NEAR WEST SIDE — A 17-year-old was charged as an adult after police arrested him in connection with recent armed robberies on the Near West Side.
The teen, who lives in the 5100 block of West Chicago Avenue in Austin, was charged as an adult with two felony counts of armed robbery with a firearm, according to a Chicago Police spokesman. He was arrested on Sept. 18.
At a CAPS meeting last week, Sgt. Dave Weigand said that a string of September armed robberies stopped after the teen was nabbed.
The 17-year-old is believed to be one of three teen robbers who were involved in a total of seven armed robberies, Weigand said. The crew of offenders would rob victims at gunpoint, he said.
With the help of surveillance cameras, investigators tracked a white Pontiac Grand Am that the teen was driving to an Austin home. Investigators are still pursuing the other two robbers.
The Near West Side armed robberies included incidents in the first block of North Bishop Street at 12:40 a.m. Sept. 14 and another on Lake Street in September, according to Weigand and the police department's crime map.
Police would not release the teen's name.
The investigation remains ongoing. Police are asking anyone with information about the robberies to call detectives at 312-747-8382.
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