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A man is facing charges after allegedly stealing an ambulance and crashing Sunday in Austin on the West Side. Levar Beecham, 43, was charged with a felony count of possession of a stolen vehicle and a misdemeanor count of driving without a license, Chicago police said. Beecham allegedly jumped into an ambulance about 2:30 p.m. in the 5100 block of…

A 7-year-old Siberian Husky who was taken from her owner’s New Mexico residence five years ago and ended up in Riverside will be heading home for a happy reunion with the family that had given her up for dead.

At least nine vehicles left running with keys in their ignitions have been stolen in the last month on the South and Southwest sides. The thefts, which date back to Feb. 2, happened in Bridgeport, McKinley Park, Brighton Park, Gage Park and Back of the Yards, according to a community alert from Chicago police. They occurred: about 10 p.m. Feb….

Chicago police are warning residents of a pair of recent burglaries reported in Hyde Park on the South Side. In each incident, someone breaks into the basement of an apartment building and steals coins from inside the washing and drying machines, Chicago police said in a community alert. The burglaries happened: Between 2 a.m. and 10 a.m. Jan. 26, in…

Ten iPhones were stolen Wednesday morning from the Oakbrook Center Apple Store, Oak Brook police said. According to police, Oakbrook Center security saw on surveillance video three suspects grab several iPhones and run out of the store Wednesday morning. The estimated value of the loss is up to $10,000, police said. According to police, the three suspects fled in a…

Police in a northwest Indiana town are looking for a real-life Grinch who was caught on camera stealing holiday decorations from city officials. The woman is accused of stealing $300 worth of branches and other items as Chesterton employees prepared to decorate 12 town-owned planters before Thanksgiving last week. “We had all of our materials spread out on the ground,”…

Video from a jewelry store in Chesteron, Indiana shows a woman who was accused of stealing some of the town’s decor as city officials prepared for Christmas. 

Police in the Chicago suburbs say a group of Eastern Europeans involved in a nationwide theft ring have targeted multiple area fitness centers.

Skokie police on Monday afternoon were trying to find seven suspects who stole approximately $20,000 worth of purses from Nordstrom at Old Orchard Mall, police said.

Police in Markham arrested six people and recovered more than $1 million in stolen goods following the bust of a “sophisticated” burglary ring, police said on Friday.

A woman has been charged with stealing thousands of dollars from the Fox Valley Special Recreation Association while serving as its business manager several years ago.

The owner of a guitar store in the Pilsen neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side is looking for whoever stole thousands of dollars worth of guitars from his store.

Police are trying to find whoever stolen 12 guitars from a guitar store on Chicago’s West Side. 

Two children who were inside a vehicle that was stolen in River North Saturday are safe, police said.

Police are investigating the disappearance of an expensive “Iron Man” suit from a Los Angeles movie prop storage facility.

A man accused of stealing Frances McDormand’s Oscar from her table at the Governors Ball following Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony was charged Tuesday with a single felony count of grand theft.

Three men with hammers stormed a Jared jewelers in Schaumburg Wednesday, smashed the display cases and made off with the jewelry, police said.

Three men with hammers stormed a Jared jewelers in Schaumburg Wednesday, smashed the display cases and made off with the jewelry, police said. Natalie Martinez reports.

About 40 firearms were stolen in a break-in at a suburban shooting range Friday, authorities said.

About 40 firearms were stolen in a break-in at a suburban shooting range Friday, authorities said.