Suspects steal from GameStop and flee in multiple vehicles, Chicago IL
Burglary, Motor Vehicle Theft, Theft, TrafficSuspects stole merchandise from a GameStop near Yale Avenue in Chicago. They fled in multiple vehicles, including two black Jeep Cherokees and a blue Honda Odyssey van. The vehicles were driven at high speed, ignoring traffic signals. Police tracked the stolen items and located some vehicles near various locations along Yale and nearby intersections. Officers attempted to stop the vehicles while investigating possible related thefts near a railroad.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 06
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Transcript:
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7. Let's go 3-3.
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3.3. We'll head over to near Wentworth.
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I'm sure the game stops over there, okay.
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24. What was the place for that Durango?
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Charlie William Williams 321 is Indiana in God we trust.
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702 stand. 702 stand.
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The trackers stationary now with near Yale.
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I don't have any vehicle in full or anything though.
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Flight 733, the tracker is stationary at near Yale.
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If you guys want to pop over there.
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So, 4. 25. 715. 715.
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South home, Yale, towards 7.1.
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High Route 7.5. It's a black girl.
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G. Prill Cherokee.
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They're going east from 7-1 now, disregard no traffic control.
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Hi, from 7-1, there's a black Jeep Grand Cherokee, disregarding traffic signals, traveling at a high rate of speed, again going east on from 7-1 in Yale.
00:48
Okay, 34.
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34.
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34. Some cuts unavailable.
00:52
Some people are being a stop in progress, Campbell, Columbus, Columbus and Campbell.
00:55
There's one van with a black car loading a car from the railroad.
00:59
I don't know.
01:00
I think they're stealing from the railroad over there.
01:03
824. 824, got you on it.
01:04
Yeah,
01:05
we just saw a black or dark colored challenger, the Targer, sorry, northbound from Columbus.
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He was going at a high rate of speed, taking on traffic.
01:15
All right, black Cherokee going northbound on Columbus from over there at a high rate of speed.
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5,700 Adam, front of phone.
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Go high, 5,700 Adam.
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For information, the GameStop in the first district got hit.
01:27
At the GameStop, they have GPS and one of the merchandise they took, and it's hitting at near Yale.
01:38
Looks like in the alley.
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And one of the vehicles that was used was a black Jeep Cherokee.
01:44
Actually, it was two black Jeep Cherokees.
01:45
All right, yeah, $10,400,000, one of those went eastbound on 71st from Yale, and then if we can just check near South Yale, there should be one of the Jeep Cherokee stationery in the alley over there.
01:57
The GPS, partly in the merchandise, is hitting back there.
02:02
Yeah, 10-4[1]-702, Sam.
02:04
It looks like you put that in, right there in, just between Yale and Princeton.
02:10
All right, 10-4[1].
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7.12, since you're en route over there, can you head over to near Yale? There should be a black tube Cherokee over there in the alley.
02:18
The merchandise is stationary there.
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So then for the rest of the zone, just keep an eye on the game stops.
02:25
They hit in one and possibly hit again in seven.
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733.
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733.
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I think we spotted our Jeep Cherokee over here at this location at near Yale, I believe.
02:36
Is it occupied?
02:38
So far, no.
02:39
We're approaching it right now.
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All right, 696 south on Yale.
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You're approaching the vehicle now.
02:44
It's occupied. I get another car over to near Yale, please.
02:47
Just taking where out here. I think. I'm sorry, we're on seeing around, same with them.
02:50
All right, cool. Thank you, guys. 733 is not occupied.
02:52
It's not yet.
02:53
Again, my bad.
02:54
It was unoccupied. Near Yale.
02:55
If you've got a plate for us, we'll run it.
02:57
24. 824. 824.
02:58
I think we got to have van.
02:59
We're behind it now at Western and Columbus at the red lit world.
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We're going to try to stop in a second.
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All right, got you're trying to stop that van, Western and Columbus.
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824, Laplace is Eddie Sam 31707.
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It's a blue Honda Odyssey.
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Eddie Sam, 31787, Blue Honda Odyssey.
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Eighty-seven, 317-0-7.
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317-07, my bet.
03:20
That came back clearing down on a blue 2006 Honda passenger van.
03:25
Miles Hunter out of Linwood, Illinois, ballot through September 25, no hits.
03:29
8-4, they're taking off south, northbound on western.
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There's multiple boxes inside the car and occupy two times.
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I occupy two times going northbound on Columbus from western,
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on western from Columbus.
03:43
On western. Correct. Northbound on western from Columbus.
03:46
That's a blue Honda Odyssey.
03:47
East 111.
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Go ahead, you know. East 1 on 71st.
03:50
All right, East 1 on 71st Street.
03:52
Are you following the vehicle?
03:53
Negative. Okay.
03:55
Again, it's now going to...
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You got it.
03:57
Eastbound on 71st from Western.
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Eddy Sam 31707.
04:01
It had multiple boxes in it.
04:02
On 733.
04:03
733. All right, anything on that vehicle that you guys can see?
04:08
Negative.
04:09
Do you have a plate for that?
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10-4: Acknowledgement/Message received
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Near S Yale Ave, Chicago, IL 60621
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