CPD issue alert of meetup robberies involving rideshare, delivery drivers
Police warning of a series of meetup robberies involving delivery and rideshare drivers in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.
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Police warning of a series of meetup robberies involving delivery and rideshare drivers in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.
The thefts occurred in the West Woodlawn neighborhood between March 17 and 28.
Police say six men were robbed between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. in the West Town and Near West Side neighborhoods.
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Police say he was identified as the suspect who, on March 26 around 11:20 p.m., carjacked the 21-year-old victim, in the 1700 block of North Ashland Avenue.
The FBI says the robbery happened Monday morning in the Big Lots parking lot near River Oaks Drive and Ring Road.
They say the victim, a 26-year-old man, was entering his car when an unknown man on foot opened fire.
Chicago police arrested and charged Glenn Bland, 38, and Adrianna Vanzant, 18, on Monday, in the 200 block of North Kenneth Avenue and the 5500 block of West Grand Avenue.
A preliminary investigation says the person was seen on foot on the tracks near Main Street when they were struck by an eastbound freight train.
A man is charged after attacking and robbing a CTA employee on the Near West Side this month.
Police say he was identified as the suspect who, on March 6, attacked a 45-year-old woman before taking her car by force, in the 100 block of West Madison Street.
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The victim was taken by the Chicago Fire Department to the University of Chicago Hospital with multiple gunshot wounds to the body and was pronounced dead.
Preliminary information says a white sedan driven by a 56-year-old man was traveling southbound when he struck the victim, a 46-year-old man, at the intersection.