Portage Park business owner wrestles gun away from would-be robber
CBS 2’s Marissa Perlman spoke with the store owner about why he decided he needed to take matters into his own hands.
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CBS 2’s Marissa Perlman spoke with the store owner about why he decided he needed to take matters into his own hands.
As of Thursday night, the two men and vehicle have not been found.
A thief was caught on camera using a crowbar to break the glass door of a River North liquor store and got away with a lot of alcohol. The suspect can be seen on video getting into the store and grabbing bottles off shelves, while an accomplice waited in a black BMW SUV outside.
The robbers took the valet's cell phone before driving off with four cars that still had keys inside.
Police said 43-year-old Eric Gatlin help up the Portillo's in Gurnee during Monday's lunch rush.
Chicago Police and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating the robbery.
There was also a robbery at a nearby smoke shop, but police aren't sure if the incidents were releated.
Chicago police are searching for a man who stole a cash register from a McDonald's drive-thru window in the Austin neighborhood Thursday morning.
In each of the attacks, two to three robbers have come up to the victims from behind, taken out a handgun, and forced them into a waiting car.
In each of the attacks, two to three robbers have come up to the victims from behind, taken out a handgun, and forced them into a waiting car.
Authorities say the suspects would approach a passenger on a CTA Red Line train and take the victim's cell phone and wallet with force.
In each incident, the suspects approach the victims on the street and engage in conversation, police said.
The robbery happened in the 2400 block of South Wentworth Avenue around 2:15 a.m.
A man is carjacked while walking to his vehicle in the Little Village neighborhood Saturday morning.
Two men were robbed in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Saturday morning.
Chicago police are reminding people to be aware of their surroundings after three aggravated robberies in the past week.
A man is shot during an attempted robbery in the West Englewood neighborhood Thursday afternoon.
Police say three robbers pistol-whipped a clerk at a business near Montrose and Francisco.
Chicago police are warning businesses of recent armed robberies on the city's Northwest Side.
Police are asking for help finding three men wanted in connection with an armed robbery at the Garfield stop on the Red Line.
Mass Transit detectives are looking to identify a man wanted for a strong arm robbery on the Central Park Green Line stop Tuesday.
Police said a man was dragged out of his car on Riverside Drive early Friday morning.
Police say early Friday morning a man was dragged out of his car, beaten and robbed of his wallet and car keys on Riverside Drive.
Meanwhile, the man behind that ad stands by it. As CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reports, the ad shows a woman screaming during a robbery recently.
The suspect allegedly knocked the victim to the ground, took her personal property and fled.
