Two males are accused of robbing two prospects at gunpoint inside a West City deli, taking their gold chains throughout a brazen daytime stickup that’s unrelated to a current wave of chain-snatching robberies within the downtown space.
Prosecutors stated 25-year-old Elys Calzadilla Perez and 21-year-old Yan Semana Gonsalez entered a deli within the 800 block of North Western Avenue round 5:30 p.m. on September 27 whereas two males had been standing in line.
Based on a detention petition, Perez pulled out a small revolver, pointed it at a 38-year-old man, and eliminated a gold chain from his neck. He then allegedly took one other chain from the second sufferer, 31, and struck him, knocking him to the ground.
Each victims chased Perez as he fled the shop, however Gonsalez tripped considered one of them outdoors, prosecutors stated. When the person acquired again up, Gonsalez allegedly punched him within the face, sending him to the bottom once more. The pair then fled.
Safety video from inside the shop recorded the whole theft, capturing a singular tattoo on Perez’s left forearm that investigators later used to assist establish him. Extra video from the realm confirmed Perez and Gonsalez within the neighborhood earlier than the theft, driving a grey Toyota, in line with police.
On October 1, officers noticed the Toyota in visitors with Perez behind the wheel and Gonsalez within the passenger seat. The officers pulled the automotive over and recovered a small starter pistol that “could also be able to taking pictures a .22 caliber bullet,” although testing will not be but full, the petition said. Each males had been arrested and charged with two counts of armed theft and one depend of aggravated battery in a public place.
Decide James Costello ordered them detained pending trial.
The arrests come as Chicago police proceed to warn the general public a few separate collection of chain-snatching robberies concentrated within the downtown space, together with the Loop, Grant Park, Millennium Park, and the Magazine Mile.
Based on CPD’s third group alert, issued Monday, these assaults have occurred between early August and this month, typically in daylight, with victims focused for his or her jewellery in public areas. In every case, offenders used bodily power to grab gold chains from unsuspecting pedestrians earlier than operating off.
The alert linked robberies within the following places to the crime sample:
- 1100 block of South Columbus Dr on August 1 at 9:30 p.m.
- 200 block of East Balbo Dr on August 2 at 9:45 p.m.
- 300 block of South Columbus Dr on August 11 at 3:44 p.m.
- 300 block of East Wacker Dr on August 13 at 5:25 p.m.
- 0-100 block of East Wacker Dr on August 22 at 8:43 a.m.
- 0-100 block of East Wacker Dr on August 22 at 8:48 a.m.
- 200 block of East Roosevelt Dr on August 22 at 11:00 a.m.
- 100-200 of East Wacker Dr on August 29 at 4:12 p.m.
- 200 block of North Clark St on September 6 at 10:20 a.m.
- 100 block of North Lake Shore Dr on September 12 at 3:30 p.m.
- 600 block of North Michigan Ave on September 16 at 3:20 p.m.
- 600 block of North Michigan Ave on September 18 at 3:00 p.m.
- 0-100 block of East Wacker Dr on September 23 at 4:25 p.m.
- 100 block of North Michigan Ave on October 3 at 2:35 p.m.
CPD stated the chain snatchers encompass as much as 4 Hispanic women and men between 20 and 40 years previous, and a Black male carrying a black t-shirt, blue denims, and white gymnasium sneakers.
Authorities urged anybody with details about the West City theft or the continued downtown collection to contact Space Three detectives at 312-744-8263 or submit an nameless tip at CPDTIP.com.
