Police are warning residents of a person robbing women walking alone in Near West and the Northwest Side neighborhoods.
In each incident women were approached by one or two men who started a conversation with them, then forcefully took their purses by throwing them to the ground or striking them, Chicago police said in a community alert. In two cases they flashed a handgun.
The robberies happened:
- About 12:50 p.m. Dec. 6 in the 400 block of North Aberdeen Street;
- About 6:15 p.m. Dec. 9 in the 200 block of South Aberdeen Street;
- About 1:30 p.m. Dec. 10 in the first block of North Racine Avenue;
- About 7:40 p.m. Dec. 10 in the 1000 block of West Grand Avenue;
- About 11:55 a.m. Dec. 15 in the 1100 block of West Ohio Street; and
- About 12:10 p.m. Dec. 15 in the 1700 block of West Pearson Avenue.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Area Three detectives at 312-744-8263.
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