Two charged with burglarizing freight train in Chicago

The cook county sheriff's office says it happened at 12:50 a.m. on May 28, 2026 near the 7500 block of South Ashland in Chicago. The sheriff's office and Norfolk Southern Railroad Police were conducting a joint enforcement operation targeting cargo theft when drones showed three suspects breaking into cargo containers. Officers arrested 32-year-old Emmanuel Warner of Dolton and 31-year-old Jonathan Conway of Chicago, but the third suspect got away. Officers also recovered 12 portable AC units valued at $2,400.