Jefferson Park, Portage Park & Norwood Park

Crime & Mayhem

Portage Park Business Break-Ins Spur Police Warning

July 31, 2017 8:23am | Updated July 31, 2017 8:23am
 Seven businesses in the Portage Park and O'Hare neighborhoods were broken into since July 11, police said.
Seven businesses in the Portage Park and O'Hare neighborhoods were broken into since July 11, police said.
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CHICAGO — At least seven businesses in the Portage Park and O'Hare neighborhoods were burglarized since July 11, according to a police alert issued Sunday.

In each incident, someone got into the building by breaking its front windows or "forcibly kicking or prying open" a door, police said.

The burglaries were reported at the following times and locations:

• At 12:30 p.m. on July 11 in the 3400 block of North Central Avenue

• At 5:18 a.m. on July 12 in the 6000 block of West Belmont Avenue

• Between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. on July 14 in the 4200 block of North Milwaukee Avenue

• At 3:44 a.m. on July 21 in the 5600 block of North Cumberland Avenue

• Between 4:35 and 4:40 a.m. on July 23 in the 5100 block of West Belmont Avenue

• Between 5:50 p.m. and 11:14 p.m. on July 24 in the 8100 block of West Higgins Avenue

• At 2:50 a.m. on July 27 in the 4400 block of North Milwaukee Avenue

Anyone with information on the incidents is encouraged to call detectives at 312-744-8263.

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