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Loop: Robbery crew strikes 2 convenience stores (again)
The 7-11 at Jackson and Wabash. | Google Two convenience stores in the Loop that were recently listed in a police warning about robberies in the downtown area were robbed again this weekend. No one is in custody. On Aug. 29, police issued a community alert after a small group of robbers battered store clerks
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Loop: Alert issued after group robs two 7-Eleven stores
The 7-Eleven at 30 East Jackson | Google A small group of robbers has raided two convenience stores in the Loop this month, prompting police to issue a warning about the crew. According to the community alert, three men went behind the stores’ counters, pushed the clerks out of the way, and stole merchandise both
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Two robbery alerts issued for West Loop neighborhood
Police have issued two community alerts to warn about separate robbery patterns in the West Loop. Investigators typically release an alert when they believe a person or group is responsible for a series of crimes. In the first alert, police said a striped white Chevrolet Camaro is being used as by a man who robs
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Revolving door: Man accused of Loop window smashings was charged with similar crime wave in Rogers Park this summer
Patrick Newton (L) and the Loop suspect. | CPD We thought he looked familiar. Now we know why. The man accused of breaking out dozens of car windows with rocks in Loop parking garages this week was charged earlier this year with breaking out car windows across the Rogers Park neighborhood. Patrick Newton, 29, was arrested
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Lunchtime larceny: Thieves targeting purses in Loop restaurants, police say
Police released these images of suspects connected to the theft pattern. | CPD Don’t leave your purse hanging on the back of your chair in a restaurant. Map showing approximate locations of reported incidents. It’s an easy rule to remember. And an easy rule to break. But here’s some motivation to be more diligent as
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Rock-throwing car vandal strikes again overnight; 17 vehicles found with broken windows in Loop garage
The Franklin Street suspect | CPD Police this morning said a man who broke out dozens of car windows in Loop parking garages on Tuesday evening may have struck again overnight. About seventeen vehicles parked in a garage on the first block of East Adams were found with rocks thrown through their rear windows around
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Skimmer found on Loop ATM is third to be discovered downtown since July 1st
A repairman assigned to fix a jammed ATM in the Loop on Sunday night wound up finding a skimming device on the cash machine, police said. It is the third skimmer found in the downtown area since July 1st. Skimmers are small devices that criminals plant on ATMs and gas pumps to secretly capture users’
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Loop: Carjacker crashes after being surprised by 2 passengers in back seat
The carjacker crashed into this Blue Line exit in the 300 block of South Dearborn. | Google A car thief who stole an idling vehicle in the Loop late Tuesday night crashed into a Blue Line subway entrance moments later after he discovered that there were two people sitting behind him in the back seat,