Three Arrested in Gunpoint Robberies in Lake View

Three offenders have been arrested after they allegedly committed a series of armed robberies around Lake View this weekend, according to Crime in Wrigleyville and Boystown. The suspects reportedly also robbed two men near Clark and Aldine. They were fleeing from this robbery when they were arrested on Stratford Pl. around midnight on Sunday. 

The offenders reportedly robbed a man at gunpoint on the 400 block of Barry St. before midnight, Crime in Wrigleyville and Boystown states. Officers were able to track his stolen iPhone to a vehicle driving on Newport St. toward Halsted. Officers were able to catch up with the offenders — who have not yet been named — where the three were arrested. Objects from the three robberies were found in the suspects' vehicle, as well as two handgun-style pellet guns.

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