4 people charged with mugging suburban men in Millennium Park garage

Two suburban men were approached, threatened, and robbed inside a Millennium Park parking garage, and four individuals have been charged, though authorities claim three more thieves fled and are still unidentified.

Ernesto Gayton, 19, of Evanston; Anthony Hernandez, 20, of Chicago; Frank Leal, 23, of Chicago; and Isaac Torres, 19, of Cicero, have all been arrested on robbery and attempted robbery charges in connection with Judge Antara Rivera’s March 6 muggings, according to court records.

According to the detention filing, the group surrounded a 24-year-old Midlothian man inside the garage at 5 South Columbus Drive. Leal allegedly instructed Hernandez to “show him the gun,” and Hernandez lifted his sweater as if exposing a firearm. Feeling frightened, the victim handed over his chain and earrings. Torres and Gayton then patted down the victim and his friend, a 20-year-old Harvey man, but no items were stolen from the second victim, according to authorities…

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