Chicago Police Department officers from the 9th District are asking for the McKinley Park neighborhood's assistance identifying a suspect in a theft at around 5:36 p.m. on Wednesday, September 9, 2020, at the Marathon Gas station at 1810 W. 35th St., Chicago. In the theft, pictured on surveillance video, a masked individual approaches the gas station owner's vehicle, opens the rear hatch and absconds with cases of cigarettes intended for sale at the gas station.
Based on the volume of the stolen cases depicted in the surveillance video, the cigarettes have an Illinois retail value of several thousand dollars.
Surveillance video provided courtesy of the Chicago Police Department depicts the September 9 theft at the Marathon Gas station.
Anyone with information about this crime is asked to contact 9th District detectives by calling (312) 747-8227 or emailing Robert.Vahl@chicagopolice.org.
"The store owner was unloading cigarettes that he had just purchased for the establishment when this occurred," detectives said in a statement. "Any help is always appreciated."
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