Smash-and-grab burglars target 3 Noble Square restaurants along Ashland Ave

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Friday, November 3, 2023
Smash-and-grab burglars target 3 Noble Square restaurants
Chicago police said 3 restaurants along Ashland Avenue in the city's Noble Square neighborhood were targeted by smash-and-grab burglars Friday morning

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police are investigating after smash-and-grab burglars targeted three Noble Square restaurants on Ashland Avenue early Friday morning.



Police said shortly before 3:45 a.m., three male burglars shattered the front window of El Barco Mariscos in the 1000-block of North Ashland Avenue, went in and took an unknown amount of money from the restaurant.



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A short time later, at about 3:50 a.m., officers responded to a burglary at Alegrias Seafood in the 1000-block of North Ashland Avenue. They found a glass door shattered and the cash register was stolen. No one was inside when police got there.



Police said the suspects got into a white vehicle and fled north from the scene.



Chicago police also said before those two smash-and-grab burglaries, just after 3:30 a.m., two male would-be burglars damaged the front of La Condea restaurant in the 1000-block of North Ashland Avneue, but were unable to get inside and were not able to take anything. They then got into a white vehicle and fled east.



No one is in custody for any of these incidents. An investigation by Area Three detectives is ongoing.



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