Two women attacked and robbed an 88-year-old Uptown resident as she walked home from the grocery store, prosecutors say, and one of them allegedly tried to rob an Uber Eats driver less than an hour earlier.
According to court filings, it all began around 2 p.m. on January 21 when Martinique Holloway, 40, entered a restaurant in the 4500 block of North Sheridan Road where a 63-year-old Uber Eats driver was waiting for an order.
Prosecutors allege Holloway began smoking inside and asked the cashier for $5, claiming she was pregnant. When the employee refused, she turned to the Uber driver with the same request, according to a detention petition. After being ignored, Holloway allegedly snatched the phone from the driver’s hand and tried to flee…