Police Warn Of Teen Girls Committing Robberies Downtown

By Stephen Gossett in News on Aug 1, 2017 9:38PM

100 block of North Wabash Ave / Google Maps

Police sent an alert after two teen girls allegedly robbed people in related incidents last month.

The girls—described as between the ages of 14 and 16, between five-foot-three and five-foot-four and 150 to 205 pounds—used forced or made threats and stole money from a cash register plus personal property from victims, police said.

The robberies happened in 1100 block of South State Street, on July 14 at 9:25 a.m., and in the 100 block of North Wabash Avenue on July 28 at 4:45 a.m.

Police ask anyone with information to contact detectives at (312) 747-8384.