Armed robbers target South Loop Lou Malnati's restaurant
Chicago police said the incident happened just before 2 a.m. in the 800 block of South State Street.
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Chicago police said the incident happened just before 2 a.m. in the 800 block of South State Street.
Tony Wilson, 18, was arrested just minutes after the robbery.
The robbery happened on June 28 around 1:20 p.m. in the 5000 block of South Evans Avenue.
Surveillance video captured the robbery as a woman approached the carrier before pointing and then flashing a weapon from her jacket's inside pocket. (Video credit: United States Postal Inspection Service)
An off-duty sheriff's deputy fatally shot a person during an armed robbery in northwest suburban Elgin on Monday.
Four times since late June, the robber has used a dating app to arrange meetings with his targets, and then robbed them at gunpoint.
Bennie Gates, 19, of Chicago, appeared in court Sunday morning. He was charged with one count of armed robbery with a firearm.
The victim was treated by Chicago fire crews at the scene but refused any further medical treatment.
Police arrested the robber a short distance away without incident and were still in possession of the victim's property.
Police said the suspect approached the victim at the 69th Street station platform and used a translator app to demand their belongings or they would be shot.
Chicago police are searching for a man in connection to an armed robbery at a CTA station in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on Tuesday.
Chicago police say the thieves would park their cars, then go up to the victim, pointing their guns, and demand their belongings.
The robberies happened between June 15-19 in the Gage Park, Humboldt Park, and Hermosa neighborhoods.
One of the terrifying incidents was caught on surveillance video.
Six robberies were reported on Tuesday during the early morning hours in the Archer Heights, Gage Park, Elsdon, and North Lawndale neighborhoods.
The boy has been charged with two felony counts of armed robbery. He was due to appear in Juvenile Court on Thursday.
The robbery happened Saturday night in Tustin, California, as the agent was returning from their duties at a Biden campaign fundraiser.
Four robberies have occurred at two U.S. Bank locations in Elmhurst and Schaumburg, Illinois, since October of last year.
The man, 24, was walking with a woman, 28, on the sidewalk when they were approached by an armed man who demanded their belongings, police said.
The 24-year-old man attempted to grab the weapon from the robber and was shot in the right hand during the encounter, according to police.
On Thursday, a second suspect – Samnang Toem, 18, of Skokie – was indicted on one felony count each of armed robbery and aggravated unlawful restraint.
Chicago police arrested William Watson, 32, on Wednesday in the 2700 block of South California Avenue.
Divonte Calhoun and Justin Redmond, have been charged in the shooting death of 24-year-old Zet Rodriguez-Lara.
Police said the two were identified as the offenders who took belongings from two men, 29 and 30, at gunpoint in the 10100 block of South Wentworth Avenue just 20 minutes prior to their arrest.
During one incident in Wicker Park, a man was shot while trying to stop a robbery outside of a popular bar.
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