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Individuals seen using bolt cutters near train in ChicagoChicago IL

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Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL

As discussed during the dispatch call, police responded to reports of several individuals on or near a train near Ashland Avenue and Emerald in Chicago. One person was reportedly using bolt cutters to open containers near Halstead. Officers observed multiple people on and around the train cars and monitored their movements.

Audio|Heard on: Woodford IL Law Dispatch Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Chicago 9000 to the agent working Ashland.
00:02
It appears to be a person on the train near Emerald for (number withheld).
00:07
Yeah,
00:09
I'll start making another pass.
00:10
Thanks.
00:11
It's two of them.
00:13
One is on the tracks and one is still on the train with bolt cutters.
00:21
Hey (name withheld), you are walking eastbound on the north side of the train right now.
00:27
There are three individuals.
00:31
Ten four.
00:33
Hey (name withheld), container one containers are opening by Halstead.
00:38
It's a top stack blue Costco.
00:41
Rail car numbers (number withheld).
00:50
Tenth or by the horn track heading up there.
00:54
I'll start drifting that way with it.
00:56
Still walking east towards it then.
00:59
Hey, whoever just drove by, they jumped down.
01:01
They went on the north end of the traffic.

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Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL

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