Man charged in armed robbery of West Town Family Dollar store
Police said the suspect was arrested around 9:43 p.m. in the 1400 block of North Rockwell Street, 20 minutes after the robbery.
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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.
The robberies happened in the evening and morning hours in the 6300 block of South Ashland Avenue on Aug. 10 and Sept. 1-2.
Chicago police say that in each incident, two men in either a dark blue Land Rover or Kia drive up to the victims.
The robberies have occurred since Aug. 11 in Chinatown, West Town, and the Loop.
The 15-year-old boy was charged with one felony count of armed robbery with a firearm.
Police say in each of the robberies. a dark blue Land Rover Discovery with IL plate DJ87261 drove up to the victims, and two men exited the vehicle armed with a handgun.
He was last seen near a home in the 500 block of Silver Falls Street. Police searched the home but did not find the robber.
The robberies happened on Saturday, Aug. 11, one around 1:30 a.m. and two more just before midnight.
Police say in these incidents, one to three offenders armed with handguns approached victims on the street and announced a robbery.
The 13-year-old boy was arrested and charged with armed robbery and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by a minor.
Police say the robbery happened in the 5700 block of West Augusta Boulevard on Aug. 3, just after 4 p.m.
During the robbery, one of the men smashed display cases and took unspecified property. A robber also demanded property from a woman in the store.
In each incident, the men targeted businesses where they displayed a gun and demanded access to the cash register and the safe.
Surveillance video shows the robber in different outfits. In one video, he goes behind a register and tries to open it.
Surveillance video shows him in different outfits, and in one video, he goes behind a register and tries to get it open.
Police said the 61-year-old man was walking near La Salle and Washington streets around 2:45 a.m., when four people got out of a dark car and attacked him.
The robberies happened in Brighton Park, Back of the Yard, Gage Park, Chicago Lawn, and Garfield Ridge neighborhoods.
Chicago police arrested the boys, both 16, and the men, Omareon Coleman and Samuel Gaines, both 19, around 9 p.m. in the 1300 block of West Montrose Avenue and the 4400 block of North Malden Avenue, respectively.
An employee of the business was leaving out the back door to the garbage area when an unknown male and female approached with a handgun.
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