CPD investigating dozens of break-ins linked to same group in 17 neighborhoods in last month | Video

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police are investigating nearly 30 break-ins in 17 Chicago neighborhoods since late September.

CPD said the 29 crimes are all connected.

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The band of burglars strikes quickly, police say.

They hit 10 businesses in a span of less than three hours early Monday morning.

A repairman was replacing the glass window in the front of the Lite Inn Tuesday morning, a little more than 24 hours after burglars smashed the window to get into the bar.

An inside security camera captured video of five people dressed in all black. They first pried the security cage out of the brick wall to which it was anchored.

Then, they shattered the window and rushed into the Humboldt Park bar.

"They went in, straight to the ATM, couldn't figure it out and left. All that took about three minutes," owner Carmen Velez said.

Video shows the burglars police believe to be in their late teens and early 20s.

It was about 3 a.m.

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They ripped an outside camera from the wall and grabbed the cash register.

Though they set off the burglar alarm, they were long gone in the few minutes it took police to arrive.

"It was sad, and now I'm angry. But at the moment, it's such a violation of your privacy and your life. It's such an interruption," Velez said.

Within minutes, the crew was on to another target. They also hit a North Side liquor store, getting away with the cash register, but little else.

The ATM may have been their target both there and at a small grocery store in Uptown.

But they tried and failed to get it at those locations. They also had security cameras which captured video of the suspects. They have shared that with police.

For Velez, it's heartbreaking. The bar has been in her family for 40 years.

"It's going to take some time to recover. But I'm really thankful no one got hurt," Velez said.

Police say in many of the burglaries, the crew has gotten away with very little in the way of valuables, but they've caused much more in property damage.

The incidents took place at the following times and locations:

- 4300-block of South Talman Avenue between 7:30 p.m. and 5 a.m. Sept. 21-22 (Brighton Park)
- 200-block of West Van Buren Street at 1:25 a.m. on Sept. 22 (Loop)
- 2900-block of North Sheffield Avenue at 1:42 a.m. on Sept. 22 (Lakeview East)
- 5500-block of North Broadway at 4:05 a.m. Sept. 22 (Edgewater)
- 2300-block of North California Avenue at 1:56 a.m. Sept. 22 (Logan Square)
- 2300-block of North California at 2:21 a.m. on Sept. 24 (Logan Square)
- 4200-block of South Archer Avenue at 2:25 a.m. Sept. 23 (Brighton Park)
- 4200-block of South Archer at 2:40 a.m. Sept. 23 (Brighton Park)
- 4600-block of West Diversey Parkway at 5:28 a.m. on Oct. 5 (Kelvyn Park)
- 2200-block of South Indiana Avenue at 6:47 a.m. Oct. 5 (Near South Side)
- 4000-block on North Western Avenue at 2:53 a.m. Oct. 7 (North Center)
- 500-block of West Grenshaw Street at 3:39 a.m. on Oct. 7 (South Loop)
- 3200-block of West 59th Street at 5:31 a.m. Oct. 12 (Chicago Lawn)
- 5601 block of South Kedzie Avenue at 4:45 a.m. on Oct. 13 (Gage Park)
- 5500-block of South Archer at 12:30 a.m. Oct. 15 (Garfield Ridge)
- 0-100 block of East Ninth Street at 3:47 a.m. Oct.15 (Chicago Loop)
- 5000-block of South Kedzie at 4:30 a.m. Oct. 15 (Gage Park)
- 4300-block of West Marquette Avenue at 3:58 a.m. Oct. 18 (West Lawn)
- 2500 block of Pershing Road at 4:40 a.m. Oct. 18 (Brighton Park)
- 5000-block of North Sheridan Road at 2:34 a.m. Oct. 20 (Uptown)
- 4700-block of North Sheridan at 2:51 a.m. Oct. 20 (Uptown)
- 4100-block of North Sheridan at 3:08 a.m. Oct. 20 (Uptown)
- 4400-block of North Sheridan at 3:35 a.m. Oct. 20 (Uptown)
- 3200-block of West Fullerton Avenue at 3:40 a.m. Oct. 20 (Logan Square)
- 3600-block of West Division Street at 4:02 a.m. on Oct. 20 (Humboldt Park)
- 4300-block of West 63rd Street at 4:45 a.m. Oct. 20 (West Lawn)
- 4300-block of West 63rd at 4:50 a.m. Oct. 20 (West Lawn)
- 4300-block of West 51st Street at 5 a.m. Oct. 20 (Archer Heights)
- 4400-block of South Archer at 5:20 a.m. Oct. 20 (Brighton Park)

Anyone with information is asked to call Area One detectives at (312) 747-8384, Area Three detectives at (312) 744-8263, Area Five detectives at (312) 746-7394 or submit an anonymous tip at cpdtip.com.