Equipment stolen from work van near 43rd and California, Chicago IL
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TheftA male suspect was seen breaking into a work van near 43rd Street and California Avenue in Chicago. He stole several pieces of work equipment and fled eastbound in a gray vehicle with tinted windows. Construction workers witnessed the incident but could not provide a license plate number.
Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 01
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01:52
Transcript:
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1751
00:02
Squad,
00:04
you can put me on a street stop.
00:06
I'm about 43,
00:10
36,
00:11
North California.
00:13
I'm about to give a flash out soon.
00:14
Someone just had the van broken in, too.
00:16
Give me a second.
00:18
All right, so forth.
00:19
724.
00:23
1724. 1724.
00:24
Yes, ma'am.
00:25
Can you just come on over the text with a being, but it's a disturbance.
00:28
And (name withheld) and Lawrence, that said it's a male, Middle Eastern, about 6 feet, wearing a green-knit, hat red scarved, long black coat.
00:36
Says he's studying in front of the business throwing garbage at people on their cars.
00:42
Congress.
00:45
She changed to a disturbance.
00:46
Can I get somebody in role? What's that? It's a disturbance.
00:51
Yeah,
00:55
we're headed back to the district.
00:57
Where is it at? This is 1742.
01:01
What's the way out?
01:03
It's at (name withheld) and Lawrence.
01:06
We're a little far, but we'll get this.
01:08
You can put it in.
01:09
All right.
01:15
1751 51 51
01:20
The squad is for a quick flash over here.
01:22
I have the workers over here doing construction so they saw gray and pablo all tinted out, male black,
01:32
jumped out, went to this work van, stole a bunch of, I guess, work equipment, jumped back in and went eastbound on Montrose.
01:41
They were unable to get a plate or what other direction he went into, but he was wearing all ballooning and he had a mask on.
01:49
He looked about 45 years old.
01:51
That's all I got.
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Location mentioned:
W 43rd St & S California Ave, Chicago, IL 60632
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