A man was taken into custody Sunday after breaking into at least 14 cars on a single Irving Park block overnight, according to preliminary CPD reports. Police also recovered a stolen car that they believe he drove to the area.
Officers responded to the 4000 block of North Richmond just after 3 a.m. after a 911 caller reported seeing a masked man breaking into parked cars. The burglar was still hard at work when the cops arrived, but he ran into an alley after spotting the police, officers said. They found the man in an alley behind the 4000 block of North Francisco, sporting cuts on his hands.
Back on Richmond, police found an abandoned red Honda that had been reported stolen from the West Side along with a toolkit that appeared to be burglary equipment. Police also found property taken from several of the vehicles. They were attempting to identify and contact the owners of the recovered items…