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Bridgeport Sees Five Similar Robberies in Last Week

By Kelly Bauer | June 26, 2013 11:55am
 Bridgeport has been hit with a string of purse-snatchings in the last week.
Bridgeport has been hit with a string of purse-snatchings in the last week.
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CHICAGO — Five robberies in Bridgeport since Friday have led police to issue a community alert.

The incidents have been similar in nature, police said: A man has approached one to two women and taken their purses, police said. The man often came from and fled in a car.

The robberies took place on the following dates:

• Friday, in the 300 block of West 25th Place;

• Saturday, in the 400 block of West 25th Place;

• Sunday, in the 4500 block of South Western Avenue;

• and on Monday, in the 300 block of West 24th Place and in the 500 block of West 26th Street.

Police said the man has been described as a white or Hispanic, between the ages of 25 and 40 years old, 5-foot-6 to 6-foot-4 tall and 170 and 225 pounds.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Bureau of Detectives at 312-747-8380.