Burglar hits more than two dozen Chicago businesses, still at large police say
CHICAGO - Police are looking for a burglar who has broken into more than two dozen businesses across the city to steal money in just the past few weeks.
Chicago police said there have been at least 27 incidents of burglary since Jan. 16 with the most recent incident reported on Tuesday.
Dozens of burglaries
What we know:
In each of the incidents, the unidentified offender forcibly entered into the business after breaking a front glass window or door.
Once inside, the offender stole money inside the businesses’ cash registers.
Incident dates and locations:
- 5000 block of W. Irving Park Rd. on Jan. 16 at 3:26 a.m. in Portage Park
- 2500 block of N. Lincoln Ave on Jan. 17 at 4:10 a.m. in Wrightwood
- 2600 block of N. Lincoln Ave on Jan. 17 at 4:14 a.m. in Wrightwood
- 2400 block of N. Lincoln Ave on Jan. 17 at 5:40 a.m. in Wrightwood
- 2800 block of N. Sheffield Ave on Jan. 17-18 between 8:00 p.m.-6:33 a.m. in Lakeview East
- 2900 block of N. Broadway St. on Jan. 18 between 5:30-6:00 a.m. in Lakeview East
- 4300 block of N. Elston Ave. on Jan. 20-21, between 10 p.m.-7 a.m. in Irving Park
- 4000 block of N. Elston Ave. on Jan. 21 at 4:34 a.m. in Irving Park
- 3600 block of W. Irving Park Rd. on Jan. 21 at 4:57 a.m. in Albany Park
- 2000 block of W Howard St on Jan. 22 at 5:14 a.m. in Rogers Park
- 5400 block of N Broadway St on Jan. 27 at 4:00-5:00 a.m. in Edgewater
- 1000 block of W Argyle St on Jan. 27 at 5:07 a.m. in Uptown
- 1100 block of W Argyle St on Jan. 27 at 5:21 a.m. in Uptown
- 5000 block of N Sheridan Rd on Jan. 27 at 5:20 a.m. in Uptown
- 1100 block of W Granville Ave on Jan. 28 at 11:30 p.m. in Edgewater
- 5300 block of N Clark St on Jan. 28-29 from 4:00 p.m.- 6:36 a.m. in Andersonville
- 5300 block of N Clark St on Jan. 29 at 6:36 a.m. in Andersonville
- 6700 block of N Clark St on Jan. 31 at 3:45 a.m. in Rogers Park
- 6600 block of N Clark St on Jan. 31 at 3:54 a.m. in Rogers Park
- 6600 block of N Clark St on Jan. 31 at 4:50 a.m. in Rogers Park
- 1500 block of W Devon Ave on Feb. 2 at 6:15 a.m. in Edgewater
- 6000 block of N Broadway St on Feb. 2 at 6:18 a.m. in Edgewater Glen
- 7000 block of W Higgins Ave on Feb. 3 at 2:57 a.m. in Union Ridge
- 6300 block of W Higgins Ave on Feb. 3 at 4:00 a.m. in Jefferson Park
- 4200 block of W Irving Park Rd on Feb. 4 at 3:43 a.m. in Old Irving Park
- 5100 block of W Irving Park Rd on Feb. 4 at 4:59 a.m. in Portage Park
- 5100 block of W Irving Park Rd on Feb. 4 from 5:00-5:30 a.m. in Portage Park
Offender description
What you can do:
Police said the offender was one male wearing a black hat, black gloves, a mask, dark clothing and a black backpack.
No physical description of the offender was given.
Police did release surveillance video of the burglar walking through a business.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Area Three detectives at 312-744-8263 or Area Five detectives at 312-746-7394. You can also submit an anonymous tip at CPDTip.com and use reference number 25-CWP-007B.