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Chicago Lawn Robbers Use Fake Cash for Food, Then Rob Restaurants

By Joe Ward | May 19, 2016 2:31pm | Updated on May 20, 2016 11:24am
 At least two businesses in the area have been robbed since May 8.
At least two businesses in the area have been robbed since May 8.
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CHICAGO — Armed robbers have been placing food orders at Chicago Lawn restaurants before paying with fake money and then robbing the businesses, according to police. 

At least two businesses in the neighborhood have been robbed since May 8, police said in a community alert issued Thursday.

In the incidents, two men go into the restaurants and place an order before attempting to pay with counterfeit currency, police said. The robbers, armed with a handgun, would then take the food and rob the cashiers, according to police.

The first reported incident happened at 1:30 p.m. on May 8 in the 2700 block of West 64th Street, police said. The second robbery was at 7:30 p.m. May 9 in the 6300 block of South Fairfield Avenue, police said.

Police have described the robbers as two black men aged between 17 and 25 years. One man was described as between 5'6 and 5'8 and weighing between 140 and 160 pounds.

The second man is between 5'4 and 5'8 and weighs between 140 and 160 pounds with dreadlock-style hair, police said.

Anyone with information on the robberies is asked to call 312-747-8382.

 

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