3 juveniles charged in armed robbery at Cicero gas station, subsequent police chase
Three juveniles were facing charges Sunday night in an armed robbery that led to a wild chase from the west Chicago suburb of Cicero to Chicago's West Side.
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Three juveniles were facing charges Sunday night in an armed robbery that led to a wild chase from the west Chicago suburb of Cicero to Chicago's West Side.
Chicago police said the victim, a 24-year-old woman, was outside walking when a silver SUV approached her.
Six people were in custody Friday evening, after a courier was robbed of $70,000 at a gas station in Cicero, Illinois, and the suspects led police on a car chase along the Eisenhower Expressway.
The 18-year-old, who police said was a juvenile at the time, was arrested on Thursday morning in Bridgeview by members of the Area One Vehicular Hijacking Team.
Chicago police said two women, 29 and 37, were with a known man inside a residence, who pulled out a firearm and demanded their belongings.
Chicago police say a 29-year-old woman was shot and killed after a man she knew tried to rob her inside a home just after midnight near 72nd and Jeffery.
The incident happened on June 21 around 1:40 a.m. in the 0–100 block of West 69th Street.
Malik Washington, 26, of Calument City, pleaded guilty earlier this year to a federal robbery charge.
Carl Sturdivant, 44, was arrested by Chicago police on Thursday in the 2700 block of South California Avenue.
The boys, 13, 16, and 17 years of age, were charged with multiple felonies, including one count of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a weapon and three counts of armed robbery with a firearm.
This follows the four previously reported robberies that happened since June 5.
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