CHICAGO — Prosecutors have charged an Edgewater man with burglarizing an apartment building in the neighborhood, and a Chicago Police report says he may be responsible for even more cases.
The report said James McClain, 27, had a host of burglary tools when cops arrested him a few days ago: bolt cutters, two pouches of lockpicks, pliers, a box cutter, a machinist’s file, two pry tools, and a card and key fob reader “suitable for use in breaking into a building [or] motor vehicle.”
He also had three debit and credit cards issued in the names of three different people and 10 grams of suspected methamphetamine worth about $400, the report stated…