Armed group burglarize Chicago South Side restaurant
Police said three armed people entered the restaurant, which was closed at the time, by breaking the front glass door and taking the cash register before fleeing the scene.
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Police said three armed people entered the restaurant, which was closed at the time, by breaking the front glass door and taking the cash register before fleeing the scene.
Two teens were charged in connection to the violent robbery of a woman at a CTA Red Line stop in August.
Martel Mason, 25, was arrested on Wednesday in the 2600 block of South California Avenue.
Devan Flax is also accused of robbing a pizzeria employee in Berwyn around the same time last year.
The owners of a tamale restaurant were kidnapped at gunpoint and forced to withdraw money from multiple ATMs in Little Village early Thursday morning. Around 1 a.m., police said a man and woman were about to enter their restaurant, Los Tamales de la Tia, in the 3400 block of West 26th Street when an SUV pulled up. Five men, some with guns, got out and entered the restaurant with the victims before stealing items.
The owners of a tamale restaurant were kidnapped at gunpoint and forced to withdraw money from multiple ATMs in Little Village early Thursday morning.
The girl was charged with two felony counts of aggravated battery, one count of robbery, one count of attempted robbery, and one misdemeanor count of obstructing identification.
The incidents happened between Sept. 15 and Oct. 9. During the evening and early morning hours.
Video shows a masked suspect with a backpack strapped around the front of his body at the counter. The suspect then pulls a gun and stands up on the counter, pointing the gun.
The offenders in each incident are two to three men, police said.
A man convicted of killing a Chicago police officer in 2011 will soon walk free after his conviction was overturned on Wednesday because of misconduct by prosecutors at the Cook County State's Attorney's Office.
One person was killed and two others were injured in a crash during a police chase Tuesday morning on the South Side. Police said, around 2 a.m., officers investigating robberies near 55th and Pulaski saw two people, believed to be armed, getting into a black Lexus sedan.
Calumet City police late Friday were on the hunt to find the assailants. Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
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Pastor Corey Brooks saw the photo of the alleged offenders for whom police were looking in the robbery at the 47th Street Green Line station, and recognized all of them. Tara Molina reports.
The robberies happened Tuesday night on a southbound train near the Bryn Mawr, Sheridan, and Clark and Division stations, according to CPD.
The robberies happened Tuesday night on a southbound train near the Bryn Mawr, Sheridan, and Clark and Division stations, according to CPD.
In at least two instances, the robbers threatened the drivers with guns.
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Police said around 4 a.m. on Aug. 29, the woman approached the victim from behind on the platform at the Pulaski stop and began striking the victim in the head and body.
Chicago police hope surveillance photos will help them catch a woman who attacked and robbed a CTA passenger. It happened on August 29 on the platform at the Blue Line Pulaski stop.
Police said the suspect approached the victim while on the platform and took headphones from the victim's head by the use of force.
Regina Houston wants to know why the robber shot her daughter even after she complied.
Regina Houston wants to know why the robber shot her daughter even after she complied. Jermont Terry reports.
Chicago police say they were identified as the offenders who, on Aug 20, just before 4 p.m., battered and seriously injured a 31-year-old man before robbing him while on the platform in the 400 block of South Western Avenue.
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