Food truck workers among 6 robbed during Friday morning crime spree

CHICAGO — A minimum of six individuals, together with meals truck employees and their buyer, have been robbed at gunpoint throughout a holdup spree that stretched from River West to East Garfield Park on Friday morning. The crimes are the newest in a collection of comparable theft sprees which have hit the realm since November 22.

Yesterday’s robberies started round 5:30 a.m. when three masked males bought out of a white SUV and bodily attacked a sufferer within the 1300 block of West Randolph. They took the person’s cellphone whereas brandishing no less than one firearm, then fled the scene.

All the subsequent robberies additionally concerned two or three armed and masked males who jumped out of a white SUV to focus on their victims.

One other man was robbed round 6:20 a.m. within the 700 block of North Could. A Chicago police spokesperson stated three robbers approached a 22-year-old man on the sidewalk and took his valuables at gunpoint. As soon as once more, the group fled in a white SUV.

Then, at about 6:50 a.m., the theft crew held up a meals truck within the 3200 block of West Lake. The group took telephones and money from two truck employees and one buyer.

At about 7:20 a.m., one other man was robbed at gunpoint on the nook of Western Avenue and Warren Boulevard.

Later, police discovered a white Jeep within the 1300 block of South Spaulding, suspected of being concerned within the crime spree. It was reported stolen a number of days in the past from the 4200 block of West Lake, in line with CPD information.

Spree after spree after spree

On Tuesday night, no less than six individuals have been robbed throughout a one-hour crime spree throughout Humboldt Park and Ukrainian Village. Final Sunday, six robberies have been reported between Humboldt Park and the West Loop. Whereas police stopped a car suspected of being concerned within the crimes, the one expenses filed in opposition to its occupants have been for drug possession. A minimum of seven individuals have been robbed on Friday, December 27, throughout a two-hour crime spree that began on the West Aspect after which moved into Outdated City and Lincoln Park. And no less than 5 individuals have been robbed throughout a 45-minute spree the next night.

From late Christmas Eve into Christmas morning, three armed robberies have been reported in Bucktown, Lincoln Park, and Avondale. A minimum of 9 individuals have been mugged throughout a string of armed robberies final Saturday night, December 21. On Monday, December 9, no less than seven individuals, together with an off-duty FBI agent, have been robbed throughout a string of comparable robberies in Bucktown, Humboldt Park, and West City. And on November 22 and 23, groups of armed robbers dedicated no less than 5 armed robberies and carjackings in Logan Sq., the West Loop, and Ukrainian Village.

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