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Cell Phone Store In Lincoln Park Robbed Five Times In One Week

CHICAGO (CBS)--A rash of robberies at a cell phone store in the Lincoln Park neighborhood has prompted police to issue a community alert.

Since April 27, a cell phone store on the 800 block of West North Avenue has been robbed five times.

In all the incidents, a group of people enter the store, grab phones and run away on foot.

The suspects were described by police as a group of young black males between the ages of 15 and 25 years old.

The store was robbed on May 2, twice on May 5 and once on April 27 and April 30, according to police.

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