Chicago police warn of cellphone thieves at Sox-35th Red Line station
Chicago police said two men would approach the passengers, who were waiting for the train, and take cellphones from the victim's hands.
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Chicago police said two men would approach the passengers, who were waiting for the train, and take cellphones from the victim's hands.
Police said on June 24 and 25, during the 11 a.m. hour, two suspects approached the victims and took their cellphones from their hands as they were waiting for the train to arrive.
They suspects allegedly took the passenger's wallet, money, and hit him in the face while on the escalator at the CTA Red Line-Clybourn Station on July 12.
A man who was attacked in River North while visiting his kids last week is warning others after learning about another similar attack in the neighborhood a short time later.
A Chicago man has been charged with robbing two women at gunpoint and shooting one of them earlier this week in the Lakeview neighborhood. Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
The man, Sam, said he is a victim of what Chicago police are calling a string of robberies targeting bargoers — with at least four other incidents in River North since mid-June.
The man, Sam, said he is a victim of what Chicago police are calling a string of robberies targeting bargoers. Marissa Sulek reports.
The teen was in the 2100 block of West Granville Avenue when a man on an electric scooter came up and robbed him at gunpoint, police said.
The robberies have all happened in the early-morning hours when bars and restaurants have been closing in River North, police said.
Three juveniles were facing charges Sunday night in an armed robbery that led to a wild chase from the west Chicago suburb of Cicero to Chicago’s West Side.
In each incident, the robbers started chatting up drunken victims in a friendly manner. Then, the robbers forcibly took the victims’ property and beat up the victims with their hands and fists, police said.
The robbery happened on Granville Avenue in West Rogers Park, or West Ridge.
Police said a physical struggled ensued during the robbery, at which point one of the robbers shot the woman in the abdomen.
According to police, the robbery took place on the CTA bus on June 28 in the Brighton Park neighborhood.
Police said the boys robbed and carjacked a 27-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman on Sunday in the 1600 block of North Long Avenue.
Nearly two months after a couple was robbed outside their home in the north Chicago suburb of Glenview, police said they had a second suspect in custody Tuesday.
The attacks happened within 5 minutes of each other on the 0-100 block of West Kinzie Street.
In all four incidents, which took place within 30 minutes, the victims were walking outside when they were confronted by strangers demanding items.
Chicago police said a 36-year-old man was getting items out of his car, in the 1400 block of North Artesian Avenue, just after 10:45 p.m., when an armed man approached and demanded his belongings.
Police said a man walked up to the victims and robbed them at gunpoint. Two of the robberies happened at construction sites.
Video showed the man and woman attacking salon workers with pepper spray before robbing them and leaving the business.
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Police said at least 10 people approached the couple on a Red Line train at the Harrison stop around 11:20 p.m. on May 7, threatened them with a knife, beat them, and used pepper spray while robbing them.
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The victim refused to give up his belongings, and one of the offenders took out a gun and shot him in the leg.
In a message sent out to the district community, school board chair Jackie Norris confirmed that Des Moines Superintendent Ian Roberts had been detained Friday morning.
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In a message sent out to the district community, school board chair Jackie Norris confirmed that Des Moines Superintendent Ian Roberts had been detained Friday morning.
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