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Businesses burglarized in Cragin: police

Four burglaries happened within the same two blocks, police said.

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
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Four businesses were burglarized in May 2020, in Cragin on the Northwest Side.

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Four businesses were burglarized in two days in May in Cragin on the Northwest Side.

In each incident someone broke the window or the front glass door of a business and stole money from the registers and property, according to a community alert from Chicago police.

The burglaries happened about 8:40 p.m. May 16 and about 1 a.m. May 17 in the 5100 block of West Fullerton Avenue and about 12:55 a.m. and 1 a.m. May 17 in the 5000 block of West Fullerton Avenue, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Chicago police at 312-746-7394.

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