A man stole a Bobcat excavator from a construction site on the West Side on Friday morning, then used it to smash through the window of a dollar store a block away, according to police.
Michael Younger, 50, took the Bobcat mini excavating machine from a construction site in the 5300 block of West Chicago Avenue about 4:15 a.m. and used it to break through the front window of the Family Dollar Store in the 5400 block of West Chicago, according to police.
Younger then stole gift cards and two bottles of Gillette shaving gel from the Dollar Store, police said.
When you gotta steal, a little thing like a building isn't going to stop you.