Alderman demands action now that the police have issued two more warnings about the weeks-long wave of armed robberies

Alderman demands action now that the police have issued two more warnings about the weeks-long wave of armed robberies

The warning links the following robberies to the same group of people:

  • 1000 block of Northern California at 3:55 PM
  • 800 block of North Cicero at 5:35 p.m
  • 2200 block of West Taylor at 5:45 p.m
  • 500 block of West North Avenue at 6:07 PM
  • 2100 block of North Sheffield at 6:20 p.m
  • 1600 block of West Fullerton around 6:23 p.m
  • 1200 block of West Fullerton at 6:30 p.m

CWBChicago reported the morning after the robberies that police recovered the stolen getaway car in Avondale. While the community alert did not include descriptions of the suspects, we reported that victims generally described the robbers as black males in their mid-to-late teens wearing dark clothing.

On Monday, detectives issued a separate warning for three robberies that took place on the morning of Friday, January 3.

“Three male African American perpetrators arrive in a stolen vehicle and exit armed with handguns and take all personal belongings [the] victim, then reenter the vehicle and continue their escape,” the alert said. CPD said the robbers were between 17 and 23 years old and were wearing black hoodies, black pants and black ski masks.

The robberies happened at 5:38 a.m. in the 1200 block of West Randolph; the 700 block of North May at 6:20 a.m.; and the 100 block of North Western at 7 a.m. CWBChicago’s coverage of the robberies is available here.

The CPD first warned about the robberies on Sunday. It linked the robberies in Randolph, May and Western to two additional robberies that morning in the 300 block of North Avers and the 3200 block of West Lake.

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On Sunday morning, about 12 hours before CPD issued its first alert, another robbery swept through Bucktown, the West Loop and other Near West Side neighborhoods. The victims included a 77-year-old woman and a 75-year-old man.

Previous reporting

On New Year’s Eve, at least six people were robbed during an hour-long crime spree in Humboldt Park and the Ukrainian Village. And on December 29, six robberies were reported between Humboldt Park and the West Loop. While police stopped a vehicle suspected of involvement in the crimes, the only charges against the occupants were drug possession. At least seven people were robbed on Friday, December 27, during a two-hour crime spree that started on the West Side and then moved to Old Town and Lincoln Park. And the next evening, at least five people were robbed during a 45-minute attack.

Three armed robberies were reported in Bucktown, Lincoln Park and Avondale from late Christmas Eve to Christmas morning. Last Saturday evening, December 21, at least nine people were robbed during a series of armed robberies. On Monday, December 9, at least seven people, including an off-duty FBI agent, were robbed in a series of similar robberies in Bucktown, Humboldt. Park and Westtown. And on November 22 and 23, teams of armed robbers committed at least five armed robberies and carjackings in Logan Square, the West Loop and Ukrainian Village.

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