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3 men charged with stealing, vandalizing Flock license plate readers in Chicago’s western suburbs

First publishedJul 28, 18:16 UTC
Last updatedJul 29, 18:09 UTC · 19h ago
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<p>Three men have been charged with stealing and vandalizing controversial license plate readers over the weekend in Chicago’s western suburbs.</p><p>Anthony Pareigis, 34; Jacob Steichmann, 32; and Thomas Yano, 31, face charges of theft and criminal damage to government property, the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office announced this week.</p><p>Around 1 a.m. Sunday, police discovered two Flock Safety cameras had been vandalized and stolen from Lisle and three more had been stolen from an unincorporated area outside the village, the state’s attorney’s office said.

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<p>Three men have been charged with stealing and vandalizing controversial license plate readers over the weekend in Chicago’s western suburbs.</p><p>Anthony Pareigis, 34; Jacob Steichmann, 32; and Thomas Yano, 31, face charges of theft and criminal damage to government property, the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office announced this week.</p><p>Around 1 a.m. Sunday, police discovered two Flock Safety cameras had been vandalized and stolen from Lisle and three more had been stolen from an unincorporated area outside the village, the state’s attorney’s office said. About an hour later, Lisle police spotted two men, dressed in all black with masks and gloves, approaching a Flock camera. </p><p>One man was holding a ladder and another a drill, according to the state’s attorney’s office.

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<p>Three men have been charged with stealing and vandalizing controversial license plate readers over the weekend in Chicago’s western suburbs.</p><p>Anthony Pareigis, 34; Jacob Steichmann, 32; and Thomas Yano, 31, face charges of theft and criminal damage to government property, the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office announced this week.</p><p>Around 1 a.m. Sunday, police discovered two Flock Safety cameras had been vandalized and stolen from Lisle and three more had been stolen from an unincorporated area outside the village, the state’s attorney’s office said.
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