Teen charged in December armed robberies minutes apart on Northwest Side
A 17-year-old boy is charged with robbing two men just minutes apart on the Northwest Side in December.
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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.
The thieves hit Wednesday afternoon at Persin and Robbin Jewelry Store on South Dunton Avenue.
Just before 2:30 a.m., the driver was on Belmont Avenue just west of Ashland and Lincoln avenues when police two men got out of a black sedan and demanded money and his car.
Robbers smashed and ransacked a display case at a Jewelry store in Arlington Heights. The thieves hit Wednesday afternoon at Persin and Robbin Jewelry Store on South Dunton Avenue.
Police say the victim was sitting in his vehicle when three black males exited a black Chevy SUV.
A man is charged after robbing and carjacking another man in West Garfield Park back in August.
The victim was not struck. The would-be robber was shot in the leg.
The offender was placed into custody and charged with one felony count of robbery, police said.
The offender was placed into custody and charged with two felony counts of robbery and aggravated battery.
Chicago police arrested the teen Thursday, in the 4700 block of North Central Park Avenue.
Police said the victim told the offenders he didn't have anything before the offenders kicked him to the ground and took items from his pockets.
Police said the robbers had held up a woman in Brighton Park, but officers were able to trace the robbers with an AirTag that was in the woman's stolen purse. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Police said there were also several other robberies on the block.
In each of the robberies, a man on a black bicycle rode up to people on the sidewalk, and demanded their property.
A campus safety warning has been issued for students near Loyola University after a pair of cell phone robberies within minutes.
The USPIS said the suspects should be considered armed and dangerous.
The woman was driving a red Kia sedan when she approached the victims, flashed a knife, and demanded their purse.
The victim had just parked his car when he was approached by four men in an unknown vehicle.
Police say the men were going back to their car at a parking garage at the time.
Police say the suspect forcefully took property from a 39-year-old woman, in the 0-100 block of North Lorel Avenue.
It's a problem the letter carriers' union wants addressed sooner than later.
