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A convicted burglar, out on parole, has been arrested and charged with burglarizing a home near 68th Place and Hamlin.
Cortrell Rush, 20, of 102nd and Pulaski in Oak Lawn, was arrested by police at 12:50 p.m.
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| Cortrell Rush |
The victim, a 36-year-old man, told police he was asleep in his home when was he was woken up by knocks on his door. Thinking it was the mailman or UPS trying to deliver a package, he ignored the knocks. He then reportedly heard footsteps in his gangway, men's voices, and the sound of his patio furniture being moved. He called 911 and waited inside his home.
The victim then reportedly saw Rush attempting to enter a rear bedroom window. He told police he saw Rush's head and shoulders inside the room, but that he backed out when he was unable to squeeze through the opening. Shortly after that, the victim reportedly heard Rush and an accomplice talk about trying to break in via another window. Moments later, he said he heard squealing tires and one man say "Let's go!"
Rush was positively identified by the victim. The other man remains at large, police said.
Rush was convicted of burglary in 2011 and sentenced to four years in prison. He was released on parole in August of 2012, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.
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Two armed thugs robbed the EZPAWN shop at 4338 South Pulaski, making off with jewelry worth about $50,000, according to the manager, a 46-year-old Archer Heights woman.
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| 4338 South Pulaski |
After snatching the jewelry, the criminals fled on foot southbound, then west bound through the parking lot. Police later recovered some of the stolen items on the ground near 44th and Komensky.
The criminals are described as black men age 20-25, 6'3 and 160 pounds, medium complexion, wearing black hoodies and black jeans.
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Two men used a stolen pickup truck to ram through the front
window of a Garfield Ridge gas station on Monday, in an attempt to gain
entrance and steal merchandise. The crime occurred at 1:33 a.m. Monday, December 2 at the Mobil
station at 5448 West 55th Street, long after the establishment had closed
for the night.
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| 5448 West 55th Street |
A neighbor told police
that he witnessed the crime moments after he heard the truck’s tires squealing.
He also said that the truck rammed an ATM at the station, in an attempt to
break it open.
The police incident report
did not say what, if anything had been stolen. The truck sped away and was
later discovered by police in an alley on the 5500 block of West 54th
Street. A check of the vehicle revealed it had been stolen on Nov. 15 while
parked on the 4300 block of West Marquette Road.
The burglars were
described as white men---one 5'10 to 6'1 and 170-200 pounds, with long red/auburn hair, and the other 5'8 to 5'11 and 160-190 pounds, with brown hair.
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A 24-year-old Clearing man was stabbed during an attempted robbery on the street on the 5700 block of West 62nd Street at 4:55 a.m. Saturday, December 7.
The victim told police that four offenders tried to steal his vehicle s he got out of it. As he apparently resisted and thwarted their efforts to steal the vehicle, he was stabbed. Another smashed the driver's side window before the quartet fled on foot.
They are described as white Hispanic men age 18-25, wearing black jackets and pants.
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A 30-year-old West Elsdon man was robbed of $180 cash as he walked on a sidewalk near 59th and Komensky. The crime occurred at 8:00 p.m. Friday, December 6. The victim told police that his assailants approached from behind and hit him on the head with the butt of a pistol. The victim fell to the ground, and the robbers took the cash from his pants pocket.
The offenders fled in an unknown direction, and the victim refused medical treatment. The robbers are described as black Hispanic men, 5'5 to 5'7 in height.
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A 23-year-old West Lawn woman thwarted two burglars when she called out to let them know she was in her house, near 69th and Komensky. The crime occurred at 9:55 a.m. Thursday, December 5. The woman told police she heard a banging noise near the back of the house. She went to investigate, looked out a window and saw two men crouching by the back door.
They fled on foot when they heard her call out. The door frame was damaged with pry marks. The woman described the pair as white Hispanic men age 22, 5'6 tall and wearing black hoodies and blue jeans.
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Burglars smashed the basement window of a home near 57th and Hamlin and stole two laptop computers, a video game console and $50 cash. The crime was discovered by the victim, a 36-year-old woman, at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, December 5.
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Burglars forced open the back door of a home near 66th and Springfield and stole an unknown amount of possessions. The crime was discovered by the victim, a 41-year-old man, when he came home from work at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, December 5.
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Burglars forced open the service door of a garage near 48th and La Crosse and stole two bicycles, a tool box with tools, two ladders and a snow blower. The crime was discovered by the victim, a 40-year-old man, when he came home from work at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 3. He did not report the crime until December 5, police added.
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Burglars pried open the service door of a garage near 45th and Keating and stole three cases of beer. The crime was discovered by the victim, a 28-year-old woman, at 7:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 3.
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Burglars pried open the service door of a garage near 52nd and Nottingham and stole assorted power tools, two portable air conditioners, four rims, an amplifier and other items. The crime was discovered by the victim, a 60-year-old woman, at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 3.
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Burglars entered a home near 86th and Karlov and stole $700 cash and assorted jewelry worth an estimated $6,000. The crime was discovered by the victim, a 58-year-old woman, when she came home at 5:40 a.m. Wednesday, December 4. There was no sign of forced entry, police said, and the victim stated that her doors and windows had been locked when she left the home.
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A Clearing woman who left her apartment near 62nd and Major to pick up her children from school returned to find her home ransacked. The crime was discovered at 3:09 p.m. Wednesday, December 4.
When the victim left, burglars pushed a garbage cart under a rear bedroom window and climbed in. Stolen were a jewelry box and assorted jewelry, a TV, a computer monitor, several video game consoles and games, a laptop computer, an iPad, a Chicago Bears helmet signed by Walter Payton and a football signed by members of the 1985 Bears.
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Burglars forced open the back door of a home near 58th and Kilbourn and stole various items. The crime was discovered by the victim, a 36-year-old woman, at 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 4. She told police she was not initially certain what had been stolen.
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Burglars entered an apartment near 62nd and Melvina and stole a TV. The crime was discovered by the victim, a 50-year-old man, when he came home from work at 10:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 4 and noticed his front door unlocked and the apartment in disarray.
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