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Chicago Man Charged in String of Attacks on Firefighters’ Cars on South Side

Investigators are checking whether other incidents are connected.

Overview

  • Police charged Jacob Bogdan, 26, with two felony counts of damage to government property and 19 felony counts of criminal damage to property.
  • The firefighters’ union said the attacks struck cars between shifts and reported no injuries.
  • Bogdan was arrested in the 200 block of West Cermak Road after repeated damage to vehicles outside South Side firehouses.
  • Surveillance video showed a suspect using what appeared to be an axe to smash windows and punch holes in hoods near West 59th Street in Washington Park.
  • Police issued a community alert linking four cases since Feb. 5 at sites in Chinatown, Bronzeville on East Pershing Road, and Washington Park, and a Cook County detention hearing was scheduled as investigators review motive.