Two boys, ages 15 and 16, are facing felony robbery charges after they mugged a woman near Goose Island, police said.
The 30-year-old victim was in the 900 block of West Chicago Avenue when three offenders grabbed her, pushed her into the street, and took her phone around 9:20 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6, according to Chicago police.
Responding officers spotted three people matching the suspects’ descriptions and they arrested two of them in an alley near Ogden and Milwaukee Avenues. The third robber, described as a White male wearing black clothing, escaped through the alley.
A CPD spokesperson said both of the detained teenagers have been charged with robbery.
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