Police Warn of Bucktown Garage Burglaries

In each of the four reported burglaries, one or more people have entered garages through side or overhead doors and stolen property from within

Police are warning residents about a series of garage burglaries reported in the North Side Bucktown neighborhood last month.

In each of the four reported burglaries, one or more people have entered garages through side or overhead doors and stolen property from within, according to a community alert from Chicago Police. In two of the burglaries, items were also stolen from parked cars inside the garages.

The burglaries occurred:

-- In the 2400 block of West Cortland between 8 p.m. Jan. 1 and 8:15 a.m. Jan. 2;

-- In the 2000 block of West Willow between 8 p.m. Jan. 15 and 6 a.m. Jan. 16;

-- In the 2000 block of West Cortland about noon Jan. 18;

-- In the 2000 block of West Churchill about 8 p.m. Jan. 29.

Anyone with information about the burglaries is asked to contact Area North detectives at (312) 744-8263.

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