2 off-duty Chicago police officers robbed at gunpoint, source says
Two off-duty Chicago police officers were robbed in the South Loop around 11 p.m. on Friday. Police said three women were robbed by a man with a gun on 23rd Street near Wabash.
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Two off-duty Chicago police officers were robbed in the South Loop around 11 p.m. on Friday. Police said three women were robbed by a man with a gun on 23rd Street near Wabash.
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She was charged with felony disorderly conduct and false report of an offense after saying she was robbed when she was off duty, but police said that never happened.
A Chicago police officer who is supposed to uphold the law was charged with breaking it. She was charged with felony disorderly conduct and false report of an offense after saying she was robbed when she was off duty, but prosecutors said that never happened.
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