2 University of Chicago students robbed at gunpoint on campus
Two University of Chicago students were robbed at gunpoint on the Hyde Park campus in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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Two University of Chicago students were robbed at gunpoint on the Hyde Park campus in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The teens were arrested on Wednesday in the 1100 block of South Hamilton Avenue on the city's Near West Side.
The FBI said the same robbers are also responsible for heists in Michigan and Missouri.
The FBI is sweetening the pot this Halloween in hopes of catching some masked criminals, offering $15,000 for anyone who identifies the four robbers behind a string of jewelry store heists.
Police said a group of two to four young men and teenagers and one female have approached their victims on foot and demanded their property.
At least five incidents occurred in the Douglas and Oakland neighborhoods where thieves walked up to people, pointed a gun, and took off with their property.
Police said the number of robbers varies from one to five African American men wearing black clothing and ski masks.
In one incident, the suspects forced a victim into a car and drove them to an ATM, forcing the victim to take out cash.
Chicago police said the teen was arrested by officers and the Mass Transit Tactical Team on Friday in the 5100 block of South Wentworth Avenue.
One of the incidents happened at an ATM drive-through lane in Avalon Park.
The robbers were only described as wearing hooded sweatshirts, masks, and gloves.
The incidents happened between Sept. 15 and Oct. 9. During the evening and early morning hours.
Video shows a masked suspect with a backpack strapped around the front of his body at the counter. The suspect then pulls a gun and stands up on the counter, pointing the gun.
The suspect, described as a white male between 5-feet-7 and 5-feet-9, walked into the store and approached the clerk with a knife.
Steven and Allison Cotner were working as pizza delivery drivers for Windy City Pizza Works in Calumet City Thursday night when robbers accosted them.
Three of the defendants turned themselves in to police Monday night.
Pastor Corey Brooks saw the photo of the alleged offenders for whom police were looking in the robbery at the 47th Street Green Line station, and recognized all of them. Tara Molina reports.
The 19-year-old was leaving the gas station when two unknown males approached and announced a robbery.
Police said the suspect was arrested around 9:43 p.m. in the 1400 block of North Rockwell Street, 20 minutes after the robbery.
Chicago police say the suspect was arrested 20 minutes after the robbery from the store located in the 2700 block of West North Avenue.
The victim told officers a white sedan pulled up behind him, and a guy exited the car with a gun and took his money.
Kentrell Brown, 26, was arrested on Thursday just after 3 a.m. in the 3500 block of West 47th Street.
Kentrell Brown, 26, was arrested on Thursday just after 3 a.m. in the 3500 block of West 47th Street. He was charged with three felony counts of armed robbery with a firearm and three other felony counts of home invasion with a firearm, vehicular hijacking, and kidnapping while armed with a firearm.
Two dramatic robberies took place just 15 minutes apart Thursday morning with an exchange of gunfire in one case as Chicago police are investigating two armed robberies on Chicago's Southwest Side.
Police said each time, two men approached at least two people and forced them to the ground.
