CHICAGO (WLS) — ABC7 had an exclusive conversation with a couple who are now scared to stay in their North Side home, after witnessing a man break in through their surveillance cameras.
The victims said the suspect got away with thousands of dollars worth of cash and jewelry.
The home invasion and theft happened around 8:30 p.m. Saturday in the 800 block of West Cuyler Avenue, Chicago police said.
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Their experience has flipped from collaborating with Chicago artists such as G Herbo to dealing with what appears to be a burglary at their new residence. Joshua Buchholtz shared that a simple oversight ended up costing him thousands of dollars worth of cash, jewelry, and other possessions, in addition to their social security cards and a registered firearm now being in the hands of the intruder.
“So this is the scene of the crime,” Buchholtz said. “Our safe was right here.”
Buchholtz said they came home to find it ransacked Saturday night.
You should have never taken from me. You should have never came into my home
Joshua Buchholtz, music producer, home burglary victim
“It’s surreal it happened. We just moved in here and hadn’t had the chance to install a security system or anything,” explained Karyne Buchholtz, one of the burglary victims.
“He took about $10,000 cash,” Joshua Buchholtz said. “He took a lot of jewelry from me, you know, a lot of jewelry I have been collecting for years. He took my concealed firearm that’s registered to me.”
The Chicago music producer and artist spoke exclusively with ABC7 before boarding his postponed flight to Paris Fashion Week while the break-in investigation continues at his apartment that his family has lived in for only two weeks.
“As I went and looked, I saw that I may have left the back door open,” Joshua Buchholtz said.
The family now has last-minute security precautions in place, like newly-installed cameras.
“We’ve got the renters’ insurance, everything,” Karyne Buchholtz said. “Locking your doors, double-checking and triple-checking, at the moment.”
“You should have never taken from me,” Joshua Buchholtz said. “You should have never came into my home.”
The couple said they have given detectives security video from neighbors, showing a man getting into the back of their apartment and then leaving the area, apparently wearing one of the stolen items.
Police would not confirm if that video is part of this investigation, only saying that no one is in custody.
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