Burglar targets Brighton Park, Back of the Yards Metro PCS stores

The burglaries happened Monday and Wednesday, and targeted cellphone stores in the early morning.

By Sun-Times Wire

Three armed robberies were reported in Albany Park and Irving Park in January.

Police are warning South Side residents of two recent burglaries to cellphone stores in the Brighton Park and Back of the Yards neighborhoods.

The burglaries happened Monday and Wednesday, and targeted Metro PCS stores in the early morning, Chicago police said. Someone forced their way into the closed stores and stole property from within.

The incidents happened:

about 5:45 a.m. Sept. 4 in the 3800 block of South Archer Avenue; and
about 5:40 a.m. Sept. 2 in the 2000 block of West 47th Street.

The suspect was a man about 20 years old, police said. Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 312-747-8382.

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Burglar targets Metro PCS stores in Brighton Park, Back of the Yards

The burglaries happened Monday and Wednesday, and targeted cellphone stores in the early morning.