$200K bond for man charged in River North business burglary

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Bernard Carter | Chicago Police

A man charged with breaking into a River North business early Monday was ordered held on $200,000 bond Wednesday.

Bernard Carter, 39, was charged with one felony count of burglary, according to a statement from police. 

Officers responding to a burglar alarm call at 12:13 a.m. in the 300 block of West Grand Avenue found damage to the front door and a garbage bag filled with the store’s merchandise on the floor, police said. They arrested Carter when he was found on the second floor of the business with help from a K-9 unit and SWAT personnel.

Carter, of the 1400 block of South Canal, was ordered held on $200,000 bond Wednesday, according to the Cook County sheriff’s office.


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