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CBS News
30-06-2025
- CBS News
Burglars steal ATMs from 3 businesses on Chicago's South Side
Police on Sunday were asking for help from the public in finding the perpetrators who stole ATMs from three businesses in the South Side's Beverly and Avalon Park neighborhoods last week. The burglaries all happened between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. Friday, June 27. Investigators said the burglars used a crowbar to break the glass front doors in each incident. Once inside, they stole the ATMs. The burglars first struck at 3:15 a.m. Friday at a business in the 1400 block of East 87th Street in Avalon Park. At 4:02 a.m. Friday, they struck Waldo Cooney's Pizza at 2410 W. 111th St. in Beverly. Waldo Cooney's Pizza at 2410 W. 111th St. was burglarized on Friday, June 27, 2025. CBS Photos showed the front glass door shattered at Waldo Cooney's Pizza, and an ATM missing. Waldo Cooney's Pizza at 2410 W. 111th St. was burglarized on Friday, June 27, 2025. CBS Waldo Cooney's Pizza at 2410 W. 111th St. was burglarized on Friday, June 27, 2025. CBS The third burglary happened between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. Friday at the Morgan Park Sports Center at 11505 S. Western Ave., a community recreation center that includes an ice rink and other facilities. Police said the burglars were wearing black hooded sweat shirts, black and blue pants, and a black mask. Anyone with information is asked to call Calumet Area detectives at 312-747-8273, or submit an anonymous tip at and use Reference # 25-02-015

Yahoo
25-06-2025
- Yahoo
Cops: Homicide investigation after 72-year-old man found dead in bathtub on South Side
Police have opened a homicide investigation after a 72-year-old man was found dead Wednesday afternoon inside a bathtub in the Avalon Park neighborhood on the city's South Side, authorities said. The man, whose identity wasn't immediately released, was discovered in a bathtub inside a residence on the 7700 block of South Avalon Avenue and pronounced dead on scene shortly after 2:50 p.m., according to Chicago police. Police said they were conducting a homicide investigation, but did not say how they believe the man died. An autopsy was scheduled for Thursday. No arrests had been made as an investigation by Calumet Area detectives was underway. tkenny@