Man sought in string of robberies while riding bike on South Side
The robberies happened during the afternoon and evening hours in June and July in the Bronzeville and Kenwood neighborhoods.
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The robberies happened during the afternoon and evening hours in June and July in the Bronzeville and Kenwood neighborhoods.
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.
Police released surveillance video of the suspects and say the men robbed at least seven people at gunpoint on June 26.
Police have released surveillance video of the suspects and say the men robbed at least seven people at gunpoint early on June 26. The entire robbery spree happened in just about one hour.
The robber choked the man, hit him in the head with the pliers, and took his cellphone, police said.
The robber choked the man, hit him in the head with the pliers, and took his cellphone on the Red Line, police said.
The 11-year-old, along with another girl, 15, and two boys, 14 and 16, were arrested on Tuesday in the 7000 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue.
Police said a 27-year-old man got into an argument with another passenger while riding a CTA bus around 10:20 p.m. in the 300 block of North Cicero Avenue.
Chicago police said she was identified as one of the offenders who, ten minutes earlier, forcefully took property from a 29-year-old man while inside the train.
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She was charged with six felonies, including three for robbery and three for aggravated battery to a transit employee or passenger.
Bennie Gates, 19, of Chicago, appeared in court Sunday morning. He was charged with one count of armed robbery with a firearm.
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The robbers approached the carrier in the 500 block of North Pine Avenue around 3:30 p.m. and demanded postal service property and mail.
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The 24-year-old man attempted to grab the weapon from the robber and was shot in the right hand during the encounter, according to police.
Police have released surveillance images.
The teens tried to rob a man at gunpoint, then beat him and stole his shoes when he refused to give anything up, on a Blue Line train.
One of the thieves implied he had a weapon, but the victim did not see one.
One of the thieves implied he had a weapon, but the victim did not see one.
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