Three men and two juveniles face robbery charges after prosecutors accused them of mugging a group of suburbanites admiring the city skyline.
Four men from Des Plaines, all between 18 and 20, were taking in the nighttime view of downtown from a parking garage roof in the 2300 block of West Logan, according to prosecutors. At least one other group was admiring the view from the roof and someone from that group walked over to the victims and asked which gang they associated with, prosecutors said in detention proffers.
Moments later, the entire second group crossed the roof and robbed the victims, the filings stated. One of the juveniles brandished a knife and chased a suburban man. The man escaped but lost a shoe and his phone while fleeing…