Nieman Marcus on Michigan Avenue Hit by Smash-and-Grab Crew

Another wild smash-and-grab took place in the Chicago area early Wednesday morning, this time at a Neiman Marcus on Michigan Avenue at 4 a.m. The thieves hit the store at 737 N. Michigan Ave., crashing a white minivan through a front window.

Several men were seen running from the store, but the Chicago Tribune reports that two men are in custody thanks to the eagle eye of Marcus McNeese, an employee of a nearby hotel who saw someone hiding behind a trash bin in an alley.

“He was just laying on the ground, hiding in a facedown position,” said McNeese, who flagged down police. Officers found two men hiding in the alley.

Since September, robberies similar to this one have taken place at stores in Northbrook at a Louis Vuitton, in Oak Brook at another Luis Vuitton and in Aurora at a Ferragamo store.

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