South, Southwest side businesses warned to be on lookout after recent burglaries

Police are warning businesses on the South and Southwest sides of a string of burglaries in the last week in Brighton Park, McKinley Park and Bridgeport.

In each case, the burglar threw a brick or a piece of concrete through a window or door to get inside the business and steal money or property, according to an alert issued by Chicago police.

One burglary happened about 4:15 a.m. Wednesday in the 4000 block of South Western Avenue, and two others occurred Friday between 2 a.m. and 3:15 a.m. in the 3500 and 3300 blocks of South Archer Avenue, police said.

A fourth burglary was reported Friday at 4:30 a.m. in the 1700 block of West 47th Street, police said. The most recent burglary happened Saturday at 4:34 a.m. in the 3500 block of South Halsted.

Police say the burglar is a male between 25 and 40 years old and between 5 foot 8 and 6 foot 1 and weighing between 160 and 220 pounds. He was wearing “any combination of black face mask, blue jacket, green hooded sweatshirt, white shirt, tan pants or black pants with red stripe, black boots and black gloves.”

Anyone with information is asked to call Area One detectives at (312) 747-8384.