It’s occurring once more within the Loop. Chicago police are warning the general public a few sequence of gold chain snatchings which have unfolded throughout Grant Park, the Riverwalk, and close by streets — against the law sample strikingly just like the outbreak of necklace robberies that plagued downtown one yr in the past.
Based on an alert issued by CPD, teams of women and men have been concentrating on people who find themselves strolling alone, often throughout daytime. The robbers snatch gold necklaces and chains from their victims’ necks earlier than fleeing.
The robberies have been unfold throughout a three-week interval:
- August 1, 9:30 p.m. — 1100 block of South Columbus Drive
- August 2, 9:45 p.m. — 200 block of East Balbo Drive
- August 11, 3:44 p.m. — 300 block of South Columbus Drive
- August 13, 5:25 p.m. — 300 block of East Wacker Drive
- August 22, 8:43 a.m. — First block of East Wacker Drive
- August 22, 8:48 a.m. — First block of East Wacker Drive
- August 22, 11:00 a.m. — 200 block of East Roosevelt Drive
- August 29, 4:12 p.m. — 100 to 200 block of East Wacker Drive
Police stated the offenders embrace one to 4 Hispanic women and men, ages 20 to 40, and an African American man described as carrying a black T-shirt, blue denims, and white gymnasium footwear.
Maybe coincidentally, there was an analogous theft reported on the Far North Aspect on Monday afternoon. At about 1:30 p.m. somebody snatched a gold chain off a grandmother’s neck within the 1900 block of West Norwood. The attacker, described as a Black lady round 40 to 45 years previous, about 5-foot-2 and 170 to 180 kilos, fled in a white station wagon with a rainbow-dotted head wrap protecting her hair. Witnesses stated a toddler might have been within the automotive.
The timing of this yr’s spree recollects final yr’s outbreak, which started round Lollapalooza and unfold alongside the lakefront, by the Loop, and ultimately into the Clybourn Hall. Victims then, like now, had been primarily strolling alone after they had been surrounded or approached by teams of offenders who ripped gold necklaces from their necks. Final yr’s robbers escaped on bikes or scooters.
A migrant was charged with a type of robberies. He acquired a 3-year sentence in June.
Anybody with details about the newest robberies is requested to contact Space Three detectives at 312-744-8263 or submit an nameless tip at CPDTIP.com utilizing reference #P25-3-036A.
