Police in Chicago, Illinois, are urging residents to be cautious after a slew of violent robberies targeting mainly drunk individuals in the city’s River North neighborhood.
According to FOX 32, at least four incidents have taken place between June 16 and July 6, with one to three African American males beating and robbing people.
The men befriended people who appeared to be intoxicated before stealing their property and beating them, police said. The robberies occurred during the early morning hours when bars and restaurants were closing.
One of the individuals robbed, Tori Ledzema, told FOX 32 she was forcibly pushed to the ground by four individuals in ski masks while she was headed to Pilates at 5:30 a.m. She said the men attempted to gain access to her phone.
Ledzema said she had a gun aimed at her head during the robbery and suffered a sprained neck.
“He threw me to the ground. Later found out I sprained my neck from this impact. But the four of them pulled me back up, and they held the gun to my head,” Ledzema said. “There were three guns. They held one to me and then one in either direction of traffic. Not that there really was traffic, and then the driver stayed in the car. But they held the gun to my head and asked me for my password, and then I later found out that this group was looking for people’s Cash App. Which is one of the other things they asked me for.”
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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