Crime & Safety
DePaul Student Lied About Being Kidnapped In Lincoln Park: Police
Police said a DePaul University student lied about being kidnapped in Lincoln Park.
CHICAGO — A DePaul University student lied about being kidnapped in Lincoln Park earlier this week, according to police. The 19-year-old student told police he was taken at gunpoint to the West Side and was then robbed; however police said he went there on his own.
Earlier this week, student told police that he was forced into a car at gunpoint behind the McDonald's at Halsted and Fullerton Tuesday around 8 p.m. The student told police that he was walking in the alley behind the restaurant, when two men and a woman went up to him with the firearm and made him get into a black car. He claimed the suspects then drove to an off-campus location and robbed him.
Police confirmed he was robbed on the West Side, but was never kidnapped.
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DePaul University then sent out a safety alert to students.
Case Update on alleged kidnapping in 19th District @ChicagoCaps19 - During their investigation, #ChicagoPolice Detectives determined this was not a kidnapping and the victim was not robbed in the 19 District or near De Paul University. This also was not a random incident.. pic.twitter.com/RD13hcuGkW
— Anthony Guglielmi (@AJGuglielmi) January 11, 2019
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