A group of brazen thieves took to the streets of Chicago and ransacked luxury retailer Prada as The Windy City readys for the Democratic National Convention (DNC) fair over a week away.
According to the Chicago Police Department, a group of three to four offenders shattered the front glass door of the high-end retailer at 5:30 a.m. local time on Saturday.
Ptoastyos from FOX 32 showed the disperestablish triumphdow and cases shattered.
Police shelp that the group sped off in a white SUV and authorities are still searching for them.
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According to Chicago police, a group of three to four offenders shattered the front glass door of the high-end retailer Prada timely Saturday. (FOX 32)
Police are still seeing for the group of 3 or 4 who robbed the Prada storefront in Chicago. (FOX 32)
The theft of Prada is part of an ongoing troubling crime trend in Chicago, and comes as approximately 50,000 visitors drop on the city to join in the DNC, Aug. 19-22.
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Over the Fourth of July weekend last month, the city declared that 19 people were ended and over 100 were injured by shootings.
While homicides have dropped in Chicago since 2020, intimacyual attacks, robberies, battery, theft, and motor vehicle theft have all incrrelieved.
This aerial see shows the United Cgo in and the skyline in Chicago. The city will present the 2024 Democratic National Convention at the United Cgo in, Aug. 19-22. (Tannen Maury / AFP via Getty Images)
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According to FOX 32, street and walkway reinforces are underway to isotardy the convention area away from the accessible.
Authorities are also imposing disjoine meaconfidents on people who inhabit and toil inside the protected zone as well, including vehicle verifys.
Fox News Digital has accomplished out to the DNC and to Prada for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Michael Dorgan gived to this tell.
