GOTCHA! Englewood Ex-Con Busted In Business Burglary Spree

An Englewood ex-con with a lengthy criminal history went on a downtown burglary spree before police caught him breaking into the same Dunkin Donuts a second time, authorities said.

Detectives were investigating several burglaries at a string of neighboring businesses three nights earlier when a morning manager at the West Palisade Avenue Dunkin Donuts called police.

Officers Julio Alvarado, Jordan Migliore, Luana Sharpe and Paul Schluter grabbed Adnan Hyder, 36, in the shop’s office area, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said Tuesday.

He’d just taken more than $100 cash from both a register and an employee’s bag, Torell said.

It didn’t take long to connect Hyder to a series of burglaries and attempted break-ins at businesses right next to each other that same week, the captain said.

All of the businesses have surveillance cameras, he said. City cameras also captured video.

Police already were more than familiar with…

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