Around 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 16, police were dispatched to the 1000 block of Harlem Avenue for an armed robbery. Dispatch told police that two men stopped a man on the street, took his bag and fled. The victim said the men came out of a residence wearing all black with hoods covering most of their faces. One had a knife and told the man to drop his Verizon shopping bag. The man gave them his bag, which had four cell phones in it that he’d bought earlier that day. The offenders could not be located.
Around 8 p.m. on Dec. 18, police were dispatched to the 7700 block of Roosevelt Road for an armed robbery. The offender had a Glock and was seen driving west on Roosevelt in a white sedan. Police made contact with the victim and his girlfriend, who sells goods on Facebook marketplace and earlier that day agreed to meet someone who wanted to buy a pair of shoes from her. They met in a parking lot, where a man got out of the white sedan and approached the car. When the victim got out of the car to get the shoes, the offender pulled out a handgun and pointed it at him, demanding the shoes or he’d shoot. The suspect took the shoes, forced the man back in his car, then went to the white sedan and drove off. The man said he’d sign complaints if the offender was located.
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