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Burglars Targeting Elderly Residents on Northwest Side Chicago
Burglars are tricking elderly residents and stealing from their homes
HI INDIA NEWS DESK
CHICAGO, IL – Chicago police are warning residents of the Northwest Side that burglars are tricking elderly residents and stealing from their homes.
Chicago police said that the robbery team has struck four times in Portage Park and Irving Park. One distracts the victim with a conversation about home repairs or problems with their water while the other enters their home and steals jewelry.
The robberies have happened on:
Portage Park, West Patterson Ave. in Portage Park, West Patterson Ave, and North Kilbourn Ave. in Irving Park.
The suspects are described as a white man, about 35, 5’11” to 6′ wearing a dark baseball cap and yellow construction vest; and a Hispanic man, 20 to 25 years old, 5’5″ to 5’9″, 180 to 200lbs, wearing a dark baseball cap.