Overview

• Newly released video shows a masked man wielding a knife inside The Dandy Crown before fleeing with patrons’ purses and phones after an unsuccessful attempt to access the register.
• A second incident captured on camera depicts a suspect dressed in all black rifling an employee’s purse and body-slamming her before escaping in a red SUV.
• Area Three detectives are probing both attacks as active investigations with no arrests reported and victims declining medical attention.
• Co-owner Julia Shell said the bar has endured multiple break-ins since 2023 and will implement additional on-site security.
• The Dandy Crown has called on Chicago officials to enhance small-business safety measures in response to the repeat targeting.