Crime & Safety
Strong-Arm Robbers Hit Girl, Take Her Phone in Park: Police
Chicago police said the robbers approached a group of teens in Munro Park and demanded their phones. Most fled, but girl was robbed.
CHICAGO — Strong-arm robbers tried to procure cellphones from a group of teens in a park last Friday in West Beverly, Chicago police said.
According to police, around 6 p.m. Nov. 12, an SUV drove by the group in Munroe Park in the 2600 block of West 105th Street. Two males in their late teens jumped out of a Range Rover and demanded that the teens hand over their cell phones. Most of the teens fled for their own safety, but police said the robbers grabbed a girl and hit her as they stole her phone.
The pair got into a dark gray Range Rover drove off. The SUV was missing a rear license plate. Police said the robbers were wearing black ski masks.
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