UNFRIENDLY CONFINES: Robbery Victim Refuses Police Aid

July 8, 2013 4:13 PM CWBChicago Citywide

Image: Ron Cogswell

Several witnesses reported that two men knocked a woman down and stole her purse at Sheffield and Waveland, next to Wrigley Field last night. The first caller at 7:05PM said the attackers fled northbound on Sheffield in a blue, four-door Volkswagen with Minnesota license plates.

Officers arrived very quickly, but they could not pursue the matter because the woman declined police services.

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