Robbers smashed the home windows on the Rolex boutique on the Magnificent Mile and stole luxurious watches earlier than main officers on a chase Friday afternoon to the South Aspect.
About 2:37 p.m., 4 males carrying ski masks and carrying axes broke the entrance home windows of the retail boutique at 701 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago police mentioned.
The thieves grabbed watches and took off on foot earlier than getting right into a pink Nissan SUV and rushing off. Police dispatch audio says photographs had been fired on the scene.
Police pursued the Nissan and reported the occupants threw gadgets from the rushing automobile. Officers caught up with the robbers on the Dan Ryan Expressway, CBS2 reported.
Six males had been taken into custody at 69th and Peoria, and a few of the stolen watches had been recovered, police mentioned. CBS2 studies the worth of the stolen watches was $261,000. No accidents had been reported.
