Crime & Safety
Garage Burglary Suspect Nabbed Returning Victim's Car: Cops
Police say 33-year-old Michael Urban was caught on video breaking into a garage at 105th and Albany in Mount Greenwood.
CHICAGO — A West Side of Chicago man faces two charges on accusations that he was caught on video burglarizing a garage in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood last week. Chicago police say Michael Urban, 33, of the 5800 block of W. Division St. was arrested Tuesday morning when he returned a stolen car owned by a 73-year-old man in the 10600 block of South Ridgeway Avenue.
The 73-year-old victim told police that Urban came into his home between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. on Aug. 3 and took the keys to the car before stealing the car and other items from his garage.
Police also connected Urban to a garage burglary reported on Aug. 4 nearby in the 10500 block of South Albany Avenue. There, police say that at 3:30 a.m. surveillance footage shows Urban "forcibly" entering a garage and taking items from inside.
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Urban now faces one felony count of burglary and one misdemeanor count of criminal trespass to vehicles.
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