JEFFERSON PARK — Jefferson Park’s Cannabist Dispensary is closed once more after a flaming object was thrown into the enterprise early Saturday, police stated.
About 3:15 a.m. Saturday, somebody ignited an object — which has not been recognized — and threw it into the enterprise at 4758 N. Milwaukee Ave., police stated. Nobody was in injured, and nobody has been arrested.
The fireplace got here simply three weeks after a driver crashed a automotive by means of the dispensary’s entrance window. The constructing’s foyer and safety checkpoint station have been broken throughout the March 26 crash, however nothing was reported stolen and the dispensary was capable of reopen only a few days later.
Police stated the crash investigation is ongoing. As of Monday, no arrests had been made.
A Cannabist spokesperson inspired prospects to go to Cannabist’s Villa Park location at 133 Roosevelt Highway.
“The Jefferson Park location is quickly closed till additional discover attributable to an unlucky incident presently underneath investigation by the Chicago Police and Hearth Departments,” a Cannabist consultant stated in an announcement. “We admire your endurance and understanding throughout this time. We’re working with acceptable authorities and contractors to evaluate the extent of the injury and can get again to operations as rapidly as potential.”
Cannabist, previously Columbia Care, has been in Jefferson Park since 2016. The enterprise expanded and rebranded as Cannabist in 2022.
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