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Thieves use box truck in Wicker Park smash and grab

Three thieves took merchandise and fled the retail store in a black car after smashing through a barricade with a box truck about 1:50 a.m., police said.

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Burglars behind the wheel of a box truck breached a barricade outside a retail store in Wicker Park and fled in a black car after grabbing merchandise early Wednesday.

Officers responded to a burglary call at a retail store in the 2100 block of West Division Street about 1:50 a.m. and found the barricade outside the front entrance had been damaged by a box truck that remained on the scene, police said.


A witness told police they saw three unknown males exit the box truck and enter through a metal gate at the front before fleeing in a black car after taking merchandise.

There is no one in custody.

Area 3 detectives are investigating.

Three thieves took merchandise and fled the retail store in a black car after smashing through a barricade with a box truck about 1:50 a.m., police said.