Bead Store Employees Turn The Tables On Robber With Fake Gun
There was a little bit of a beat-down in Beadniks, a jewelry store in Wicker Park, when an armed robbery went awry. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
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There was a little bit of a beat-down in Beadniks, a jewelry store in Wicker Park, when an armed robbery went awry. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
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