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Thief makes off with forklift from Daley Plaza in Loop, doesn't get far

Someone jumped behind the wheel of a forklift in the Loop's Daley Plaza in the predawn hours but didn't get very far, Chicago police said. The thief took the vehicle about 3:50 a.m. Friday in the first block of West Washington Boulevard after entering a secure location and damaging a window, police said. The forklift w