Chicago Police link armed robberies to dating app
Police say the suspect met the victims on the app, and when they met up, threatened them with a knife, forcing them to transfer money.
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Police say the suspect met the victims on the app, and when they met up, threatened them with a knife, forcing them to transfer money.
They were identified as the suspects who, minutes earlier, attempted to rob the victims, 32 and 48, in the 500 block of North State Street.
CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports, Jose Quituizaca's t-shirt and shoes are covered in dried blood from the attack. Quituizaca said about 25 teens entered the convenience store where he works at Van Buren and Clark.
The latest incident happened Thursday morning and ended with violent attack on the store clerk. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot spoke exclusively with the worker who was hurt.
Police say on March 26 around 2:41 a.m., he took property from a 29-year-old woman at gunpoint in the 4900 block of West Madison Street.
Durbin also wants to know why a rapid alert system to notify carriers if a crime was committed near their routes was discontinued in 2021.
On Thursday, police arrested Edmund Singleton, 32, in the 800 block of East 90th Place in Chatham.
Police say there have been at least 5 robberies within the past week.
The 16-year-old was also charged with possessing a stolen firearm, while the 13-year-old was charged with aggravated assault on a peace officer.
The Vehicular Hijacking Taskforce arrested Marquell Davis, 21, on Wednesday, in the 2600 block of South California Avenue.
The robberies happened in the Washington Park and Fuller Park neighborhoods during the afternoon hours.
Police say officers responded to the Tropical Smoothie Café, located at 2759 Pfingsten Road, around 8:55 p.m. for a report of an armed robbery.
The robberies happened in the afternoon and evening hours during the months of March and April.
Police say the men got out of a gray car in the alley and ran into the home but they weren't able to locate them.
A woman was robbed at gunpoint for her dog on the city's South Side Wednesday night.
Police say multiple armed suspects approached victims on the sidewalk and demanded their property by threatening the use of force.
Police arrested William Tatum, 43, in the 2900 block of South State Street on Wednesday around 12:39 p.m.
Police warning of a series of meetup robberies involving delivery and rideshare drivers in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.
The city has seen a rash of Kia and Hyundai thefts.
Police say six men were robbed between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. in the West Town and Near West Side neighborhoods.
The FBI says the robbery happened Monday morning in the Big Lots parking lot near River Oaks Drive and Ring Road.
No one is in custody, and police have not said if the two robberies are connected.
Police are searching for two people who robbed a 7-Eleven in Bucktown. Detectives are also investigating another armed robbery about 20 minutes earlier in Lakeview.
Police are investigating after three people were robbed at gunpoint just minutes apart in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Saturday morning.
Five days after the most recent incident, many are still uncomfortable at the Cumberland Avenue Mariano's.
