Video shows thief ripping down and stealing gutters, downspouts in Chicago
CHICAGO -- Dozens of gutters and downspouts were ripped right off garages in a series of recent thefts on the city's Northwest Side.Fed-up neighbors showed video to CBS 2, saying it has been happening since last week in their Belmont Cragin community.With a noisy clank, the thieves tear the gutters and downspouts asunder from the garages. It has all been captured on camera several times in the neighborhood.
'They looked in his truck, and he had about 40 other ones in there too.'Police said a 40-year-old man was arrested in the thefts, and is now facing two misdemeanor charges.The other gutters and downspouts are believed to have been stolen from the Hermosa and Belmont Cragin neighborhoods.
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