Chicago Police Issue Alerts on Two Robbery Patterns: Downtown Jewelry Thefts and Northwest Side Store Holdups

Detectives are asking for tips after publishing incident lists with sparse suspect descriptions.

Overview

Police say downtown offenders robbed pedestrians wearing gold chains between Aug. 1 and Aug. 29 in Grant Park, the Loop and the New Eastside.
Locations listed include stretches of Columbus Drive, Balbo Drive, Roosevelt Road and multiple blocks of East Wacker Drive.
At least one downtown suspect wore a black T-shirt, blue jeans and white gym shoes, with witnesses describing one to four offenders of various sexes ages 20 to 40.
A separate Northwest Side pattern involves a lone gunman who pointed a handgun at store clerks and took cash on Aug. 15, Aug. 17 and twice on Aug. 30 in North Park and Norwood Park East.
Tips are requested to Area Three detectives at 312-744-8263 for the downtown cases and to Grand Central Area detectives at 312-746-7384 or CPDTIP.com reference P25-5-023A for the store holdups, with no arrests reported.