Man charged in robbery of $10,000 violin stolen on train in Chicago
Cyrus Spurlock said he was taking the Blue Line to Wicker Park Friday night when his beloved violin was stolen.
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Cyrus Spurlock said he was taking the Blue Line to Wicker Park Friday night when his beloved violin was stolen.
Chicago Police on Monday issued a community alert about a group of armed robbers targeting women outside bars.
The violin was inside a black storage case, and has a distinct wood-grain finish on the back, police said.
Three or four robbers run up, flash a weapon, and demand the victims' property. In several incidents, the suspects even stole the victims' banking information on their phones.
As Chicago Police Mass Transit detectives ask people to look out for the violin, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago student to whom it belongs is quite upset. Marissa Sulek reports.
USPIS said the crew approached the carrier, demanded USPS property, and then left the scene on foot around 1 p.m. on Jan. 13 in the 700 block of South Francisco Avenue.
The incident happened just after 1 p.m. on Jan. 13 in the 700 block of South Francisco Avenue.
Police said the custom-made violin was taken in a robbery.
The boys, 16 and 17, were charged with three felony counts of armed robbery with a firearm and one felony count of attempted armed robbery with a firearm.
Chicago police said both men were taken into custody just after 10 p.m. Wednesday in the 8700 block of South State Street.
Chicago police said a 14-year-old is charged with a carjacking and robbery in the city's West Englewood neighborhood.
Police said she robbed victims at the Lake, Monroe, and Garfield stops on the Red Line.
A DuPage County judge granted prosecutors' motion to detain Max Bosco, 26, and Emily Frasca, 24, both of Naperville.
Authorities say the pair was behind the attempted robbery of a woman at an ATM in Naperville, Illinois, and the holdup of a convenience store in Lisle.
The robber took the victim's belongings and ran off the train when it arrived at the Cicero Avenue station, police said.
The delivery drivers were dropping off packages or food in the 6800 block of South Ada Street when a man came up with a gray handgun and demanded their property.
Police said the victim was on the train when he was approached by the suspects, who took his cell phone. When he tried to get it back, he was beaten by the group.
The teen was arrested on Wednesday in the 11300 block of South Normal Avenue and charged with three felony counts of aggravated robbery with an indication of a firearm.
The victims are targeted just as they leave bars and order an Uber or Lyft. Police said while the victims are looking at their phones, the armed robbery crew makes its move.
A grandmother from the north suburbs is recovering from a brutal attack while she was on the job for Uber.
A grandmother from Chicago's northern suburbs is recovering from a brutal attack while she was on the job for Uber. Melissa, who asked to be identified only by her first name, said her passengers, four young men, violently attacked her before stealing her car. She said attack could have been avoided with a simple setting change in the Uber app.
The robbery happened at 6:14 a.m. on a train at the Fullerton station.
Police said the 45-year-old victim was on a train at the Fullerton stop when he was approached by several people who struck him several times, and then took his personal property. The robbers ran from the scene.
Police said in each incident, the victims were approached after leaving a tavern and waiting for a rideshare by three to four men who displayed a handgun or used physical force before demanding the victim's property and leaving the scene.
The 17-year-old boy was charged with four felony counts of robbery and three felony counts of aggravated battery to a transit employee/passenger. He also received an additional aggravated battery charge, causing great bodily harm.
