Driver Rams Bucktown Garages, Hoping To Burglarize Them
Police believe the aim was to knock the garage doors off their tracks and try to create enough space to slip inside. CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker reports.
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Police believe the aim was to knock the garage doors off their tracks and try to create enough space to slip inside. CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker reports.
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