Overview

• Teams of two to five men have targeted businesses overnight since June 2 by prying open windows or doors to remove or break into ATMs.
• The suspects have operated in stolen or rented SUVs, loading cash machines into their vehicles and fleeing before dawn.
• Incidents occurred across at least eight police districts, from the Near North Side and Near West Side to Austin, Belmont-Cragin and Little Italy.
• Chicago Police Department has not made any arrests and is reviewing surveillance footage and forensic evidence from each scene.
• This wave of thefts follows a broader summer surge in organized overnight crimes against commercial establishments.