Crime & Safety

Burglars Break Into Walgreens In Cary

The two men got away with various items valued at $2,000, police said.

Surveillance video shows the two men accused of breaking into the Walgreens on Northwest Highway in Cary early Wednesday.
Surveillance video shows the two men accused of breaking into the Walgreens on Northwest Highway in Cary early Wednesday. (Cary Police Department )

CARY, IL — The Cary Police Department is asking for the public's help in tracking down two men accused of breaking into a Walgreens in Cary and stealing $2,000 worth of items, authorities said.

The armed robbery happened at about 3:20 a.m. Wednesday at the Walgreens at 500 W. Northwest Highway, according to a news release from the Cary Police Department. Responding officers learned two men broke the glass on the front door of the business with a hammer and entered the store, according to authorities.

They damaged the inside of the store and stole various items valued at about $2,000, according to a news release from the Cary Police Department.

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Surveillance video showed both men fleeing the scene in a dark-colored vehicle.

Police say both men were 20 to 30 years old. Their race is not known and both were wearing black pants, according to a news release.

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One man was wearing a dark-colored Tommy Hilfiger sweatshirt and had a brown bun-style hairdo with shorter hair on the sides of his head. The other man was waring a dark-colored, possibly blue, Under Armor sweatshirt and had long dark-colored hair.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Cary Police Department investigations section at 847-639-2341. Anonymous tips can be made to the Cary-Grove Crime Stoppers at 847-639-3060.

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