Thieves sought jewelry, got shampoo

Published: Nov. 10, 2009 at 3:36 PM

CHICAGO, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Police in Chicago said thieves who failed to break through a salon into a jewelry store took some shampoo as a consolation prize.

Rogers Park District Lt. John Franklin said the burglars apparently intended to break into Dilshad's Hair Design and bust through the brick wall separating the beauty business from NP Jewelers but an alarm went off Monday night while the hole was still too small for a person to fit through, the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday.

"They broke through the wall and that set off the motion detector alarm in the jewelry store," said Franklin. "They (the store) had a loud siren alarm that may have tripped them up, something spooked them."

He said the thieves fled with nothing to show for their efforts but a few bottles of shampoo.

Franklin said witnesses reported seeing two individuals drive away in a sedan that may have been a white Honda.

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