A robber grabbed a victim’s purse at Chicago Avenue and Mulford Street around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Also, a number of lockers were broken into at a fitness center on Sherman Avenue. These among the stories in today’s daily crime bulletin from Evanston police.
Charles Bartling
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LA Fitness—Locker Security
It has a reputation for being ‘upscale’ but there seems to be a lot of thefts there.
While they cannot put cameras in dressing areas or showers, there should be camera operating somewhere including at the front desk tying photos with names of those signing in and careful checking of IDs.