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Police Warn Of Robberies In Bucktown

(STMW) -- Chicago Police are warning residents in the Bucktown neighborhood of two recent robberies.

In both incidents, three men walked up to someone on the street, punched them in the face or head and took their property, according to a community alert from police. The two robberies happened at 3:50 a.m. April 11 in the 1700 block of North Milwaukee Avenue and at 4:45 a.m. April 14 in the 1700 block of West North Avenue.

In the first robbery, the victim felt a hard object pressed against his head, and in the second one a robber stood with his hand behind his back as if he were armed, police said.

Two robbers are described as 5-foot-9 to 5-foot-10, 160-to-180 pound black men between 20 and 25 years old, police said. One man had a dark complexion, blond dreadlocks and was wearing a white or green military jacket. The other man had black hair and was wearing a brown and white puffy coat or a dark blue hooded sweatshirt.

The third robber is described as a 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-10, 170-to-180 pound black man between 20 and 29 years old, police said. He was wearing a black shirt or a dark blue hoodie.

Anyone with information on the robberies is asked to contact Area North detectives at (312) 744-8263.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2016. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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