Would-be thieves tried to crash their way into the Neiman Marcus department store early Monday along the Magnificent Mile.
The incident happened about 4:30 a.m. at the high-end retail store, 737 N. Michigan Ave., but the group, inside a Nissan sedan, were not able to get inside, Chicago police said.
The thieves ditched the Nissan, jumped into three other vehicles and sped away east on Chicago Avenue without taking any merchandise. No injuries were reported, and no arrests have been made, police said.
In a business alert sent out Monday night, police noted the early morning robbery resembled eight others that occurred across seven neighborhoods — River North, Near West Side, Gold Coast, Near South Side, Noble Square, Wicker Park and Garfield Park — between Oct. 24 and 31.
Police said that in each instance, the robbers rammed storefronts with a vehicle before jumping out to grab merchandise and then running back to vehicles waiting nearby.
