{"id":611786,"date":"2026-02-24T02:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T02:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/611786\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T02:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T02:38:10","slug":"armed-robbery-suspect-uses-dating-app-to-lure-victims-to-6600-block-of-south-blackstone-avenue-in-woodlawn-chicago-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/611786\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed robbery suspect uses dating app to lure victims to 6600-block of South Blackstone Avenue in Woodlawn: Chicago police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; Chicago police have expanded an alert about an armed robbery suspect who uses a dating app to lure victims to a South Side location.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police said at least four robberies have happened in the Woodlawn neighborhood&#8217;s 6600-block of South Blackstone Avenue.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/watch\/live\/11064984\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The most recent crime happened on Monday morning around 11:40 a.m. Another robbery happened on Saturday around 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The two other robberies happened on Feb. 12 around 12:30 a.m. and on Feb. 5 around 12:50 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The victims met the suspect on a dating app and agreed to meet in person, police said. In each incident, when the suspect arrived, he took out a gun and demanded the victim&#8217;s property. Each time, the victim complied and handed their belongings over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The suspect is described as a man around 22 years old who is about 6-foot-1 and weighs 165 to 190 pounds. He was seen wearing a black jacket and black pants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Area One detectives asked anyone with information to call them at 312-747-8380 or submit an anonymous tip at <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.p3tips.com\/TipForm.aspx?ID=727#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CPDTIP.com<\/a> and use reference #P26-1-017A.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><strong class=\"vtkaO \">INTERACTIVE SAFETY TRACKER  <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/feature\/tracking-crime-and-safety-in-your-neighborhood\/12385906\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Track crime and safety in your neighborhood<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; Chicago police have expanded an alert about an armed robbery suspect who uses a dating&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":611787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[262506,47735,960,64237,5463,5461,5462,5464,64236,77052,24593,5386,1818,233951],"class_list":["post-611786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-262506","tag-armed-robbery","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-armed-robberies","tag-chicago-breaking-news","tag-chicago-crime","tag-chicago-news","tag-chicago-police","tag-chicago-robberies","tag-dating-app","tag-dating-apps","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-woodlawn-chicago"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116123291095869632","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}