Six arrests followed a bold daytime robbery in Cicero last week, with a courier losing $70,000 and authorities leading a cross-state police chase, as reported by NBC Chicago. The incident began when armed individuals targeted the courier at a business on the 5100 block of West Roosevelt Road and led to the apprehension of the suspects in two distinct locations, according to town officials.
The pursuit unfolded across state lines, which involved multiple vehicles, starting in Cicero and ending with two individuals making a literal splash in Indiana’s Little Calumet River. “Both surrendered while in the water without incident,” as per the same source. The Cicero Police Department quickly tracked down two of the suspects’ vehicles, a white Honda and a black Chrysler, with chases unfolding through Chicago’s Garfield Park neighborhood and onto Interstate 290, Interstate 294, and Interstate 94, Fox 32 Chicago detailed.
The first chase concluded in Chicago, where “Police began pursuing two suspect vehicles, ending one chase near West End Avenue and North Kostner Avenue in Chicago,” per reporting by Fox 32 Chicago. Two suspects were detained there, with another two found near an apartment building at the 4400 block of West End Avenue. The second chase continued until it crossed state boundaries, ending with the suspects exiting their Chrysler and jumping into the river…