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CHICAGO - Two Chicago men are facing burglary charges after breaking into a railcar and tossing packages to the ground on the South Side, authorities said.
What we know:
The incident occurred about 8 p.m. March 29 near the 6100 block of South Stewart Avenue, authorities said.
Cook County sheriff's deputies were notified by Norfolk Southern Railroad police that two people had burglarized a train’s shipping container.
A railroad-operated drone captured the suspects removing packages from the container and throwing them to the ground below, the sheriff's office said. When deputies arrived, the suspects fled but were taken into custody.
Authorities recovered mesh bags containing packages, opened shipping boxes and a pair of bolt cutters.
Suspects named:
(From left) Jashawn Bonds, 18, and James Lott, 33. (Cook County Sheriff)
Jashawn Bonds, 18, and James Lott, 33, are each charged with burglary and trespassing on railroad property, authorities said. The charges were filed March 30.
Both men appeared in court March 31 and were released on those charges but are being held in the Cook County Jail on unrelated matters.
Lott is being held on a warrant from Allen County, Indiana, for burglary, according to the sheriff’s office. Bonds had a warrant for failure to appear in court in a separate Cook County burglary case and was ordered detained.
The Source: The information in this article was provided by the Cook County Sheriff's Office.