The Brief
- Two Chicago men were caught on Aug. 27 stealing three boxes of Tito’s vodka from a Norfolk Southern cargo container near 63rd Street and Michigan Avenue, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office said.
- Angel Villegas-Mendez, 30, and Erik Salcedo-Circa, 34, were arrested after fleeing the scene; both face burglary and misdemeanor railroad property charges.
- Villegas-Mendez, already on probation and parole for prior offenses, remains in custody on a parole violation, while Circa was released.
CHICAGO – Two men were caught stealing boxes of vodka from a cargo container in a Chicago railyard, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office.
What we know:
Around 8 a.m. Aug. 27, railroad staff alerted sheriff’s police that two men slipped under a fence near 63rd Street and Michigan Avenue, broke into a shipping container, took three boxes of Tito’s vodka and left. …