The Brief
- Three men were charged with burglary and felony theft after deputies stopped a burglary in progress in unincorporated Libertyville.
- A property owner used a GPS tracker on a rented trailer to help deputies find the suspects.
- Deputies arrested two men at the scene and a K9 found a third man hiding in a forest preserve.
LAKE COUNTY, Ill. – Three men are facing charges after they were caught allegedly stealing construction equipment from a business in Chicago’s north suburbs late Sunday night.
Libertyville burglary investigation
The backstory:
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said the investigation began around 11:20 p.m. when the owner of a flatbed trailer called 911.
According to deputies, the owner had rented the trailer to someone who never returned it. The trailer had a GPS tracker, which showed it was at a business in the 14200 block of West Rockland Road in unincorporated Libertyville.…