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A rock breaks the rear windshield of a Bucktown resident. (Credit: CBS)

Bucktown Residents Blame Lack Of Security Along Bloomindale Trail For Vandalism

It’s not what anyone wants to see when they walk to their car in the morning, but several Bucktown residents found shattered windshields and glass all over the street.

2013/04/30

Antique Car Damaged In Elgin Vandalism Spree

Someone broke into a commercial building in northwest suburban Elgin and committed thousands of dollars worth of vandalism and thievery, police reported.

2012/12/30

Sam Wolfson and his cleaned up window outside his business. (Credit: Steve Miller/WBBM Newsradio)

Chicago Store-Owner Labeled ‘Racist’ For Anti-Obama Business Sign

An outspoken and controversial shopkeeper who has been a fixture in Lincoln Square for the past dozen years has been targeted by a vandal.

2012/10/23

Summit Vandalism

Neighbors In Summit Hit With Vandalism, Graffiti

A neighborhood in southwest suburban Summit woke up Monday morning to find homes covered in graffiti and cars smashed with bricks – and now police say they have two men in custody.

WBBM Newsradio–2012/07/09

Vandals sprayed graffiti at Gold Star Families Memorial and Park, on the north end of a wall honoring fallen police officers, on June 14, 2012. (Credit: Chicago Police)

Chicago Police Memorial Wall Vandalized

Police were offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of whoever sprayed graffiti on the Gold Star Families Memorial to fallen police officers near Soldier Field.

CBS Chicago–2012/06/17

Ascension Catholic Church

Community Seeks Vandals Who Struck Oak Park Church

A Roman Catholic Church in Oak Park is the victim of vandalism, after two robberies in recent weeks.

CBS Chicago–2012/06/13

Naperville Police Department (CBS)

Avalanche Of ‘Snow’ Vandalism Continues In Naperville

It’s snow-ing again. West suburban Naperville police are investigating an apparent resurgence in graffiti defacements, or tagging, this time clustered around Naperville North High School.

2012/06/02

The new Marilyn Monroe statue was unveiled Friday on Chicago's Michigan Avenue. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Adieu, Marilyn: Sexy Statue Leaving Mag Mile

The iconic statue of actress Marilyn Monroe along Michigan Avenue just north of the Chicago River will be removed beginning May 7.

2012/04/30

A century-old copper cross in front of the rectory at St. Mary of Perpetual Help in Bridgeport was vandalized in the early morning hours of April 3, 2012. (Credit: CBS)

Donors Offering Help After Bridgeport Church’s Cross Vandalized

After vandals damaged an old copper cross at St. Mary of Perpetual Help Church in the Bridgeport neighborhood, offers of help started pouring in.

WBBM Newsradio–2012/04/04

Cemetery

Boys Knock Over 17 Headstones At Crystal Lake Cemetery

Two suburban teenagers are in hot water with the law, after police say boredom led them to ransack a Crystal Lake cemetery.

CBS Chicago–2012/04/04

A group of four teenagers was arrested in Lindenhurst for a vandalism spree that included slashing an inflatable Santa on a motorcycle in one resident's yard. (Credit: Lindenhurst Police Department)

4 Teens Arrested For Vandalism Spree In Lindenhurst

What started out as juvenile pranks turned a bit more serious in the northern suburbs. Police in Lindenhurst said four teenagers are in big trouble, suspected of going on a holiday vandalism spree.

CBS 2–2012/01/04

Vandals broke the windshield of Cory Morgan's car in Elgin on Jan. 2, 2012, as well as the rear window of her SUV. Her car windows have been broken three times since August 2011. Possibly two dozen more cars in the neighborhood have been vandalized over the past five months. (Credit: CBS)

Elgin Community Plagued By Vandals Breaking Car Windows

Are people being targeted by vandals in one suburban neighborhood or are they just innocent victims? That’s the question Elgin police are trying to figure out after several cars were vandalized Monday – and it wasn’t the first time.

CBS 2–2012/01/03

Pine Trees

Vandals Ruin Evergreens In Spring Grove Subdivision

Something happened to the pines in the Pine Meadow subdivision in Spring Grove.

CBS Chicago–2011/12/13

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Vandalism At Suburban High School Causes Thousands In Damage

Homewood-Flossmoor High School is investigating an act of vandalism that caused damage estimated at several thousand dollars to the south suburban school.

2011/09/21

Burglary Generic

Windows Smashed At Multiple Downtown Aurora Buildings

Police in Aurora are investigating a string of vandalism incidents involving smashed windows.

CBS Chicago–2011/08/26

File Photo Of Foreclosure Sign (AP Photo)

Abandoned Home Drawing Vandals, Fear In Flossmoor

An abandoned home in south suburban Flossmoor has become a symbol of the economic times, and is the center of attention for all the wrong reasons.

CBS Chicago–2011/08/22

Workers scrambled to replace 102 tires on 51 floats for the 42nd Annual Pride Parade after vandals punctured tires on 51 floats. (Credit: CBS)

Was Vandalism Of Pride Parade Floats A Hate Crime?

Was the vandalism of 51 floats for the Gay Pride Parade this past weekend a hate crime?

CBS Chicago–2011/06/27

Workers scrambled to replace 102 tires on 51 floats for the 42nd Annual Pride Parade after vandals punctured tires on 51 floats. (Credit: CBS)

Pride Parade Goes On Despite Vandalism Of 51 Floats

Vandals who slashed the tires of 51 parade floats overnight couldn’t put a stop to the 42nd Annual Pride Parade on Sunday along Halsted Street on the North Side.

CBS Chicago–2011/06/26

File Photo of Broken Glass (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)

Vandals Break Windows On Several Cars In Evanston

A brick-wielding suspect in an SUV apparently went on a vandalism spree in north suburban Evanston over the weekend.

2011/03/14

Auto Show Suspects:

Men Charged With Vandalizing Cars At Auto Show

Three Orland Park men chargee with vandalizing Toyotas at the Chicago Auto Show allegedly told police they were angry about jobs going overseas.

CBS Chicago–2011/02/17

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