Armed Robbers Targeting Southwest Side Cellphone Stores

(STMW) -- Chicago Police are warning of several armed robberies of Southwest Side cellphone stores in December.

Two males enter a store, pull out a handgun and demand cellphones and money from the register, according to a community alert from Area Central detectives.

The robberies happened:

at 4:40 p.m. on Dec. 15 in the 6600 block of South Cicero;
at 10:42 a.m. on Dec. 24 in the 6900 block of South Pulaski;
at 1:57 p.m. on Dec. 26 in the 8200 block of South Kedzie;
and at 7:35 p.m. on Dec. 29 in the 5100 block of South Cicero.
The suspects are described as two black males between 16 and 23 years old, 5-foot-10 to 6-foot, and 140 to 175 pounds.

Anyone with information about the robberies is asked to call detectives at (312) 747-8382.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2016. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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