The Brief
- Six businesses along West 95th Street in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood were burglarized in less than 30 minutes Thursday morning, leaving owners with stolen cash and thousands of dollars in damage.
- Some business owners are struggling to afford repairs, while Chicago rapper Queen Key says she plans to move her boutique online after the break-in.
- Police say one person of interest is being questioned as detectives investigate.
CHICAGO – “Some of us, this is all we have, and to know that some will try to take it from you is just devastating.”
For Talicia Patterson, those words capture the heartbreak of watching years of hard work become another casualty of crime.
Patterson is among several small business owners in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood struggling to recover after burglars targeted six storefronts in less than half an hour Thursday morning, leaving behind shattered windows, stolen cash and thousands of dollars in damage.…