Chicago police are investigating at least two armed robberies that struck River North and Streeterville in the early hours of Saturday, hitting the same areas where authorities have been warning about a brazen robbery crew operating since early April.
The first holdup happened around 2:05 a.m. in the 200 block of East Ohio Street, according to a Chicago Police Department spokesperson. A 31-year-old man was sitting inside a vehicle when two armed men approached, displayed handguns, took his personal property, and fled in a black sedan that may have been a Honda Civic, the spokesperson said.
About two hours later, around 4 a.m., a second robbery was reported near the intersection of Clark and Ohio streets in River North. That victim told police that two armed, masked men displayed at least one firearm and took his iPhone and a silver chain before escaping in a black sedan, according to preliminary information…