A 32-year-old Hazel Crest man is being held in custody after allegedly robbing a woman on the lakefront trail near Belmont Harbor and injuring a police officer during a struggle as he was being taken into custody.
According to a detention petition filed by prosecutors, the robbery occurred just before 6 p.m. on Monday, July 1, in the 3400 block of North Lake Shore Drive, near the Belmont Harbor dog beach.
A couple had stopped with their Divvy bikes along the lakefront trail when Coleman allegedly attempted to grab one of the bikes. He then forcibly took the 43-year-old woman’s red book bag, yanking it from her back and breaking the straps, the petition said.
Witnesses told authorities that Coleman moved into the roadway and emptied the bag’s contents, which included two sweaters and a pair of glasses. The items were scattered by passing cars and blown into traffic. Police later recovered the bag, but not its contents…