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Chicago police on Wednesday issued an alert after multiple cars were burglarized on the city’s South Side.
Four burglaries were reported on Saturday and an unknown number of others on Tuesday during the morning hours in the South Chicago, Hegewisch, and South Deering neighborhoods.
Police said that in each incident, a group of thieves broke the windows of parked vehicles and rummaged through them for items to steal. Multiple vehicles on a block in Hegewisch were reported damaged.
Incident dates and locations:
- 9000 block of South Houston Avenue on Oct 4, at 4:10 a.m. – South Chicago
- 8900 block of South Houston Avenue on Oct 4, at 4:24 a.m. – South Chicago
- 13000 block of South Escanaba Avenue on Oct 4, at 10:30 a.m. – Hegewisch
- 12200 block of South Carondolet Avenue on Saturday, Oct 4, at 11:15 a.m. – South Deering
- Between the 12900 and 13100 block of South Carondolet Avenue on Oct 7, at 3:30 a.m. – Multiple vehicles damaged – Hegewisch
Police only had a vague description of the suspects, but mentioned that they were possibly driving a white Hyundai Elantra and/or a silver sedan.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Area 2 detectives at 312-747-8273 or submit an anonymous tip at CPDTIP.com, using reference number P252028.