Chicago store robbed twice in 3 days; owner says he's running out of protection options
They hitch a chain from the side gate to a Jeep and hit the gas. When they can't open the door by hand, they try extra horsepower again.
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They hitch a chain from the side gate to a Jeep and hit the gas. When they can't open the door by hand, they try extra horsepower again.
CBS 2's Noel Brennan reports after five years in business at Fuller Park Beverage, Al never had a worse week. CBS 2 is only using his first name and not showing his face.
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.
CBS 2 has reported numerous times before on postal carriers getting attacked. But there are now substantial rewards being offered for information leading to an arrest—up to $150,000 in the latest case—and a tougher proposed law to crack down on the criminals. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
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.
On Thursday, a second suspect – Samnang Toem, 18, of Skokie – was indicted on one felony count each of armed robbery and aggravated unlawful restraint.
Police said both juveniles robbed a man at the Lake station on the Red Line on May 23. The girl is also accused of robbing a man at the Clark/Division stop earlier the same day.
Two men have been charged in the shooting death of a 24-year-old Chicago father who was robbed and killed on his way to work last month.
Chicago police said he was taken into custody on Friday by members of the Bureau of Counter Terrorism Mass Transit Team in the 1400 block of West 63rd Street.
Members of the Public Transportation Section arrested the 15-year-old on Tuesday in the 8500 block of South Lafayette Avenue in the Chatham neighborhood.
The robbery happened just before 7 p.m. at the Grand Street stop in the 500 block of North State Street.
In both incidents, a passenger on the train was approached by the suspects and had their belongings taken by force.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office Northern District of Illinois, the crimes resulted in a total loss of around $3.8 million.
Police said the teen, whose name was not released, has been charged with 25 counts of armed robbery with a firearm and two counts of aggravated vehicular hijacking.
Mass Transit detectives said the robbery happened on May 9 just after 2 p.m. at the 69th Street stop.
Surveillance video captured the moment a man was chased before falling to the ground.
A man was critically injured after he was shot during a robbery at a gas station in Washington Park.
A man was critically injured after he was shot during a robbery at a gas station in Washington Park. Around 1:40 a.m., a 28-year-old man was standing near an SUV at a Super Save gas station pump with another man in the 0-100 block of East Garfield Boulevard when a white Lexus pulled up beside them.
Two boys, 14 and 17, and two girls, 14 and 15, were arrested in the 0-100 block of West 95th Street just before 2:30 p.m.
