CHICAGO — Robbers pepper-sprayed cellphone store clerks during three separate hold-ups of Boost Mobile shops on the Southwest Side last week, police said Sunday.
In each case, two robbers walked into the store and pepper-sprayed a clerk before grabbing merchandise and running out, police said.
The incidents occurred at:
• 12:50 p.m. Thursday at 5123 S. Kedzie Ave.
• 8:50 p.m. Thursday at 6434 S. Pulaski Road
• 2:22 p.m. Saturday at 6659 S. Cicero Ave.
The robbers were described as black men ages 20-30, 5-foot-8 to 6-foot tall, one around 130 pounds and the other around 300 pounds. One was wearing a long black wig parted down the middle, police said.
Anyone with information about the robberies is asked to call detectives at 312-747-8380.
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