Employee tied up during robbery at Andersonville phone store
The employee says the robber was armed with a handgun and demanded money and cell phones from the back safe before tying him up.
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The employee says the robber was armed with a handgun and demanded money and cell phones from the back safe before tying him up.
Chicago police tell us one- or two men wearing masks run up and grab cellphones right out of the hands of their victims.
Chicago police tell us one- or two men wearing masks run up and grab cellphones right out of the hands of their victims.
Chicago police are warning about a string of recent thefts from ATMs this month. The method being used by the offenders is known as transaction reversal fraud, according to police, where they make a withdrawal from the ATM and while the money is being prepared, the offender forcibly removes cash from the dispenser prior to the transaction being fully completed.
Lake County Sheriff's police are looking for the robbers after the holdup at the gas station on Sheridan Road.
A SWAT team was called in to help as police searched the warehouse in the 1800 block of North Kostner Avenue.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service said the robber struck twice in the Galewood neighborhood on Jan. 17 and Jan. 31.
Victims answered a social media post about a bike or motorcycle for sale.
A 19-year-old man is charged after robbing another man on the city's Far North Side Tuesday afternoon.
Police say four men and a woman, all between the ages of 20 and 30, attacked the victim at the CTA Red Line Harrison stop on Feb. 4.
Police say four men and a woman, all between the ages of 20 and 30, attacked the victim at the CTA Red Line Harrison stop on Feb. 4.
A 16-year-old boy was charged Thursday with robbing and beating a woman in a downtown parking garage last weekend.
The owner said he never leaves cash in the register.
Chicago police are searching for the thieves who smashed a glass door to get inside a North Side convenience store.
Earley's attorneys claim police had numerous chances to arrest and stop the accused gunman before he robbed and shot Earley.
Police said the robber was also wearing thick bifocal glasses.
A man is charged with robbing an 81-year-old man in the Loop Tuesday evening.
Police said, in both robberies, someone walked up to the victims, implying he had a gun, and ordered them to give them their valuables before taking off on foot.
A Chicago man is charged with robbing two other men in separate incidents last year.
A Chicago man is charged with robbing two other men in separate incidents last year.
A 17-year-old boy is charged with robbing two men just minutes apart on the Northwest Side in December.
In each case, the robber approaches from behind and hits the victim in the head. Then, while they're down, the robber takes the victim's things and runs off.
The victims lost their phones. But they told CBS 2’s Jermont Terry it was a frightening ordeal – and they are worried the next victims might not be so lucky.
A prolific robbery crew is working several South Side neighborhoods.
The robbery happened around 3:30 a.m., in the 500 block of North State Street.
