The recent bold daylight takeover of a freight car in Chicago by throngs of thieves captured national attention for its brazen lawlessness.
From coast-to-coast authorities say pirates of the railroad are leaving a literal trail of their crimes. They’ve been seen accessing usually unlocked rail cars, shucking the cargo from boxes, taking the hot goods and leaving behind a literal litter-yard of cardboard. These newfangled pirates are more regularly robbing trains in metro Chicago according to those who track these crimes.
WATCH: Thieves loot train car on Chicago’s West Side
Chopper7 was over the scene as a crowd f people looted a train on the ciy’s West Side Friday afternoon.
Dozens of people swarmed a rail freight car last Friday in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, with more converging by the minute, as word spread that shipping boxes were there for the taking.
Chicago police charged two Chicago men with theft: 21-year-old Lemar Hollingsworth and 53-year-old Derrick Weathers, who also faces marijuana charges.