CHICAGO, IL — A 25-year-old man walking home early Sunday morning in Old Town was abducted by two strangers, forced into a vehicle, and compelled to withdraw cash and digitally transfer money under threat — a robbery police say fits a rising pattern in Chicago’s late-night crime landscape.
According to an official incident report from the Chicago Police Department (CPD), the abduction happened at approximately 1:51 a.m. near the 1400 block of North Mohawk Street. The man was approached by two unidentified offenders, described only as Black males, who forced him into a gray sedan.
Once inside, the victim told police he was driven around the area and ordered to withdraw cash from an ATM. After doing so, the robbers escalated the theft by demanding he use a mobile banking app to transfer additional funds directly from his account…