CPD issue alert of armed robberies in Hyde Park
Thieves have targeted people walking late at night near 51st and 55th Street - holding them at gunpoint while they steal cell phones and wallets.
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Thieves have targeted people walking late at night near 51st and 55th Street - holding them at gunpoint while they steal cell phones and wallets.
Thieves have targeted people walking late at night near 51st and 55th Street - holding them at gunpoint while they steal cell phones and wallets.
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Police say the suspects - a man, and a woman -jumped out of a gray Kia Soul and stole wallets and cell phones from the victims at gunpoint.
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Chicago police are warning women in the Hyde Park and Kenwood neighborhoods, to put their iPhones away after five robberies in the past month.
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