(Chicago) Police are warning residents in the Jefferson Park and Portage Park neighborhoods on the Northwest Side about a series of seven recent home burglaries.
All of the burglaries happened in an area between Central and Nagle, and Montrose and Pearson, mostly during the day and early evening hours, Jefferson Park District police said in a community alert.
A burglar or burglars took electronics, jewelry, cash and other items, the alert said. The incidents were reported at the following locations and times:
• 5900 block of West Thorndale, between 4 p.m. and 10:20 p.m. on Dec. 24
• 4700 block of North Menard, between 4 p.m. and 10:20 p.m. on Dec. 24
• 5600 block of West Montrose, between 3:30 p.m. and 7:35 p.m. on Dec. 25
• 5600 block of West Grove, between 6 p.m. and 8:10 p.m. on Dec. 27
• 5800 block of West Montrose, at 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 28
• 5000 block of North Monitor between Dec. 25 and Dec. 29
• 5600 block of North Mango between Dec. 26 and Jan. 4.
Police are asking residents to keep their doors and windows locked, and pay special attention to anyone loitering in the neighborhood, the alert said.
Anyone with any information on the robberies should call Area North detectives at (312) 744-8263.
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