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Multiple businesses burglarized last week in smash and grabs on Chicago’s NW Side
by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI
A thief caused several hundred dollars in damage while stealing $40 in cash from Sauganash Grill, 6005 N. Sauganash Ave., Thursday morning, Sept. 17, and the same people hit other businesses, police said.
Officers in the 2nd (Wentworth) Police District discovered a cash register in the alley of the 4700 block of South Greenwood Avenue in Kenwood containing a gift card for Sauganash Grill, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
Officers from the 17th District discovered a shattered window at the restaurant and the owner reported that the cash register was valued at $200 and contained the small amount of cash, police said.
The male shown in surveillance footage was described as Black, age 16 to 25, 5-7 and 130 to 160 pounds, and wearing a dark green camouflage hooded sweat shirt, a gray North Face jacket, a black ski mask, gray jeans, white gym shoes and orange gloves, according to police.
Employees of Platinum, 6251 N. MeCormick Road, Pho Le 777, 6257 N. McCormick Road, Sushi World, 6251 N. McCormick Road, and Banh Mi Ong Muoi, 6257 N. McCormick Road, also reported that their businesses were burglarized between about 4:50 and 5:05 a.m. that morning, police said.
In each of the burglaries, surveillance footage showed a white Kia sedan stopped outside of the business, a male exited the front passenger seat and threw a brick through a window of the business, according to police.
An employee of Platinum reported that the male took an empty cash register, then fled, police said. An employee of Pho Le 777 reported that the male took a cash register that contained $150 before he fled, according to police. An employee of Sushi World reported that the male threw the cash register on the floor but it was empty so he took a tip jar that contained approximately $50
before he fled, police said.
An employee of Banh Mi Ong Muoi reported that the male took approximately $200 in cash and coins from the register, then took a bottle of whiskey valued at $220 and a bottle of cognac valued at $45, according to police.
No one was in custody as of press deadline.
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