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Thieves try to break into cafe on same Lincoln Park street where businesses were targeted days ago
By David Gonzalez
Video shows Oak Brook police using spike strips during chase after Addison burglary
Nick Martinez
Nick Martinez
Reporter · Chicago, IL
Nick Martinez is a public health reporter who earned his Master’s in Public Health from the University of Chicago. Having previously worked with ProPublica, he focuses on health equity issues affecting the Chicago community.
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New video shows Oak Brook police using spike strips to help stop a chase that began after a burglary in west suburban Addison.Addison burglary pursuit videoAddison police said detectives were watching gaming locations because of recent burglaries when they saw a Dodge Durango without license plates and a BMW pull into the parking lot of Maria’s Gaming Cafe, 40 E. Lake St., around 4:34 a.m. Thursday.Detectives said several people forced their way into the cafe and burglarized it before leaving in the two vehicles.Police used spike strips on Lake Street, disabling the BMW. Both vehicles continued east, and the BMW’s occupants left the car and joined the others in the Durango, according to Addison police.Villa Park police later located the Durango near North Avenue and Route 83. Officers tried to stop it, and another tire deflation device was deployed, police said.Several agencies continued pursuing the Durango on I-290. The SUV crashed near 25th Avenue, and several people ran from the sc
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