Crime & Safety
Burglars Hit Frankfort Businesses, Police Seek Public's Help
Two Frankfort businesses were burglarized early Wednesday. The burglars have not been caught.
FRANKFORT, IL — Two Frankfort businesses were burglarized by two people Wednesday, according to Frankfort Police Deputy Chief Kevin Keegan. Police are asking for the public's help catching the pair of burglars, Keegan said.
The burglaries took place between 5:20 and 5:45 a.m. at Xfinity, 20151 S. Lagrange Road, and Pete Mitchell’s Bar and Grill, 21000 S. Frankfort Square Road, Keegan said. In both cases, a landscaping brick was used to smash windows to gain entry, Keegan said.
The burglars are both described as wearing hooded sweatshirts and fleeing in a black Chevy Sedan, according to Keegan. The burglars headed out on eastbound Lincoln Highway, Keegan said.
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Similar incidents were reported at neighboring businesses in unincorporated Frankfort Township along the 7800 block of Lincoln Highway, Keegan said.
Police are asking anyone with information to call the Frankfort Police Department at 815-469-9435.
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