robberies

A robbery was caught on camera this Sunday morning when armed individuals stripped some men of their belongings in the Hermosa neighborhood.

“When the Mag Mile gets hit, they take our resources, our police officers and send them that way,” Baltazar Enriquez, president of the Little Village Community Council said. “So why not do the same thing when this happens to our neighborhood?”

Five times last weekend, armed robbers approached people on the street near Wrigley Field, forced them into waiting cars, stole their wallets and phones and then dropped them off, according to a Chicago police alert.

Police are warning residents of two robberies reported recently on the Near North Side. In each case, one or two suspects approached someone standing outside a business and assaulted them before taking their property, Chicago police said. One attack happened the morning hours of May 13 in the 500 block of North Rush Street, while the other happened May 15…

In each robbery, someone armed with a handgun enters the store and takes money, liquor and cigarettes by force, Chicago police detectives said in a community alert.