Bureau of Detectives – Area North
Business Alert
Store Robberies
14th District (Shakespeare)
About the Crime:
This alert gives notice to businesses operating and citizens frequenting the 014th
(Shakespeare) District of recent armed robberies to small. In these incidents,
offenders entered the stores and robbed them at gunpoint. In each of the incidents, the
windows to the storefront were obscured by signage and posters, preventing the store
employees from seeing outside and preventing anyone from seeing what was happening
inside. These incidents have occurred during the evening hours in the general location listed
below:
Incident times and locations:
• 3100 block of N. Central Park on Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 8:24 PM;
• 2800 block of W. Belmont on Monday, January 11, 2016 at 8:32 PM;
• 2700 block of W. Armitage on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 10:09 PM;
About the Offenders:
• Two Male, Hispanic, wearing black ski masks, black coats, and black pants.
Offenders wore black gloves and displayed a handgun.
• Two Male, blacks dressed in black hooded sweatshirts and black jeans. Both
offenders wore black or red gloves and displayed a handgun.
What you can do:
• Be aware of these incidents and inform fellow citizens and business owners
• Report suspicious activity immediately to 911.
• If you are confronted by an assailant, remain calm.
• Remember any unique physical characteristics (scars, tattoos, missing teeth, etc.),
clothing and vehicle descriptions such as make, model, color and license plate
number.
• Businesses should have working alarms and video surveillance systems covering
inside and outside. Consideration should be given to having storefronts clear of
signage so that persons entering can be seen.
If you have any information Contact the Bureau of Detectives – Area North
(312) 744-8263/ Anonymous tips can be sent by SMS to TXT2TIP
Pattern P16-N-012
RD#s HZ111142; HX113414; HZ112304
P16-N-12BA
13 Jan 16
