The front glass door of a restaurant had been shattered and a register was found on the floor around 1:51 a.m. in the 4100 block of North Lincoln Avenue
• The front glass door of a restaurant was shattered around 1:20 a.m. in the 3800 block of North Lincoln Avenue in North Center
• The front glass door of a restaurant was shattered and a cash register was found on the ground around 1:51 a.m. in the 4100 block of North Lincoln Avenue
• Cash registers were stolen from a restaurant around 2 a.m. in the 300 block of West 31st Street in Bridgeport
• The front glass door of a restaurant was shattered around 2:20 a.m. in the 2200 block of West 35th Street in McKinley Park
• The front glass door of a restaurant was shattered around 2:36 a.m. in the 3400 block of South Archer Avenue

One of the burglaries on Lincoln Avenue was captured on surveillance video. A man can be seen wearing a white hoodie and throwing a cinder block into the window of Market Square, a local Deli and Ice cream shop.

Once inside, another person is seen jumping over the counter and eventually removing the cash register drawer. The crew then ran away. 

"This is such a headache. We’re trying to run an honest business, and we have to deal with this stuff and it's becoming worse," said co-owner Cenk Duman.

At Francos Italian Cuisine on West 31st, surveillance video also showed burglars breaking the glass door to get inside. The owner says they’ve been open 34 years, and it’s their second time robbed in four months. 

Police have not said if they believe the burglaries are connected.

There is no one in custody. Area One detectives are investigating.