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Men posing as Chicago city workers burglarizing homes: police

By Sun-Times Media Wire
Published  June 2, 2021 11:08am CDT
Crime and Public Safety
Sun-Times Media Wire

CHICAGO - Chicago police are alerting residents to a string of home burglaries by a pair posing as city employees.

The men have targeted elderly homeowners a half-dozen times over the past month, police said in a community alert.

One of them distracts the homeowner while pretending to be a Chicago Water Department worker or a tree cutter, while the other enters the home and steals jewelry and money.

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The men, both in their 40s, wore green safety vests and drove a dark blue Dodge Ram truck, police said.

The burglaries happened:

  • About 6:30 p.m. May 3 in the 2200 block of West Armitage Avenue;
  • About 7:45 p.m. May 21 in the 6500 block of North Springfield;
  • About 8 p.m. May 21 in the 1600 block of West 32nd;
  • About 8:40 p.m. May 21 in the 2100 block of South Tan;
  • About 6:30 p.m. May 24 in the 4600 block of North Maria;
  • About 5 p.m. May 27 in the 3000 block of North Osceola.