Man threatens with knife and steals laptops at store, Chicago IL
RobberyAn armed robbery occurred at an OfficeMax store near West Fullerton Avenue. A man threatened staff with a knife and stole two laptops about 30 minutes before the report. The suspect was described as a black male in his 50s, balding, wearing a green parka, blue jeans, and a blue medical mask. Security cameras were not working at the time of the incident.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 04
04:40
Transcript:
00:00
I got a robbery for you.
00:01
Come about for something because
00:03
1813, units and a robbery just occurred.
00:06
Near West Fullerton.
00:07
Near West Fullerton at the OfficeMax.
00:10
Suspect is a black male, 6 feet tall, 50 plus years old.
00:13
Balding, wearing a green parka, blue jeans, blue medical mask, came into the store, brandished a knife and stole two laptops.
00:19
No further. The district 18 is on four, cliff.
00:22
34.
00:25
1810, we put it in my box.
00:27
You got it, charge.
00:30
A3-3-3 attached to that.
00:34
All right, 10433.
00:35
That's in a 10th sector.
00:38
Okay.
00:40
All right, I'll give it to you first on your robbery mission.
00:48
1828,000, that's it.
00:51
1823, 104, to be in your box.
00:53
1802, Sam, can you check cameras over there, see if we can get a direction of flight, see if we can find this guy?
01:00
1802, Sam, we're taking a look right now.
01:03
Thank you, hon.
01:08
18602, Sam, we're taking a look right now.
01:09
1864 to show me going.
01:16
8-6-4, 10-4[1] starts.
01:25
Try again.
01:28
1823, we're on the phone with the call right now.
01:30
He's saying this happened half an hour ago.
01:33
Oh, wow. Okay, 10-4[1].
01:35
Half an hour ago for this robbery, near West Fullerton.
01:40
Why he does not call?
01:44
He said he was at home and he thought he should call.
01:47
Oh,
01:52
okay, 104.
01:56
18 times.
01:58
Go ahead, Saraj.
02:01
So is this victim the store or is it actually an individual? Is he still on scene?
02:08
It sounds like he's at home.
02:10
One of the units is on the phone with him.
02:11
He just happened 30 minutes ago, sorry.
02:20
1823, 1823, you get off the phone with him.
02:23
Give us more details.
02:27
Two, three, yeah, we already off the phone with him.
02:29
Basically, he works there.
02:31
This happened.
02:33
He got off the shift, went home, and he was like, you know, I should call 911.
02:38
I'll put that in the ticket, thank you.
02:41
Thank you, 23.
02:45
I want to say much more, but I'll leave it alone.
02:49
Yeah, Sam.
02:52
18-0-2-7, I guess you could dis-resize on checking the cameras, I guess.
03:01
I mean, those laptops can be in Indiana by now.
03:07
Yes,
03:14
exactly.
03:20
1887 coming in?
03:26
Yes, ma'am.
03:28
Special attention, 605,
03:31
North Michigan.
03:33
605, North Michigan for special attention to special attention to four.
03:36
824 reckless on the beat you know what I'm gonna send this over to Lakeshore Drive this regard see if a unit over there can handle it simple
03:50
one two two
03:56
Ninth in Michigan, small contained fire by the stairway staircase by the wall.
04:02
Third party call is calling this in.
04:06
10.3.
04:10
6.13.
04:15
1813.
04:18
So,
04:19
yeah,
04:20
you know if I'm my supervisor, it's going to be a bona fide armed robbery as two or three stated.
04:25
It happened half an hour ago, and the employee related to us, there is no footage as the cameras are down.
04:31
So we'll get our duty to you guys in a couple minutes.
04:34
We're still getting info.
04:36
All right, ten four.
04:37
So there's going to be a bona fide robbery 30 minutes ago.
04:39
One eleven, uh,
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received or affirmative (OK).
Disclaimer:
This transcript was automatically generated and may contain inaccuracies. Please verify the information independently.
Location mentioned:
Near W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
This shows a Google Street View of the area near the location, which might not be the exact address.
Correct
Incorrect
