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Chicago police search for thief who tied up Verizon store worker

CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago police are looking for the thief who tied up a cellphone store employee while robbing the business.

It happened around 10 a.m. on Friday at a Verizon store in Andersonvile on Clark Street near Berwyn.

The employee said the robber had a handgun and demanded money and cell phones from the back safe, before tying him up in a back room.

The worker wasn't hurt.

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