Woman robbed, brutally beaten in attack on Chicago's Northwest Side
The woman was treated by Chicago Fire Department paramedics on the scene, but refused further medical attention.
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The woman was treated by Chicago Fire Department paramedics on the scene, but refused further medical attention.
This was one of a string of attacks and robberies in several North Side neighborhoods Sunday night.
No one is in custody in any of the incidents.
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On Sunday night, police said the 66-year-old woman was in her car at the Chase Bank ATM near Addison Street and Elston Avenue when two men opened her car door. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
In both cases, a lone person went into the business and announced a robbery while implying he or she was armed with a weapon.
The victim told police she was at an ATM at a local bank when she was followed home by two people in a dark-colored Infiniti SUV.
The teen was arrested on Wednesday in the 5100 block of South Wentworth Avenue.
Police say the man went to buy the phone from a woman on Lincoln Avenue in Lakeview. Instead of selling the man a cellphone, the woman pulled a gun and took his personal belongings.
The victim was loading groceries into her trunk at the time.
Detectives said Sunday afternoon he got out of a car and grabbed a 72-year-old woman's purse. The victim was loading groceries into her trunk at the time.
He's already attacked people at four locations.
Police say in these incidents, one person armed with a handgun approaches victims on the street and enters businesses and announces a robbery.
The thief ran off, and was last seen going east toward the Roosevelt 'L' station, police said.
John Wesley, 24, was arrested on Friday in the 2700 block of South California Avenue.
Police said the alleged suspect robbed someone around 5:30 a.m. on the platform at the Granville CTA Red Line stop in Edgewater.
It was alleged the teen approached a 36-year-old woman, implied he had a weapon, and took personal belongings from the victim in the 300 block of West Schiller Street.
Responding officers quickly found him and placed him into custody less than 30 minutes later.
The robbery happened on Cornelia Avenue in East Lakeview.
No one was hurt in the robbery, and no one was in custody Monday afternoon.
Police said the alleged suspect robbed someone last Sunday around 5:30 a.m. on the platform at the Granville CTA Red Line stop in Edgewater.
A 19-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman were sitting in a parked car when three armed males exited a blue sedan and forced the victims out of their vehicle.
Randy Norwood, 44, was charged with one count of burglary from a motor vehicle and one count of possession of a stolen credit card.
Benjamin Rivers, 34, of Bellwood was arrested on Thursday just before 5 p.m. in the 400 block of South Damen Avenue.
Ladarius Harris, 33, was arrested by Chicago police officers and the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force on Tuesday, in the 5600 block of South Michigan Avenue.
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