Police search for three in armed robbery spree
Police released surveillance video of the suspects and say the men robbed at least seven people at gunpoint on June 26.
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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.
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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.
The robbery is just the latest example in a crime trend that has been making headlines for years—with union leaders saying postal workers are afraid for their lives. Marybel Gonzalez reports.
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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.
Police say he approached the victim, indicated that he was armed with a handgun by pointing an unknown object at the victim from under his hooded sweatshirt, and demanded that she hand over her property.
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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.
Police said the girl was identified as one of the offenders who participated in four robberies on CTA property.
Chicago police arrested the group, two 16-year-old, and two 17-year-old boys, just before 5:30 p.m. in the 800 block of North Hermitage Avenue.
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