Thieves target ATMs at businesses on Chicago’s Northwest Side

Chicago police issued an alert on Sunday about a pattern of ATM thefts and an armed robbery that transpired on the city’s Northwest Side in December and January.

In each incident, the burglars have pulled up in a possible late-model blue Acura sport-utility vehicle and entered a business and targeted its ATM for theft, police said. The alert did not specify whether the thieves stole the whole ATMs or just stole money from them.

The thieves have targeted both businesses that were open at the time and businesses that were closed. In one incident, the thieves were armed with handguns, police said…

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