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Three Teens Charged in North Side Armed Robbery, Attempted Robbery

Police say the linked incidents involved armed assailants fleeing in an SUV later found nearby.

Overview

  • The boys, ages 15, 16, and 17, were arrested Monday night on Chicago’s North Side, according to police.
  • A 44-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint around 10 p.m. in the 6600 block of North Maplewood Avenue in West Ridge, police said.
  • About 54 minutes later, three masked suspects tried to rob a 42-year-old man in the 2200 block of West Winona Street in Ravenswood, according to officials.
  • Officers located an SUV matching victims’ descriptions and took the teens into custody in the 2500 block of West Bryn Mawr Avenue at about 11:22 p.m.
  • All three face felony counts of armed robbery and attempted armed robbery, and the 17-year-old also faces a misdemeanor obstructing-identification charge, with further details withheld under juvenile privacy rules.