3 CHARGED WITH PAIR OF ARMED ROBBERIES IN WRIGLEYVILLE
Three men have been charged with a pair of armed robberies early Saturday in the Wrigleyville neighborhood on the North Side.
The robberies occurred about 2: 40 a. m. in the 900 block of West Grace and about 2: 45 a. m. in the 1200 block of West Waveland, police said. In each incident, Joseph Lewis, 20, Donzell Lloyd, 19, and Jwan Farley, 20, spotted a lone female victim walking and used their vehicle to block her path when she came to an alley, according to police.
They then exited the vehicle, told the victim they had a weapon and demanded her belongings, police said. A nearby friend of one of the victims was able to give the vehicle’s license plate number to investigators.
Officers later pulled the vehicle over in the 1600 block of North Lake Shore Drive and took the men into custody, according to police. All proceeds from the robberies were recovered. Luke Wilusz
Pair charged with robbing Dick’s Sporting Goods stores
Destiny U. Glascow, 18, of Carpentersville, and a 16- yearold girl have been charged with robbing two suburban Dick’s Sporting Goods stores.
About 1 p. m. on Saturday, police responded to a report of armed robbery at the Dick’s Sporting Goods store located at 2763 W. 75th St. The two used mace on store employees before driving off with stolen clothes, according to police.
Officers pulled over their vehicle near the intersection of Ogden Avenue and Rickert Road and took them into custody.
Working with the Bloomingdale Police Department, Na- perville Police say they learned the two were responsible for a similar incident earlier that day at a Dick’s location in Bloomingdale. Jacob Wittich
Women steal purse, batter victim
A woman was robbed and battered by two other women Saturday in west suburban Naperville.
Police say two women walked into a business at 1620 Pebblewood Lane and took another woman’s purse. When the victim tried to stop the theft she was battered and the two women ran away with her purse.
The two women got into a late model silver Nissan SUV and were last seen at the intersection of Diehl Road and Route 59, police said.
The suspects were described as two women in their 20s with black hair. One was 5- foot- 6 and wore black framed glasses and a gray winter coat. The other was wearing a blue winter coat and dark colored jeans.
Anyone with information should call ( 630) 420- 6006.
Sara Freund
2 hurt, 1 critically, in drive- by
Two people were wounded — one critically — in a shooting early Saturday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
A man, 25, and woman, 19, were sitting in a parked vehicle about 1: 10 a. m. in the 3200 block of West Warren Boulevard when a silver vehicle pulled up and someone inside shot at them, Chicago Police said.
The man was shot in the head and the woman was struck in the left leg, police said. Both were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where the man was in critical condition and the woman was in good condition.
Sun- Times Wire
3 shot on Near North Side
Three people were wounded in a shooting Saturday morning on the Near North Side.
They were standing on the street about 2: 50 a. m. in the first block of West Elm when a grey SUV pulled up and someone got out and fired multiple shots, police said.
All three were taken to Northwestern Hospital, where they were in good condition, or their condition had stabilized, police said.
A police source said two of the victims are documented gang members and the other is a felon. The victims are not from the area and police are looking into a possible narcotics connection as a motive for the shooting.