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Chicago crime: Victims are lured with ads selling motorbikes or ATVs, and are then robbed

By FOX 32 Digital Staff
Published  July 23, 2022 3:03pm CDT
West Englewood
FOX 32 Chicago

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CHICAGO - Chicago police say robbers are luring victims in West Englewood with promises of a motorbike or ATV for sale.

Police said that last Sunday, victims were targeted twice in the same neighborhood in the same way.

The robberies happened on the

  • 6800 Block of South Ada Street on July 17 at 5 p.m. 
  • 6700 Block of South Elizabeth on July 17 at 1:15 p.m. 

Chicago police said in both robberies, the victims were threatened with a gun, and the robbers took their property, then ran off.