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Man steals purse at trader joe's in chicagoChicago IL

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Near E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611

A man stole a purse from a shopping cart at Trader Joe's near East Ontario Street in Chicago. Police tracked the suspect using earbuds inside the purse, with the last signal near the Jewel grocery store on State Street. The suspect fled in a white Ford Explorer and made a U-turn heading south on the Ryan Expressway.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 04
05:3
Transcript:
00:00
That's up. The Security 19 at Trader Joe's near East Ontario.
00:04
A man took a purse out of a cart, male black-knit cap, dark complexion headed west down.
00:11
Colle is tracking her earbuds inside the purse he is still moving.
00:22
What's that, Andrews?
00:24
That's some of Carter Zells at Ontario in Wabash.
00:28
H1, Zone 4.
00:30
Page 3, Zone 4.
00:32
Pache 3, go ahead.
00:36
Sir Mac and Sal Street, Units tried to put a stop on a car.
00:40
He's behind him.
00:44
He's fleeing.
00:46
So you can get a car over here.
00:48
It's a white Ford Explorer.
00:52
Whiteford Explorer is Sarmac and LaSalle and going which direction? All right, he just went and we'll keep you posted.
01:07
You cut out, you'll keep me posted, you said.
01:11
He just did a U-turn to go back south time up at the DMRyan.
01:15
We'll let you know if he comes back.
01:18
It's on the Ryan, Kathy, thanks.
01:22
One-eight sixty-seven.
01:25
Go ahead, David.
01:28
We had to head over the trailer, Josh.
01:31
I'll put on your box.
01:36
I have westbound and still moving with a purse.
01:40
Mel Blackknit, Cabs, Dark, and Plexion, is the best description.
01:48
Ocean State, we've got a cross-street on that?
01:52
Ontario and Wabash, near East Ontario.
02:08
(number withheld)
02:21
(number withheld)
02:25
Okay, 24. Swad, you can do this out of ambulance 11.
02:28
This individual, they needed any police service, whatever accident he was in, he doesn't need a report for it or anything.
02:34
So he used to do it out and then.
02:35
I'm going to take him on his question.
02:37
Okay. Thanks.
02:42
Do you have any information?
02:46
Yes, sir.
02:51
First few detectors on the machine.
02:54
First, you all think of it.
03:00
12.
03:03
One or two.
03:06
Please, can you clear me from train and show me you having 30 and 1?
03:11
1.12, 30 and 1? Okay.
03:19
1, 2, 3 again.
03:23
123.
03:26
And 113, if you could, for the ride.
03:28
I have a little time on domestic at Canal and Taylor.
03:33
It says the Marshall's parking garage.
03:37
Joe Jenkins says the child's mother's gold key of Optima is parked there.
03:43
He didn't have his ID on hand, so I'm assuming this occurred.
03:48
At another place, yeah, Flournoy and Independence, I don't know what day, but he sees her car.
03:56
113.
04:00
13, can you roll with 23?
04:04
Negative squadron, so 151 North State on the mental health disturbance.
04:12
Okay, let me get to right.
04:20
What about attack units to back them up on the 1, 2, 3, Canal and Taylor?
04:26
See,
04:30
Charlie, Charles 1.
04:32
Charlie, thanks.
04:38
1860 David.
04:41
1862, David.
04:42
1862, David.
04:45
We spoke her with a caller over the phone, and she said that she did not actually see the individual who took her purse, but the purse was inside of a brown trader Joe's bag.
04:55
Her description's kind of hazy, but you might want to roll a paper car for her.
04:59
We're torn the area. The last ping location was by the Jewel on State.

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Near E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
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