Crime & Safety

Man Breaks Into Liquor Store, Steals Lottery Tickets

Police have surveillance footage of a Saturday morning smash 'n grab at a liquor store on 183rd Street in Tinley Park.

Cops responded at 3:53 a.m. Saturday to an activated burglar alarm at a local liquor store, where they said someone had shattered the storefront's glass and made off with a lottery ticket machine.

When got to CD Liquors, 8005 W. 183rd St., , they found a large rock inside a broken glass door and a handful of scattered lottery tickets, according to the report. Neighboring businesses were untouched.

Video surveillance shows a man breaking the door, entering the store, "hastily removing a dispenser containing Illinois Lottery tickets from a countertop near the glass door," and exiting carrying it, the report said.

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The owner of the store notified the Illinois Lottery of the stolen tickets, he told police. Cops are looking into leads, including one of a suspicious white car that was reported in the parking lot around 3:50 a.m., the report said.

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