Couple robbed while walking home in Lakeview
The husband and wife said they were walking back from Cody's Public House bar when they were approached by two men.
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The husband and wife said they were walking back from Cody's Public House bar when they were approached by two men.
One of the robbers who hopped out of the car had a metal stick and demanded the woman's purse, police said.
Police say the man went to buy the phone from a woman on Lincoln Avenue in Lakeview. Instead of selling the man a cellphone, the woman pulled a gun and took his personal belongings.
No one was hurt, but the robber was still on the loose Tuesday evening.
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No one was hurt in the robbery, and no one was in custody Monday afternoon.
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