Chicago police warn women after series of assaults, armed robberies connected to dating app

The Brief

  • Chicago police say a man is using a dating app to lure women to Woodlawn locations, where he leads them into an apartment, shows a gun, sexually assaults them, steals their belongings, and transfers money from their bank accounts using their phones.
  • The offender is described as a Black man, 29–33 years old, 6’0″–6’3″, 150–250 pounds, with a light complexion, short hair, and armed with a handgun; incidents occurred on Oct. 3, Oct. 17, and Dec. 4 in the 6400 blocks of South Ingleside and South Drexel avenues.
  • Police urge the public to stay alert, report suspicious activity, preserve any surveillance footage, and provide information to Area One Detectives or through CPDTIP.com using reference #25-1-123CA.

CHICAGO Chicago Police are warning of a string of recent armed robberies and sexual assaults by a man who meets women on a dating app in Woodlawn.

What we know:

In each incident, the female victims arranged a meeting with the male offender using a dating app. When the victims arrived at the location, the offender led them into an apartment where he pulled out a gun, sexually assaulted the victims and took their property,

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