As CBS 2's Steven Graves reported Friday, retail theft in Chicago has left many business owners are now very frustrated. The owner of the Flee Club consignment store at 2221 W. Taylor St. in Tri-Taylor is especially unhappy, as he has now been hit four times.
In the latest burglary, the thieves were not satisfied just targeting the main sales area upstairs. They went to the basement and stole shoes in boxes from racks."I'm not a Fortune 500 business like the Mag Mile, so if you hit my store for $40,000, I won't be open tomorrow," said Flee Club owner Darris Kelly."It's just like they're in my house," Kelly said.
Footage taken by surveillance cameras at 3 a.m. Friday shows the guys running around and taking armloads of clothes. Someone breaks open the cash register, and they also go into the basement – where one guy took out his phone.The thieves initially got into the store by pulling up in a black vehicle. Crowbar in hand, one guy is seen smashing glass and prying open a safety shutters.
Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)
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