"This is disheartening to me that something like this could take place with such casualness," said Loyola University Chicago professor of criminology Arthur Lurigio.

Two men were charged Saturday night in connection with the theft of TVs and other electronics from a railroad shipping container on the West Side during a brazen daylight theft on Friday.

A local news helicopter in Chicago captured the moment that dozens of thieves raided a freight cargo train in broad daylight on Friday, stealing televisions and air fryers before being confronted by police.