CPD seek 2 men in several Northwest Side business robberies
The offenders took cash and items from the businesses, according to police.
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The offenders took cash and items from the businesses, according to police.
Authorities said the suspect allegedly approached the victim and engaged in a short conversation.
The robber implied he had a gun and threatened to shoot the victim if they didn't give up their cell phone.
Police said the robber took cash from the businesses.
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.
An expert says ATM crime has risen dramatically since the height of the pandemic. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
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.
