As Chicago Police vow to increase patrols and resources on specific blocks in Lincoln Park that are seeing a rise in violent crime, a new surveillance video shows thieves sawing off a car’s catalytic converter on the same block where an armed robbery occurred three days earlier.
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The video shows a white sedan pulling up to two parked cars in the 1300 block of Webster. 3 or 4 people are seen exiting the car and appear to cut off the catalytic converter under one of the parked cars.April 25, a community alert was sent out by police about 6 catalytic converter thefts in the nearby 25th ward.
"In these incidents," the alert says,"the offenders arrived on scene, and proceeded to or attempted to, cut off the catalytic converter from the victim's vehicle. The offenders then fled the scene."about 8 armed robberies in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, including the one at Wayne and Webster, and asked for the public's help in identifying the suspects.In a press conference Monday, Chicago Police Supt.
However, Brown says, the added resources will be done at the expense of officer schedules, hinting that officers may have to work on 1 of their 2 scheduled days off.
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